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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Your teams on the go or at home. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android.&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges criticized the city\u2019s police union head Bob Kroll&amp;nbsp;over comments he made about four officers\u2019 decision to walk out of a Minnesota Lynx game.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Saturday, four Minneapolis officers working as independent contractors walked off their jobs at a Lynx game after players wore shirts with the phrase Black Lives Matter on them. The players spoke out against violence before the game, condemning violent acts against two black men as well as the killing of five Dallas police officers.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kroll said he \u201Ccommended\u201D the officers for their decision to leave, and also said only four officers were working the game because the team was \u201Cpathetic\u201D at selling tickets.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hodges responded to Kroll in a Facebook post.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CBob Kroll's remarks about the Lynx are jackass remarks,\u201D Hodges wrote. \u201CLet me be clear: labor leadership inherently does not speak on behalf of management. Bob Kroll sure as hell doesn't speak for me about the Lynx or about anything else.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Minneapolis\u2019s chief of police Janee Harteau also criticized the walk-out.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CAlthough these officers were working on behalf of the Lynx,&amp;nbsp;when wearing a Minneapolis Police uniform I expect all officers to adhere to our core values and honor their oath of office,\u201D Harteau said. \u201CWalking off the job and defaulting on their contractual obligation to provide a service to the Lynx does not conform to the expectations held by the public for the uniform these officers wear.\u201D\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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