A group of Hamilton County pastors is determined to foster positive race relations among police officers and black people.
Great.
They have petitioned Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. They have called for Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond to step down. They have had sit-downs with Chattanooga District Attorney Neal Pinkston.
All of this is understandable, and anything we can do to help law enforcement officials do their jobs and eliminate discrimination is noble.
That said, Hammond understandably does not want to act until all the information is gathered, despite how troubling his deputies’ acts caught on video earlier this month assuredly were. That is called investigating.