1 / 6APTOPIX Election 2020 ButtigiegDemocratic presidential candidate and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg looks on during a town hall community meeting, Sunday, June 23, 2019, at Washington High School in South Bend, Ind. Buttigieg faced criticism from angry black residents at the emotional town hall meeting, a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city. SOUTH BEND, Ind.
Cotter's petition also revealed that O'Neill had been accused of making"inappropriate racial remarks" as a patrol officer 11 years ago. The South Bend Fraternal Order of Police, which represents local officers including O'Neill, issued a statement Monday saying that it supports O'Neill and accusing Buttigieg of"driving a wedge between law enforcement officers and the community they took an oath to serve.
The shooting occurred after O'Neill responded to a call about a suspicious person going through vehicles, Cotter has said. O'Neill spotted Logan leaning inside a car. When confronted, Logan approached O'Neill with a 6- to 8-inch knife raised over his head, the prosecutor said. O'Neill fired twice, with one shot hitting a car door. The shooting was not recorded by the officer's body camera.