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REGULAR MEETING JUNE 11, 2012
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<br />because he cannot identify anyone on there. But you look in the media and things are
<br />being passed by so quickly, we are going to set this board up for this person to investigate
<br />it. He stated that all he is asking for a concerned man in this city is that we do it in a
<br />timely manner, not so we can put the unity back in this community. Because he really
<br />feels that this set back is a set-up for a come-back. Now we have to come out of this and
<br />unify, but we can’t come together as people until we can agree to disagree. There is
<br />something wrong, we move so fast, the administration moves so fast on this, and as he
<br />has said all the time, it’s not a black or white issue, it’s a right issue. When you set things
<br />before the presence of the board, the Council board, you guys are looking for answers,
<br />the community is looking for answers, but everyday there is something being aired in the
<br />media, someone is saying something. Now, the tapes are out there, and he thinks that
<br />they should have gone with a letter that is being sent to the community, someone is using
<br />racial slurs, and someone hates someone or that. Because if it is dealt like that and as our
<br />Mayor stated when you bring into an investigation, this is a big investigation, because it
<br />is gone now and the person listed in the investigation, he wants to see if he is going to be
<br />gone.
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<br />Samuel Brown, 222 E. Navarre, South Bend, Indiana, Citizens United for a Better
<br />Government, stated that they released a press release today: It has been widely reported
<br />by the media in the St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit Executive Board has
<br />recommended a special investigation to look into the latest wreck made by St. Joseph
<br />County Homicide Commander Tim Corbett. Then they would take any action being
<br />necessary after the investigation, because that is their board. What is more disturbing is
<br />that one of their Executive Board Members Chief Hurley has already publicly stated that
<br />one of the people that was threatened; he was going to discipline them for going public
<br />with it. He stated that he has a lot of concerns about that. He stated that it might be one
<br />of the Board Members that would be investigating themselves. That is a no, no. He
<br />stated that what they are asking of Mr. Dvorak to do is turn it over to the Attorney
<br />General and the State Police on all these issues. He stated that it is very hard for this
<br />board of the Metro Homicide Unit to investigate Mr. Corbett and his threats.
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<br />Darryl McKinney, 501 Alonzo Watson Dr., Apt. 304, South Bend, Indiana, thanked Mr.
<br />Davis for the help and the input and the rest of the Council for letting everyone know and
<br />reminding them about the bridge over there on Chapin. He stated that he is glad to see
<br />the work underway for the safety of the children and residents that live over there in the
<br />South Bend Housing Authority. He stated that he would like to keep moving on from the
<br />bridge also to start balancing things out a little bit also. The first thing was the bridge
<br />now; we also have a problem with the children, where are they going to play. He stated
<br />that we have a brand new Kroc Center, a brand new baseball stadium, but the kids still do
<br />not have any where to play. He stated that there is some land over there by the railroad
<br />tracks to put in a playground, basketball courts for the children to play. He stated that the
<br />land is right over by the South Bend Housing Authority; he stated that there is a small
<br />building also that could be converted over to a computer lab.
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<br />Jesse Davis, 1333 Calvert St., South Bend, Indiana, stated that several people have
<br />already brought up the issue of the tapes and threats that have been made and so forth.
<br />He asked the Council or demand as a citizen that the Council stay on top of this and make
<br />sure that they also look into and investigate as much as they can on this issue. He stated
<br />that the question went out about who is on this board of directors of the Metro Homicide
<br />Unit, and not only was Chuck Hurley’s name brought up, but you got Sheriff Grzegorek,
<br />Tim Corbett involved in the Metro Homicide, and all of the players and names that were
<br />brought up on this board are not only friends and probably work together but they are
<br />also political allies in a lot of ways. There are photographs of them out partying together,
<br />raising political funds for people, including the Mayor’s Office, when he ran for Mayor.
<br />He stated that these people definitely have a conflict of interest and are they going to be
<br />willing to through one of their own “under the bus” for lack of better words and say hey
<br />this guy did wrong and this is his punishment. He stated that the conflict of interest is too
<br />great. He stated that he read an article in the paper yesterday where the FOP President
<br />Noonan, basically made a comment saying that basically look we just want to move on.
<br />He stated at this point, we can’t just brush this under the rug, and move on. He is the
<br />President of the FOP and he is supposed to be here representing, not only the officers, the
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