This mayor of Buffalo is completely clueless

[drray23]

he is double speaking trying to excuse the behavior of the police officers. Making the argument that police should keep moving forward instead of helping the poor guy they just showed to the ground.

[Pachamama]

1. He is awful - making excuses for cops, then denouncing it simultaneously. He made excuses for why

...no one rendered assistance to the man laying there bleeding. He started talking about how the police are trained to stay in formation and then are followed by a medic who renders help.

Medic? Formation?

Is this military at war with a medic?

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Yes, the police are at WAR with American citizens. nt

[atreides1]

4. That was a formation???

I've seen pre-school aged kids with better organizational skills.

They didn't maintain any kind of alignment, if that was a well trained unit...the PD needs to get their money back!!!!

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

8. So I talked to a local cop about that.

Apparently it's common practice pretty much all over the US. Medical treatment is supposed to be rendered after the scene is secure. In this case for a protest, medical is supposed to be administered behind the front line to ensure the injured and the person treating them are protected from further injury.

[msongs]

10. a knockd down cop would get assistance in a millisecond nt

[madaboutharry]

3. I was very shocked by his interview with Rachel.

He seemed completely detached from what was going on with the police in his own city. He was talking in a pedantic tone that was so off putting. Rachel seemed very frustrated that she couldn’t get through to him.

[oasis]

7. Mayor's trying like hell to whittle down the dollar amount of lawsuit

that city will be hit with. 💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵

[Eugene]

11. Exactly.

He was spinning like a tornado trying to minimize the conduct of police while playing up how they were protecting the city from "lawbreakers." I lost count of how many times he pointed out the "prompt" response by medics after the assault.

[pwb]

5. Politics do not attract the brightest.

Look at trump?

[AntiFascist]

6. It sounds like their police union is about as bad, if not worse than, that in Minneapolis n/t

[Celerity]

9. they are ALL horrific and need to be crushed to powder via RICO Act prosecutions

nothing will change until copper unions are eviscerated

[MustLoveBeagles]

12. Very disappointing

I noticed while he was spinning he wasn't looking at the camera but down and off to the side. It was a tell.

[Patterson]

13. If the mayor did it, it's going to be hard to get it removed