Mayor Ray O’Connell and Police Chief Glenn Granitz Jr. attended the protest to answer questions.

O’Connell called the video disturbing and said all the facts and information must be gathered before police can move forward.

“As a human being, a knee on the neck, is that OK?” Maegan Llerena, director of Make the Road Pennsylvania, asked the officials.

“We’re going to take a look at it. We’re going to go through everything. And we’re going to give you an update as soon as we can,” Granitz said.

Protesters asked for the name of the officer who placed his knee on the victim’s neck, which has yet to be released.

When asked how long the investigation will take, Granitz said he didn’t have a “24-hour, 48-hour time table for [the residents].”

“I just got here, and I’m here to look at it,” he said. “I’ve seen a short clip.”

Granitz, however, assured protesters that he would “be on the right side of it.”

“I don’t have a 24-hour 48-hour time table for you,” Granitz said when a resident asked how long an investigation would take.

— Kayla Dwyer (@kayla_dwyer17) July 12, 2020

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