Chris Smitherman could not have had a worse first few days in office. His statements at this week's city council meeting really make him look like a rookie.
1. Thinking that he and city council were the "boss" of the Chief of Police was forgivable.
2. From the Enquirer: Smitherman demanded the manager obtain an "independent autopsy" and supply the autopsy report "today," as if a city manager and not the county coroner has authority to do autopsies. This is a sign of a ignorance and of cracking under his new found pressure of public office. Emotion seems to be getting the best of him, or he is vesting to much capital in pleasing what he thinks is his "black activist" voting base.
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