Pete Buttigieg says he agrees with community members that outside investigations should take place after a fatal police shooting in South Bend, Indiana, where he's mayor.
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry black residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor.
Buttigieg said he would send a letter to the federal Department of Justice's civil rights division and notify the local prosecutor that he'd like an independent investigator appointed. He conceded that his administration had failed on two key initiatives. "Get the people that are racist off the streets," one woman in the audience said."Reorganize your department. You can do that by Friday."
The June 16 shooting happened after O'Neill responded to a call about a suspicious person going through vehicles, a prosecutor investigating the case said. O'Neill spotted Logan leaning inside a car. When confronted, Logan approached O'Neill with a 6- to 8-inch knife raised over his head, the prosecutor said. O'Neill fired twice, with the other shot hitting a car door.
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