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What Gainesville police heard from community following Park Hill Drive crackdown

Art Gallegos Jr., co-founder of the Latinos Conservative Organization, speaks Monday, March 4, 2019, at the Bethel AME Church during a community meeting with the Gainesville Police Department. - photo by Scott Rogers

03052019 NEWTOWN 2.jpg — Art Gallegos Jr., co-founder of the Latinos Conservative Organization, speaks Monday, March 4, 2019, at the Bethel AME Church during a community meeting with the Gainesville Police Department. - photo by Scott Rogers

Gainesville residents peppered praise for law enforcement at a community meeting Monday, March 4, with expressions of deep concern about potential racial profiling and heavy-handed policing as a result of increased patrols along Park Hill Drive.