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Tim Scott <br />President <br />Karen L. White <br />Vice -President <br />Sharon L. McBride <br />Chairperson, Committee <br />of the Whole <br />Tim Scott <br />First District <br />Henry Davis, Jr. <br />Second District <br />Sharon L. McBride <br />Third District <br />City of South Bend <br />Common Council <br />441 County -City Building + 227 W. Jefferson Blvd <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />NEWS RELEASE <br />(574) 235-9321 <br />Fax (574) 235-9173 <br />TDD (574) 235-5567 <br />http://www.southbendin.gov <br />Subject: Response to Killing of Mr. George Floyd <br />Date: Thursday June 4, 2020 <br />From: South Bend Common Council—�— <br />Contact: Bob Palmer, bpalmer�4southbendin.gov <br />Justice and Dignity for All <br />Members of the South Bend Common Council condemn the brutal public killing of <br />Mr. George Floyd. These are harsh words, but no words are harsh enough to express <br />the anger, frustration, and fear caused by the scenes that have played out on <br />television and social media innumerable times over the past week. We share in the <br />outrage and disappointment regarding the actions of a police officer who continued <br />to force his knee on Mr. Floyd's neck while other officers stood in inactive silence. <br />The only words heard were Mr. Floyd's, crying "I can't breathe" and calling for his <br />dead mother. <br />Troy 'Warner <br />Some have these feelings because they see it in terms of a black man and a white <br />Fourth District <br />police officer. Others share these feelings because they see it in terms of a man <br />accused of a minor crime being killed on our streets without even a chance for <br />Jake Teshka <br />justice. Still others share these feelings because Mr. Floyd's death is another <br />Fifth District <br />example of the disregard some in our society have for human life. <br />Sheila Niezgodski <br />Sixth District <br />Whatever the precise reason for a person's feeling of outrage, there is no denying <br />the history of black men being killed by white police officers. That outrage has <br />Karen L. White <br />been, and continues to be, felt locally through the killing of Eric Logan last year. <br />At Large <br />The original outrage is compounded by an investigation into the shooting which left <br />many valid questions unanswered in many people's minds. This outrage stems from <br />Rachel Tomas Morgan <br />historical injustices and racial disparities that have existed in our country for <br />At Large <br />hundreds of years. It must change and it must change now. <br />Lori K. Hamann <br />The residents of South Bend apparently understand the problem of uncontrolled and <br />At Large <br />unnecessary violence better than many others. They expressed their outrage, <br />frustration, and fear through peaceful calls for change instead of the violence and <br />property damage caused by a small number of people that played across our <br />television screens over the past weekend. You demonstrated that we are better than <br />that. <br />Just as the South Bend Common Council continues to fight for change and justice in <br />the wake of condolences expressed for Eric Logan's family, the Common Council <br />extends its sincere and deepest condolences to Mr. Floyd's family and friends, as <br />well as to the people of Minneapolis and everywhere else who are struggling to deal <br />