South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg (D.) faces growing calls for his resignation in the wake of a white police officer shooting and killing a black man.
The incident occurred in the early morning of June 14 and snapped racial tensions that have been tightening since Buttigieg demoted Darryl Boykins, the city's first black police chief, in 2012. Buttigieg held a town hall on June 23, but South Bend's black community reacted with fury. They pointed to racial conflicts within the SBPD as well as the department's fraught relationship with the black community, demanding swift change.
Six shootings occurred the weekend of his town hall. In one instance, a witness reported that the shooter was aiming specifically at police. A number of South Bend officials who served under Buttigieg as well as local civil rights activists are now calling for the mayor’s resignation.
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5 comments:
I guess civil rights leaders aren't your political friends even if you're a Democrat.
Not if you don't funnel money into their fake "causes"
Now who do you think started this dirt on poor Pete from South end. His competitors. Just one way of eliminating President wannabe candidates.🤔🤔🤔🤔
Funny how there were no complaints before he began his run for the Democratic nomination. Do ya think the Dems are destroying themselves?
Northwest Woodsman: Hmmmm, I wonder if there is an ethnic component to this problem? Mayor Pete is probably not pushing the sensitivity issue hard enough. We need to be sensitive to the needs of these poor souls who think of this as a sport. Maybe midnight basketball should be given another chance. Besides it is more difficult to acquire your target at night.
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