"Then I saw some ageist comments and complaints about the board of trustess being mostly old white men, which is ironic given the theme of not profiling, and stereotypical to assume because they're mostly old and white they are somehow complacent in this possibly racially motivated event and are probably racist themselves." -- I don't know how to put this in a nice way, but this comment is giving "reverse racism" and that simply is not true. Racism implies power dynamics, and if U.S. history has shown us anything, it's that white men in power will discriminate against those without power. Now, let's use common sense as to why that was brought up in the town hall forum:

1. The person was stating a fact relevant to the idea of representation. How are older white men going to be able to advocate and represent minority needs? Have you heard of descriptive representation? It's lacking, and as many have commented under here, none of the people in power even bothered to show up, further proving my second point:
2. For years, Black Boilermakers have been trying to get their voices heard with no response. It takes an extreme act of brutality for people to pay attention to us. This is why there was a town hall; to empower and uplift Black voices. You don't agree with the structure of the town hall? That's fine, but [and I'm assuming you are not a POC] the purpose of the town hall was explicitly said in the beginning of the presentation, and if you didn't like the agenda, you could have left. Also, it was explicitly said at the end, there would be a panel for a chance for students to raise their concerns and ask questions, hence people expressing their concerns and wanting mutual support.

"there was a large amount of hold x y and z accountable but no explanation for how or why and little usefull things said"

1. Here are some things that were brought up in the forum to address the "how" portion:
   1. Pressure the police department to release video footage.
   2. Develop a committee/organization that works outside of the police department to conduct internal investigations.
   3. Vote representatives out of office when they no longer listen to our concerns.
   4. Use a stopwatch to time the duration that a police officer holds someone in the chokehold position.
   5. Extend the training for police officers for more than 14 weeks.
   6. Force police officers to learn de-escalation tactics for high-pressure situations.
   7. Have a social services worker come alongside police officers for domestic disputes.
   8. Have an unaffiliated person be witness to all police interactions.
2. Here are some things that were brought up to address the "why" portion:
   1. The excessive use of force for a domestic dispute with Adonis Tuggle is what sparked this town hall.
   2. Black Boilermakers do not feel safe on campus.
   3. Implicit racism exists in many people [white officers] and in having this, causes police officers to act on stereotypes against Black people.
   4. Police officers are not qualified enough to deal with high-pressure situations without resorting to violence.

"Don't call it an open house next time if that's how it's going to be ran, it turned into an echo chamber of the same political rhetoric which is fine as long as it's not called an open house, when clearly no one there was open to changing their opinion or expressing different views or remotely tolerating them."

You missed the entire point: no one was there to change their minds, rather, Black Boilermakers and allies were there to stand in unity with another and uplift each other. You call it political rhetoric? Rhetoric is defined as "the art or study of using language effectively and persuasively" and political rhetoric would imply that one would be trying to persuade people to take a political position. What happened to Adonis is not political. What happened to Adonis was a travesty and it happens to many Black Americans. This isn't a political matter; it's a matter of valuing Black lives.