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Mayor Hodges blasts 'jackass remarks' by police union chief over Lynx police walkout
http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-police-chief-criticizes-officers-for-walking-off-job-at-lynx-game/386506061/Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges blasted the “jackass remarks” made by the head of the city’s police union on Tuesday, while Police Chief Janeé Harteau issued a more measured response after four Minneapolis police officers walked off an off-duty job at a Minnesota Lynx game Saturday.
The officers quit their posts before the game when players criticized racial profiling and wore pregame warm-up jerseys that said “Black Lives Matter” but that also included the Dallas Police logo. The episode, which came on the same night hundreds of protesters blocked Interstate 94, was yet another example of raw feelings following the shooting death of Philando Castile by St. Anthony police and the slaying of five Dallas police officers.
Hodges, who posted her remarks on Facebook, was reacting to Minneapolis Police Federation President Bob Kroll, who said in an interview with the Star Tribune on Monday that he commended the officers for leaving their post and predicted other officers would refuse to work games.
He also said only four officers worked the Saturday game because the Lynx are a “pathetic draw.”
Mayor Hodges wrote, “Bob Kroll’s remarks about the Lynx are jackass remarks. Let me be clear: labor leadership inherently does not speak on behalf of management. Bob Kroll sure as hell doesn’t speak for me about the Lynx or about anything else.”
The officers quit their posts before the game when players criticized racial profiling and wore pregame warm-up jerseys that said “Black Lives Matter” but that also included the Dallas Police logo. The episode, which came on the same night hundreds of protesters blocked Interstate 94, was yet another example of raw feelings following the shooting death of Philando Castile by St. Anthony police and the slaying of five Dallas police officers.
Hodges, who posted her remarks on Facebook, was reacting to Minneapolis Police Federation President Bob Kroll, who said in an interview with the Star Tribune on Monday that he commended the officers for leaving their post and predicted other officers would refuse to work games.
He also said only four officers worked the Saturday game because the Lynx are a “pathetic draw.”
Mayor Hodges wrote, “Bob Kroll’s remarks about the Lynx are jackass remarks. Let me be clear: labor leadership inherently does not speak on behalf of management. Bob Kroll sure as hell doesn’t speak for me about the Lynx or about anything else.”
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