As Pete Buttigieg gains traction in a crowded Democratic field, an inflammatory conflict from his early years as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is set for its next chapter
The highly contested and litigated controversy hinges on the contents of five tapes of recorded phone conversations inside the South Bend police department and allegations that the tapes contain racist comments made by a group of officers about former Police Chief Darryl Boykins, who is black. According to court documents, copies of the recordings were made at Boykins' request.
"The content of the tapes had not come up when I was talking with staff or with the chief about the issue," Buttigieg wrote, adding that if the allegations of racist comments on tape were true,"this was explosive, and serious."The falloutThe outcry from the community to Boykins' resignation in March 2012 was swift and fervent throughout the South Bend community.
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