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MH1

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20. I like Buttigieg, but if this incident poisons him with the AA community

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:50 AM

Apr 2019

then it is a lot more than "a whole lot of nothing".

Anyone remember Freddie Gray? And a certain highly promising former Maryland governor and former Baltimore city mayor running for President? On reading the details, I felt it was deeply unfair to pin the police behavior in the Freddie Gray incident on O'Malley. But there was also zero doubt in my mind that it would be a severe handicap on his campaign. It wasn't the only reason his campaign didn't take off, but it would have been a difficult issue to overcome.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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The Long Run: Pete Buttigieg Fired South Bend's Black Police Chief. It Still Stings. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2019 OP

Mayor Pete will need to address this with transparency mcar Apr 2019 #1

Personnel issues can't be discussed in public. yardwork Apr 2019 #18

A 'new' DUer posted about this yesterday, and elleng Apr 2019 #2

Its been removed, as well as the "new" poster. But the comments remain. oldsoftie Apr 2019 #4

Right elleng Apr 2019 #5

Was it the same topic as this OP or something different? oldsoftie Apr 2019 #7

Similar, it included NYT article on the subject. elleng Apr 2019 #8

Thank you. I see a whole lot of nothing. But this is to be expected in a political race. oldsoftie Apr 2019 #11

I like Buttigieg, but if this incident poisons him with the AA community MH1 Apr 2019 #20

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reading the entire thing dsc Apr 2019 #3

Regardless of what they said or didnt say, the invasion of privacy issue would remain. oldsoftie Apr 2019 #6

From another article on the incident. rogue emissary Apr 2019 #23

other reports say the first recording was an accident dsc Apr 2019 #27

He didn't fire him, he ultimately demoted him, and the chief was under FBI investigation Celerity Apr 2019 #9

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But ultimately he was not fired. He stayed on till mid 2017. Celerity Apr 2019 #14

there may be political skulduggery in this case, as the judge it was kicked down to,(after a Federal Celerity Apr 2019 #10

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It must be let's bash Pete day leftofcool Apr 2019 #17

This was the first time I saw the story Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2019 #19

WP is also looking at the African-American vote dalton99a Apr 2019 #21

Right, and lots of 'removed' posts. elleng Apr 2019 #22

Even the people who recced this thread are PPRd. demmiblue Apr 2019 #24

yep, every one of them is the same troll (they also were Bilirubin, now banned, I am pretty sure) Celerity Apr 2019 #32

Well, you can get a post removed for sneezing too. But i didnt see these before they were hidden oldsoftie Apr 2019 #28

I haven't looked into the 'sneezing' part, elleng Apr 2019 #29

Why was he not charged? What do the tapes reveal? brush Apr 2019 #26

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There were two people fired, it wasn't only the chief. WeekiWater Apr 2019 #25

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