people want to know who said what at this point. and i think the tapes need to be released so that people can hear that and move on. how do you explain this incident, in particular, removing the city s first african-american police chief in what was a very complicated situation so that people understand it from your perspective? i think the most important thing is honesty. it was a really ugly, really challenging situation. it drove a wedge between me and african-american residents in the city that it took years to heal and repair. the firing of chief boykins i believe was devastating to the african-american community. it has created a strain in the relationship between mayor pete and the black community. you know, it s a cloud now that s kind of hanging over. it doesn t look good. it doesn t look like leadership to me. and it doesn t look like leadership to members of the community. when people of color look at the decisions he made from the police chief firing, to the devel
some seven years. people want to know who said what at this point. and i think the tapes need to be released so that people can hear that and move on. how do you explain this incident, in particular, removing the city s first african-american police chief in what was a very complicated situation so that people understand it from your perspective? i think the most important thing is honesty. it was a really ugly, really challenging, situation. it drove a wedge between me and african-american residents in the city that it took years to heal and repair. the firing of chief boykins i believe was devastating to the african-american community. it has created a strain in the relationship between mayor pete and the black community. you know, it s a cloud now that s kind of hanging over. it doesn t look good. it doesn t look like leadership to me. and it doesn t look like leadership to members of the community. when people of color look at the decisions he made from the police chief f
some seven years. people want to know who said what at this point and i think tapes need to be released so that people can hear that and move on. how do you explain this incident in particular removing the city s first african-american police chief and in what was a very complicated situation so that people understand it from your perspective? have you the most thing is honesty. it was a challenge and drove a wedge between me and african-american residents in this city that took years to heal and repair. the firing of chief boykins i plev was devastating to the african-american community. it had created a strength in the relationship between mayor pete and the black community. it s a cloud now that s kind of hanging over. it doesn t look good. it doesn t look like leadership to me and to members of the community. when people of color look at the decision he made from the police chief firing to the developments in south bend, they will wonder, did he consider how
check yourself before you wreck yourself. that s what one police chief s message was for kanye west and it s going viral. this after the rapper compared his career to being a cop and even a soldier at war saying, quote, i think about it this is kanye speaking i think about it. i think about my family and my, like, wow. this is like being a police officer or something, in war or something. that s the way he said it. meanwhile, a police chief firing back in an open letter to kanye on facebook said, quote, i want to thank you for putting your life on the line for all of us every day. your job is just some very dangerous work. joining us right now is that chief of broomfield, ohio, david oliver. good morning to you. good morning.
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