The video shows Johnson running from police across a street with several officers in pursuit, and then one officer fires.
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Fairley said there’s “serious questions” about Philip Coleman’s treatment. Police say it was the gun recovered near his body.
The half-dozen officers were previously cleared of wrongdoing. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The family has asked the city to release the video since litigation started.
Protesters hit the streets of Chicago yesterday demanding the resignation of the city mayor, after he apologised and took responsibility for the fatal police shooting of a black teenager.
The police response to Coleman’s death was a routine cover-up.
In the almost 40-minute speech, Emanuel vowed the city would not “shrink from the challenge” of making reforms needed to bolster public trust in a department that has been beset for years by allegations of torturing and beating suspects and targeting the city’s black and Latino residents. The teenager was shot 16 times by officer Jason Van Dyke. Emanuel also pushed through the largest tax increase in city history to deal with a budget crisis.
The Justice Department investigation of Chicago’s trigger-happy police department, announced Monday by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, is welcome. A protester carries a caricature of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel during a march on Michigan Ave., calling for Emanuel and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to resign in the wake of a police scandal, Wednesday, De… Some believe officers treat them differently and make unfounded assumptions because of how they look or where they live, according to the mayor, a perception that feeds their anger and despair.
Protesters also appeared to be headed for a bridge near the Magnificent Mile, which was the site of a Black Friday protest.
One local minister told CBS Chicago he’s not convinced the mayor will bring any real change to the Chicago Police Department.
Eight days before McDonald was killed, Officer George Hernandez fatally shot 25-year-old Ronald Johnson III. He added that the video was a “game-changer” in the community and helped people understand “the frustration of what we are dealing with”.
Emanuel is expected to address three main themes: justice, culture and community, his office said.
This includes tackling issues related to poverty, opportunity and family, as well as law enforcement’s relationship with its citizens, he said. She said her white colleagues walked in without having to show ID. On Monday, Alvarez, the Cook County state’s attorney, announced no charges would be pursued against the police officers after an independent police review found they acted within policy.
In this case, the city followed its standard policy. City lawyers say its release will make a fair trial hard.
Many viewed the speech as Emanuel’s effort to sway the populace to his corner. The guards claimed that they only Tasered Coleman after he attacked them, and refused to release the video evidence showing that this was a lie.
But for the protesters, the first thing that needs to end is Emanuel’s second term as mayor.
In his speech, Emanuel noted the problems are ones that have plagued Chicago for decades, and that there are no simple solutions. Legal experts say there is no current mechanism under state law to recall a mayor.
“I think the problem is that a lot of what’s happening now seems reactive”, said Vanessa Williamson, a fellow at the Brookings Institution. Evans is an African-American officer who’s been with the Chicago police 29 years. He also has criticised the agency that investigates police misconduct for finding nearly all police shootings justified. “But it also is an historic opportunity to confront an issue that has been around for generations”, said David Axelrod, a longtime Chicagoan who, as former senior adviser to Obama, worked closely with both the President and Emanuel.
“You don’t earn trust back with one speech”, Axelrod said.
One of the demonstrators outside of the council hall before Emanuel’s speech said the mayor must step aside.
Emanuel has been engulfed in a media firestorm since a video was released two weeks ago showing the 2014 death of Laquan McDonald. The judge intimated in his ruling that prosecutors should have charged Servin with murder, not manslaughter.
Emanuel lamented Wednesday that young people join gangs “in search of self-worth” and because they don’t see hope for a better life, saying, “We as a city must and can do better”. “And he’s going to eventually lose the support of the City Council”. The video immediately set off protests.
This story has been corrected to show that the 5 p.m. rally is planned for Thursday, not Wednesday.
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Since the release of the McDonald video, Emanuel forced Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy to resign and formed a task force to examine the police department.
