Newly sworn in Waterloo police chief at protest hours later

https://kwwl.com/2020/06/02/waterloo-police-chiefs-first-night-on-the-job-spent-at-protest-focuses-on-accountability/?fbclid=IwAR3bF1UVvQmoe5Lx11cLCerxTr-sjpDzggyWRxEBSggGXF6liHWhiOOMGCEW

The crowd often seemed receptive to his being there, many of them saying that no cop had ever interacted with them like this. Being the city's first African American to lead its police force, Fitzgerald tried to connect with those who said they'd been hurt by police.

It was an interesting night, though ...

At one point, a truck flying a white supremacist flag drove by the park, inciting protesters before speeding away. Fitzgerald was asked how he planned to deal with those kinds of issues.

Organizers informed the crowd that police had stopped the driver of that truck a few blocks away. While feelings and sentiments aren't something police can enforce, Fitzgerald noted that the driving of the driver was enforceable.

It wasn't a perfect night in Waterloo, but I think this bodes well for Waterloo and the Cedar Valley as a whole.