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Buttigieg left off the campaign trail to deal with a police shooting. A police officer defended himself from an attack by a man wielding an 8-inch hunting knife. Increased violence occurred after he held a contentious town hall meeting and basically inferred that the overall police department was racist.<ref>https://ijr.com/cop-calls-out-buttigieg-for-politicizing-officer-involved-shooting/</ref> Hours later police were called to a mass shooting where ten people were injured, and one was killed. After the shooting, so many people showed up at South Bend's Memorial Hospital to check on the injured that the hospital went on lockdown. Police were called in to manage the crowd. At the same time, police responded to five other shootings, including one where a witness said the shooter was targeting police. City police had to call in County police for assistance.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/south-bend-police-call-county-for-backup-after-increased-violence/</ref>

Buttigieg left off the campaign trail to deal with a police shooting. A police officer defended himself from an attack by a man wielding an 8-inch hunting knife. Increased violence occurred after he held a contentious town hall meeting and basically inferred that the overall police department was racist.<ref>https://ijr.com/cop-calls-out-buttigieg-for-politicizing-officer-involved-shooting/</ref> Hours later police were called to a mass shooting where ten people were injured, and one was killed. After the shooting, so many people showed up at South Bend's Memorial Hospital to check on the injured that the hospital went on lockdown. Police were called in to manage the crowd. At the same time, police responded to five other shootings, including one where a witness said the shooter was targeting police. City police had to call in County police for assistance.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/south-bend-police-call-county-for-backup-after-increased-violence/</ref>

After the violence, the police union protested Buttigieg's characterization of the entire department as racist. In a (suspected) scripted [[Iowa]] event to alleviate Buttigieg's race problems, a man shouted, {{quotebox|"Just tell the black people of South Bend to stop committing crime and doing drugs"}} to which Buttigieg recited the canned response, {{quotebox|"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 systemic racism. Racism makes it harder for good police officers to do their job too."<ref>https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1146874406876176385</ref>}}

After the violence, the police union protested Buttigieg's characterization of the entire department as racist. In a (suspected) scripted [[Iowa]] event to alleviate Buttigieg's race problems, a man shouted,

{{quotebox-float|"Just tell the black people of South Bend to stop committing crime and doing drugs"}}

 

to which Buttigieg recited the canned response, {{quotebox|"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 systemic racism. Racism makes it harder for good police officers to do their job too."<ref>https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1146874406876176385</ref>}}

Realizing the mistake he made while drawing national attention at the same time, Buttigieg sent a dozen [[pizza]]s to the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). The police union was not amused. A spokesperson said, "Our officers are brave men and women who put their life on the line for our community each day. We ask that instead of delivering pizzas, the mayor deliver some respect for what police do—and hold the politics."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/fraternal-order-of-police-to-buttigieg-we-want-apologies-not-pizza/</ref>

Realizing the mistake he made while drawing national attention at the same time, Buttigieg sent a dozen [[pizza]]s to the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). The police union was not amused. A spokesperson said, "Our officers are brave men and women who put their life on the line for our community each day. We ask that instead of delivering pizzas, the mayor deliver some respect for what police do—and hold the politics."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/fraternal-order-of-police-to-buttigieg-we-want-apologies-not-pizza/</ref>