Faith Leaders Call For Quinlan's Firing
Faith Leaders Call For Quinlan's Firing
Faith Leaders Call For Quinlan's Firing
We believe every child of God deserves to be safe and healthy. But the leadership of the
Columbus Division of Police has allowed excessive and deadly force against our Black and
brown neighbors for too long. We acknowledge that you demoted Chief Thomas Quinlan
before the end of his probationary period on February 7, 2021, but we call for his
We need a police chief who leads change and responds to the demands of the community.
Chief Thomas Quinlan has failed the people of Columbus in multiple ways including gross
negligence in the investigation of Casey Goodson Jr.’s death by not contacting BCI in a
timely manner, failing to arrest Adam Coy for the murder of Andre Hill, aggressively
mismanaging the antiracist protests last summer, and perpetuating a culture of racism and
violence against Black people within the Columbus Division of Police and in the community.