Knoxville News Sentinel
On Thursday, following the publication over the past three weeks of several exclusive Knox News reports about racism in the Knoxville Police Department, Vice Mayor Gwen McKenzie said she does not have confidence Police Chief Eve Thomas can reform the department s ranks.
Knox News asked community leaders and activists their reactions to McKenzie s comments. Among the questions we asked:
Whether they had confidence in Thomas (and if they didn t whether she should be removed).
If they think there is a racism problem in the department (and if so, what Thomas has to do to fix it, and if not why they think there is isn t).