Next Minneapolis police chief tasked with changing culture
People who have worked
closely with the man tapped to lead Minneapolis' embattled police
department say he has qualities that would suit him well in the role:
He's friendly, seems forthright, has deep roots in the city and is
African-American, which could help improve the sour relationship between
the police force and the city's sizeable black community.
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| Killer-cop, being black and Muslim, was immediately thrown to the dogs. |
Medaria Arradondo's long history with the
department — he has risen from school resource officer and patrolman to
assistant chief during his 28 years on the force — have some wondering
whether an outsider might be better suited to changing the culture of
the department, which has been accused of being too quick to use force.
Facing public anger over an officer's fatal
shooting last weekend of an unarmed, white 40-year-old Australian woman
who had called 911 to report hearing a possible sexual assault in the
alley behind her home, Mayor Betsy Hodges asked police Chief Janee
Harteau to resign, which she did Friday, and nominated Arradondo as
Harteau's replacement. Hodges dismissed protesters' calls for her to
resign, too.
"Over the next few years, the Minneapolis Police
Department will work to continue the transformational change that we all
know we need... More
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