Protestors in South Bend poured out to demand answers from Mayor Pete Buttigieg over the fatal police shooting of black man
Protesters and members of South Bend's black community demanded answers Friday night from Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is running for president, at a rally organized in response to the fatal shooting of Eric Logan, a 54-year-old black resident, by a city police officer.for the Justice for South Bend rally, which began with a tense confrontation at police headquarters between demonstrators and Buttigieg, who was flanked by the city's Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski.
"You're running for president and you want black people to vote for you?" she asked."That's not going to happen." Acknowledging the deficit created by this approach, Buttigieg had his police chief issue an order affirming department policy that interactions with civilians be recorded. "People are getting tired of you letting your officers do whatever they want to do," Logan's brother said.
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