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Pete Buttigieg is cutting ties and returning contributions from Steve Patton, the former Chicago city attorney who tried to block the release of video showing the shooting of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager whose death at the hands of police stirred months of protest and resulted in an officer s conviction.Patton was to be a co-host of a Buttigieg fundraiser taking place Friday in Chicago, and Buttigieg said Friday that he only found out about Patton s involvement in the event Friday morning. I learned about it this morning and within about an hour of that, he s no longer involved in the event or the campaign, Buttigieg told David Axelrod, former President Obama s chief campaign strategist and the head of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics Friday. Buttigieg said, Transparency and justice for Laquan McDonald is a lot more important than a campaign contribution.
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