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Last night, the mayor of Minneapolis, Betsy Hodges, announced that police chief, Janee Harteau, had tendered her resignation after this week’s fatal shooting of an unarmed white woman, Justine Damond, by a Minneapolis police officer. Fox News carried the press conference live. Only a few minutes into reading a statement, Hodges was interrupted by protestors calling for her resignation. Hodges tried to quell the voices for a few minutes but quickly gave up leaving the room to the varied voices of protestors of all colors.
The protestors aired grievances that the police department had been waging a war on the citizens and that the problem was not with the individual, it was with the institution. They wanted all of Hodges’ staff to go with her. They said, “bye, bye, Betsy,” “this is the people’s house,” and that they would run the city now. They were a motley crew, but they were well behaved, except for the talking over and refusing to shut up.
The moment when protesters flooded into the room: pic.twitter.com/QeoMFZUhDg
— Libor Jany (@StribJany) July 22, 2017
Watching the press conference live, I had no expectation of what was about to happen. While some hecklers could be expected, it was surprising that they were allowed to continue and eventually took over the room, gaining unimpeded airtime on likely several mainstream media networks. I am not a fan of that type of interaction – I don’t think shouting down people leads to much goodwill – but I was shocked by the weak leadership displayed by Mayor Hodges. She abdicated the floor without resistance and showed herself to be as ineffective as the protestors claimed she is.
While it would not have been wise to publicly tangle with the protestors, she should have taken control of her voice, announced she was finished and then leave of her own accord. Instead she looked very weak, only returning when the protestors were gone to say she would not resign.
The protestors were boastful – that they would run the city – and Hodges’ lackluster performance will only lead them more forcefully down that path. She does not appear that she is up to the task of leading a diverse urban city. I predict she resigns very soon. And that might be the best thing for Minneapolis too.
Nan says: The cops can’t be happy with her either. While I do t expect the rabble trousers to run the city, we need someone with balls. People have been upset that black lies matter has run rampant through the city. They have been allowed to shut down the freeway, intersections and block streets for weeks at a time.
No idea who the candidates are but Bike Lane Betsy came in 3rd in the Democrat primary.
Now that a woman in a wealthy neighborhood has been shot in cold blood, by an affirmative action hire, who Betsy personally touted as a great thing for the city, enough people may be mad enough yo change.
But the city is a DFL stronghold so first, enough people would have to be mad enough not to vote DFL, and second, there would have to be a strong candidate.
GWB says: Bike Lane Betsy came in 3rd in the Democrat primary.
First… you had a primary for *mayor*?
Second, if she came in third, how did she end up as mayor? Why do I have visions of The Book of Armaments in my head? (“One, tow, five.” “Three, sir.” “Right, three.” *throws the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch*)
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