Buttigieg to skip Clyburn fish fry, attend march in South Bend related to fatal police shooting

[DonViejo]

The South Bend, Indiana mayor told NBC News he was leaving the trail and heading home "to promote healing."

June 21, 2019, 12:46 PM EDT

By Adam Edelman and Jordan Jackson

Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Friday he will skip South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn’s “World Famous Fish Fry” — a prominent event popular among the Palmetto State’s African American voters — to return to South Bend, Indiana as the city continues to mourn following the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer.

Buttigieg told NBC News that he was leaving the 2020 campaign trail and returning to his city "to promote healing," and that he would participate in a march Friday night related to the shooting.

Buttigieg and others will march at 6 p.m. Friday from the police headquarters in South Bend to the City-County Building, which houses the mayor’s office.

"Part of my job is to promote healing and to make sure that members of the community, especially the black community who are concerned with whether they can trust the police, even as details are still coming out about the specific issue," Buttigieg said Friday, following a campaign appearance in Miami.

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[customerserviceguy]

1. This is the right thing to do

Pete's got a big test here, how he comes out of it will determine his future.

[Politicub]

2. Buttigieg is in a tough spot. I think he made the right call to stand by the people

in his city. He is a mayor first, candidate second.