The white officer who shot Logan said Logan had come at him with a knife, though the officer hadn’t turned on his body camera. Critics say Logan didn’t match the suspect’s description and questioned why police would shoot to kill someone with a knife.

…Logan’s death has spotlighted another area of Buttigieg’s record: his troubled relationships with the South Bend police and his city’s large minority population.

While South Bend residents and community leaders have sought to show respect for Logan’s family in the wake of the shooting, they also point out that their burning outrage runs deeper than one tragic incident. They say it’s rooted in eight years of Buttigieg’s economic policies that have often left people of color behind. Meanwhile, alleged instances of police brutality and subsequent coverups or inaction has sowed deep distrust.

…Tensions peaked on Sunday when a town hall meeting devolved into near chaos as those in the audience shouted down Buttigieg.

…Events also suggest that South Bend may not be quite the picture of success and prosperity that Buttigieg paints when it comes to its minority residents. Instead, there’s a sense that his policies are failing lower-income and minority residents, and South Bend is a reflection of the nation’s larger problems.

…Among the most pressing issues are those involving the police, which Casey labeled “corrupt” and charged have unfairly targeted black activists during Buttigieg’s tenure.

The department’s composition is one of the main points of contention. In a city that’s 27% black and 15% Latino, 90% of South Bend’s police officers are white. Last week, six new officers were sworn in and all were white.

Major incidents involving race and the police are nearly an annual occurrence in the city of about 100,000. Soon after he was elected in 2011, Buttigieg faced strong criticism for demoting the city’s first black police chief, Darryl Boykins, after learning of a federal investigation into the department allegedly illegally recording officers’ phone calls. The calls revealed white officers using racial slurs, some of which were directed at Boykins.

… Questions remained about why the officer killed Logan, but he was not confident that Buttigieg’s administration would provide the public with clear answers. Like black activists, Davis charged that the administration was often secretive about controversial issues.

…The department could not legally immediately fire and charge officers, which is what many want.

He offered some advice to Buttigieg: “Do what you got to do to make it right, but you got to go through the fire, because you set the fire ablaze.”

Pete Buttigieg: police killing exposes mayor’s troubled history with minorities | US news | The Guardian

Keeping officer disciplinary records private is not an HR consideration, it is a public safety risk. If departments cannot fire errant officers than the mayor needs to step up.

Especially if he is trying to show himself as qualified to lead a nation whose law enforcement are embroiled in their very own, very violent, and very facist, race-war.