Posted on 09/01/23
| News Source: FOX45
The Brooklyn Day mass shooting after-action report is igniting a debate over who should be held accountable.
There’s disappointment and distrust coming from nearly every corner of the city.
“I can’t be any more honest than to tell you we made mistakes,” said acting commissioner Richard Worley.
City leaders admitted fault and promised accountability at a press conference Wednesday highlighting many failures within several city agencies on the day of the shooting.
“This mass shooting is one of the most painful chapters in our cities history which has had more than its fair share of painful chapters,” said Mayor Brandon Scott.
Political analyst John Dedie thinks city leaders could do a better job owning the situation.
“I don’t know if they owned it enough. They kind of expressed sympathy, frustration, etc. but you know there’s the expression Truman said, the buck stops here. The question about ownership is also one other thing. What’s going to be the aftermath? What’s going to be the consequences,” he said.
Police said some have been disciplined for their actions that day and MONSE are praising their response despite several unanswered questions about Safe Streets.
“They need to be a little bit more aggressive about dealing with this and at the same time it’s all well and good to say we’re going to put something in someone’s file and they’re being disciplined, but disciplining these officers doesn’t bring the victims back. What is going to be long term to make sure there’s better community engagement with police,” he said.
Dedie says voters will not forget this historic shooting, and depending on if and when solutions are implemented it could impact Mayor Scott who’s up for reelection.
“It’s how he’s going to handle tomorrow. The thing is people will give you a little bit of a pass for the first incident and you have to deal with it but if there’s a second thing like this it’s like flunking a test you’ve taken twice,” he said.
Reporters were also limited to questions at the press conference.
Dedie says leaders may be avoiding answering questions they simply don’t have the answers to.