TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) _ The mayor of a Southern California city resigned following an email in which he stated he didn’t “believe there’s ever been a good person of color killed by a police officer” locally.
Temecula Mayor James Stewart had apologized Thursday for the email, saying he never meant to use the word “good.”
“What I said is and I don’t believe there has ever been a person of color murdered by police, on context to Temecula or Riverside County.
The initial email came as cities around California were the scenes of large demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died last week after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee on his neck.
Stewart said he didn’t remember the shooting when he was composing his email message, which also said that “racism is not excepted or tolerated” in the city or surrounding areas.
