Pete Buttigieg Warns: Reform Police or ‘Country Doesn’t Make It’Kyle Olson 20 Apr 2021
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg issued an ominous warning Monday: Reform policing or the “country doesn’t make it.â€
Buttigieg appeared on The Breakfast Club to tout President Joe Biden’s $2.5 trillion “infrastructure†plan and also discussed police reform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aosdkv_Femg&feature=emb_logoHost Charlemagne tha God asked Buttigieg about the treatment of Army Lt. Caron Nazario, who was filmed being pepper-sprayed and handcuffed by Virginia police.
“I don’t know I have words for how that makes me feel,†he responded. He said he objected to “one of our troops in uniform being treated that way.â€
The transportation secretary said that likely happened “just as much†in another era, but there was not a camera to capture it.
When asked if the Biden administration really cares about “holding police accountable,†Buttigieg responded, “Absolutely.â€
He touted the George Floyd Policing Act and said, “The country is not whole until something changes.â€
Buttigieg said there there local decisions, but “there is also a national culture,†and he insisted laws like the George Floyd Act “would make a difference.â€
“We’re up against the entire history of this country. It’s before the founding of this country. We’re up against 400 years. But I really believe it has to change in our lifetime or the country doesn’t make it,†he said.
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