South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg calls for police shooting investigation

The Democratic presidential candidate and mayor of South Bend spoke at a town hall meeting after a white police officer shot and killed a black man.

By Associated Press

Pete Buttigieg speaks with Shirley Newbill, mother of the man shot by police, in South Bend — In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019 photo, South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg shares a moment with Shirley Newbill, mother of Eric Logan, during a gun violence memorial at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in South Bend, Ind.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Democratic presidential candidate 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.

He spoke Sunday at a sometimes contentious town hall called a week after a white officer fatally shot a 54-year-old black man. Buttigieg left the campaign trail after the shooting to respond to issues of race and policing.

Buttigieg says he’ll 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 also acknowledged the department has fallen short in recruiting minority police officers and introducing body cameras.

Prosecutors investigating Eric Logan’s death say the shooting wasn’t recorded on Sgt. Ryan O’Neill’s body camera.

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