A Walnut Creek City Council member is being criticized for remarks he made in July that some saw as racist.
The criticism leveled at Councilman Justin Wedel came Tuesday during the public comment period of a council meeting being conducted online via Zoom. Commenter Joshua Ferrer claimed that, at a July 29 Public Safety Committee meeting, Wedel insinuated that Black people from outside Walnut Creek are coming there to cause trouble.
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