Standing in front of Fort Worth City Council members Tuesday night, Ken Shimamoto asked that the body “keep showing up, standing up and speaking up” for the city’s residents and their needs after Tarrant County officials finalized a controversial redistricting just hours earlier.

Shimamoto and nearly a dozen other Fort Worth activists urged City Council members to deliver “bold leadership” and fully maximize the power of the council’s Democratic majority after the Tarrant County Commissioners Court adopted a more Republican-friendly map of commissioner precincts June 3.

“I really hope that y’all will look deep in your hearts and provide the leadership that we need to protect the people of Fort Worth going forward — because commissioners court isn’t going to do it,” Shimamoto said at a

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