The Police Chief only spoke up after the BLM complaint.
Yes, and his comment was very telling:
“This is disgraceful and does not represent the hard working and committed officers of the Seventh District.”
It was disgraceful, and it matters not a whit who pointed the issue out in the first place. The overwhelming majority of reasonable people would agree with the police chief. Indeed, I have no doubt that many other people could have pointed out the same thing—including people who despise BLM...