But most of the speakers talked of lives ruined by police abuse and money wasted paying multimillion-dollar settlements on behalf of corrupt officers. Teachers spoke of students who fear police. White residents said they don’t feel the sting of police abuse directly but were sickened by its effects on their neighbors and the city. One individual with the LGBT community pleaded for oversight so that police might stop their harassment. Another woman called police violence a "public health issue" because of the decades of mistrust and trauma it has caused.