Sounds like they wanted to cover up some misdeeds.
Kind of like Hitlery wiping out her hard drives. Lois Lerner like.
Some of the commentary at the link suggests they also wiped out hard drives.
They woman elected mayor has been in government business in the city a long time, too, apparently.
So, whatever—this probably has less to do with racism and more to do with covering up bad behaviour.
Well God bless and help that lady, she has a lot of clean up in front of her.