Voter Suggests Buttigieg Tell Blacks In South Bend To ‘Stop Committing Crime’

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An Iowa voter at a Pete Buttigieg campaign event Thursday offered advice to the South Bend, Indiana, mayor on handling the racial tensions in his city.

“I have a solution for you, and I’d like you to make a comment on my proposal. Just tell the black people of South Bend to stop committing crime and doing drugs,” the man said as a few in the crowd snickered and many more booed loudly.

“Sir, I think racism is not going to help us get out of this problem,” the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate replied, according to a video of the exchange posted on Twitter.

“No, no,” the man said, “just stop committing crimes; it has nothing to do with race.”

Since the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer in South Bend several weeks ago, Buttigieg has been asked to answer for his city’s racial inequalities. In recent weeks, Buttigieg has met privately with civil rights leaders such as Jesse Jackson and expressed contrition over his inability as mayor to do more to root out racism.

Speaking at a Democratic Fourth of July barbecue in Carroll, Iowa, Buttigieg told the man that the issue does have to do with race.

“The fact that a black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime is evidence of systematic racism,” Buttigieg said. “With all due respect, sir, racism makes it harder for good police officers to do their job, too. It’s a smear on law enforcement.”

The video cut off with some in the crowd chanting, “U.S.A., U.S.A., U.S.A.”

Buttigieg’s campaign said there was no further interaction with the man beyond what was shown in the video.

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1 COMMENT

  1. This Buttgeig character is toast. The racial tension he has allowed to simmer in his City as he runs for higher office finished him off.

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