ITHACA, N.Y. — Two recent arrests of local filmmaker and community advocate Ira McKinley brought him, his supporters and Ithaca police officials together for a difficult conversation. What was initially expected as a meeting primarily between department officials and McKinley — whose arrests this summer have drawn public scrutiny — became testy at times as the discussion reached the two-hour mark with residents about a broader disconnect betwe…
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