those, because it also means that your leadership was tested. what do you suppose your leadership role teaches you about, or has taught you about yourself? that i m resilient, just like our city is resilient, just like our country is resilient. and there are moments that you don t script, but within you and within all of us, i think it s really the strength and the courage to face those moments. and i ve heard said, i did what i knew to do, and when you know better you do better. that s what the last four years have been about. i can t say it s always been perfect leadership, but with whatever has come my way, i ve done the best that i could in the moment. and i ve learned that i am deliberate and afraid of nothing, as audrey lord said. and what do you suppose the nation and the city learned about you? because as you just mentioned,
best decision based on the information that i had and the options that i had before me. i felt that it was the best decision. life, you don t get do-overs in life, so i can t say that i would do anything differently, but i know i made the best decision that i thought could be made. chief shields has offered to immediately step aside as police chief so that the city may move forward with urgency in rebuilding the trust so desperately needed throughout our communities. i do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force and have called for the immediate termination of the officer. and it s my hope that on the heels of that tragedy that we are able to avoid another tragedy like that in our city. all that you have learned,