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Buttigieg taking campaign leave after South Bend officer kills black man

By John Gage
Published June 17, 2019 4:35pm ET
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Buttigieg taking campaign leave after South Bend officer kills black man
Democratic Presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg speaks, during the Blue Commonwealth Gala at Main Street Station in Richmond, Va., Saturday, June 15, 2019. | (Dan Currier/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Mayor Pete Buttigieg is on temporary campaign leave from his 2020 presidential bid after a South Bend police officer shot a black man.

“One of the reasons we’re communicating upfront right now is because of lessons learned from members of the community,” the Indiana Democrat said at a Sunday news conference with South Bend city officials.

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