>> Pete Buttigieg is having a difficult time in his town of South Bend.
In fact, he decided to put a hold on his campaign in order to travel to South Bend after there
was a black man who was shot by a cop, who did not turn his body camera on when he opened
fire.
Now the man has died and that has led to protests in South Bend, and so Buttigieg traveled there
to speak to the residents there to hear them out.
And they are not letting him off easy.
Take a look.
>> Put the people that care about the fact that you different than me honey, I love your
hair.
Make them the ones out there on the streets.
>> Thank you ma'am, thank you.
May I respond to that for just a second?
>> Thank you, yes.
>> Yes, mayor, you can respond to that.
>> Let me respond to that.
You might stay around just while I'm responding.
You're going back to your seat?
Okay.
>> Thank you.
>> First of all, thank you for that.
>> And I appreciate what you said, is specific, and actionable, and constructive.
>> I will say that if anyone who is on patrol is shown to be a racist-
>> They are.
>> Or to do something racist- >> In a way that is substantiated-
>> Thank you.
>> That is their last day on the street.
>> Yeah, that's just not true.
Look, John Larsen's done amazing reporting at TYT Investigates about this.
The guy who shot Eric Logan- >> Brian O'Neill.
>> Is a guy who has substantial allegations of racism against him, including by former
cops that worked in South Bend, multiple instances.
And that was known before he shot Eric Logan, and he's still on there.
Buttigieg demoted a black police chief, and the reason was, he originally tried to fire
him.
But that blew up on him, so he demoted him because he had uncovered tapes of white police
officers saying racist things.
And then another woman who had heard the tapes was also fired.
And in that settlement, by the way, with the woman who was also unjustly fired, and other
story that Jonathan Larson did, exposed the documents of that settlement.
And in the documents, Buttigieg's administration in South Bend says, we don't want those tapes
getting out cuz it might endanger prosecutions.
Yeah, if you have racist cops who are acting against minorities in the ways that these
guys are, it should endanger prosecutions.
Cuz we can't trust them, but they buried that story.
Racist cops are on tape.
Buttigieg says, I never listened to the tapes and I won't let anybody else listen to it.
He claims it's some legal technicality, but why are you demoting and firing the people
who did listen to those tapes, and then promoting people who wanna cover up the situation?
So what he just said there, unfortunately, is not the case in South Bend at all.
Why do you think all those folks are angry?
You think it's just out of nowhere?
No, because they've seen this happen year after year after year.
>> So there is an update to what South Bend is planning to do when it comes to this situation.
In fact, Jonathan Larsen has informed us that Saint Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cottar
is formally seeking the appointment by the court of a special prosecutor to investigate
the shooting that happened, where O'Neill shot Logan.
And as TYT reported, O'Neill had a history of complaints against him of racist rhetoric,
and the source told us that they witnessed O'Neil committing at least two acts of excessive
force against black people.
So just going back to what you were saying earlier, Cenk, about how it's not like this
shooting of Eric Logan was the first time there were red flags in regard to O'Neill.
There is a history of red flags with O'Neill, and there was inaction by South Bend authorities,
and, as you mentioned, Pete Buttigieg's administration.
But with that said, I wanna hear a little more from the people living in South Bend,
and what they're experiencing.
Again, this is another video that features a confrontation with Pete Buttigieg.
>> Can you say to us today in front of all these cameras that black lives matter?
>> Did you just ask me if black lives matter?
>> Yes, we want to hear you say it!
>> Black lives matter.
>> Of course, black lives matter.
>> Then fire your cops!
>> Are you a racist?
>> What about a black life?
What matters about a black life to you, Mayor Pete?
What matters about a black life?
Can you answer that part just once?
>> Are you a racist?
>> The same thing that matters to me about my own.
>> Answer that!
>> So listen, unfortunately there, a lot of these stories, that's why this frustration
is so pent-up South Bend.
Another story that John Larsen uncovered was the white police chief that Buttigieg replaced
the black police chief with did not respond to a fellow officer and back him up.
And that officer was black.
And so that went to the State Police, and there was an ethics investigation of that.
The internal affairs within South Bend was a disaster.
They invited the police chief who was charged to be part of the interview of the black police
officer.
And he's like, what do you want me to do, you want me to kill my career here?
What game are we playing, right?
Look, I'm paraphrasing.
Read the actual stories, they're all on TYT.com, and it's not getting people angry about South
Bend.
Good journalism is when you expose the things that are already happening, and that people
didn't know.
That the black officer that was not backed up was a guy named Newton.
And now you read Newton's stories of what has happened in the South Bend Police Department
for all this time.
Look, there's another story that Jonathan broke about a black teenager who was hanged.
They covered that story up in 24 hours.
And so there's interesting details of it.
We don't know exactly what the situation was.
But the mom is not saying, I know what happened.
She's saying, can you please investigate it?
She asked Buttigieg in a town hall like that years ago to investigate it, he said he would
and then he didn't.
>> And the body of the person who was found hanged was cremated immediately, before an
autopsy could be done.
So all of these stories, you're right, Cenk, have been stacking up and the frustration
is certainly pent up.
But now people are speaking out pretty aggressively.
I want to go to graphic 12, because this is from a South Bend Common Council Member.
His name is Oliver Davis, and in regard to the Eric Logan shooting, he said this of Buttigieg.
He talked to the media before the family.
He skipped the family vigil, full of black residents.
And then he gave a speech to the police.
So how do you think that went over?
So again, just another example of the frustration.
Finally, I wanna go to a video that features Buttigieg, because I do think that he's earnest
here.
And I want to get your take, so let's take a look.
>> I don't know if it's smart or not.
I don't know if it's strategic or not.
But it's my city, and I have a relationship with everybody in the city who looks to the
city to keep them safe.
I'm sick of these things being talked about in political terms, in theoretical terms.
Like it's a show, sometimes.
It's people's lives.
>> No, I'm sorry, I'm not buying it.
I think he's shaken cuz that went really, really poorly, and he knows how poorly it
went.
If he was shaken about the emotions of the people that were affected, then he would have
looked into those investigations earlier.
He wouldn't have covered up the.
So that's the white police chief that didn't back up the black police officer.
The report came out saying, all the witnesses disagree with the white police chief.
Buttigieg came out, another story Jonathan broke.
He's broken a lot of these stories, cuz they're all bubbling.
Nobody else was looking, other than Jonathan.
If all you had to do is walk into South Bend and ask any African American, ask anyone that
served on any of these boards, ask any African American police officer, etc.
That's what Larson did, right?
And so, when the mom came and said, can you look at that case, he said he would.
He didn't.
So where was the emotion then?
But back then, it didn't affect him personally.
When the officer, the white police chief doesn't back up the black police officer and he says,
no, the report says that he did, and that the report exonerates him.
Jonathan finds the report, the report says the opposite.
Every witness disagrees with the white police chief who didn't back up the black police
officer.
So where was that emotion back then?
So look, and now a lot of people are criticizing him because he's too inexperienced, Buttigieg.
Do I think Buttigieg is a bad guy?
I have no, no, I don't think he's malicious.
I don't think he's like a Republican.
I don't know what's in his heart or mind.
I'm not talking to that, but it isn't just inexperience.
For political expediency, he did not address these issues earlier when he was mayor, and
if you're thinking, why?
I mean, isn't that a monstrous thing to do?
No, not necessarily.
Well, I mean, the results are terrible.
But my point is, if you're a young mayor, the cops in that city have a lot of power.
And their supporters, who are some of also Buttigieg's donors, have a lot of power.
So if you come in as a young mayor and go, I'm gonna uproot the police department, I'm
gonna fix racism.
That might be the last term you serve there.
And then your promising political career might be over.
That's a real risk you have to take.
Buttigieg chose not to take that risk earlier.
Now, it's blowing up on him on a national spotlight.
>> Mm-hm.
>> And now all of a sudden he's emotional.
I think he's way more emotional about his career, otherwise he would have done something
about it years ago in South Bend.