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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSanford Mayor: "Somebody has been killed, and we can't make an arrest or we didn't make an arrest?"
(Reuters) - Banker Jeff Triplett became the part-time mayor of Sanford, Florida, last year. He wanted to improve transportation and attract jobs to the quaint city of brick streets and lakefront views.
Now, he is confronted by any mayor's nightmare: the shooting death of a black teenager under vague circumstances, accusations that someone who volunteered to protect lives unjustifiably took one and questions about the police investigation.
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"My question immediately was the same as everybody else's," Triplett said. "How is there somebody that has been killed, and we can't make an arrest or we didn't make an arrest?"
Triplett had difficulty getting a handle on the case. Information would be relayed only to be corrected, he said, and police were generally reluctant to reveal too much about the investigation.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/usa-florida-shooting-mayor-idUSL2E8ET3O920120330
Now, he is confronted by any mayor's nightmare: the shooting death of a black teenager under vague circumstances, accusations that someone who volunteered to protect lives unjustifiably took one and questions about the police investigation.
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"My question immediately was the same as everybody else's," Triplett said. "How is there somebody that has been killed, and we can't make an arrest or we didn't make an arrest?"
Triplett had difficulty getting a handle on the case. Information would be relayed only to be corrected, he said, and police were generally reluctant to reveal too much about the investigation.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/usa-florida-shooting-mayor-idUSL2E8ET3O920120330
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Sanford Mayor: "Somebody has been killed, and we can't make an arrest or we didn't make an arrest?" (Original Post)
Amerigo Vespucci
Mar 2012
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orwell
(7,773 posts)1. The good news...you've won the job of Mayor!
The bad news...you're the Mayor of Good 'ol Boy Crackertown!
guitar man
(15,996 posts)2. "vague" circumstances?
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)3. Mayor sounds like a good guy
But he obviously wasn't as involved in the city's affairs as he should have been, particularly when it comes to the police department.