Protesters once again filled City Hall Friday demanding change and investigations in Chicago.
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While a police review board found the officers’ actions justified, Emanuel said Monday that he didn’t see how the treatment of Coleman “could possibly be acceptable”.
Whether Emanuel steps down or not, Chicago politicians face the tough task of addressing the concerns of constituents who are increasingly disappointed by the windy city’s politicians. The city suppressed the dash-cam video for 13 months until a judge ordered its release.
“I hold Anita Alvarez accountable”, McDonald’s great uncle, Pastor Marvin Hunter, said surrounded by relatives during a Friday news conference at Grace Memorial Baptist Church.
Seventeen-year-old Cedrick Chatman was a suspect in a vehicle theft when he was killed on January 7, 2013, by police. Protesters have turned the shooting into a rallying cry, their chants of “16 shots and a cover-up” becoming as familiar as “I can’t breathe” became after the video that showed Eric Garner being taken down by a NY police officer in a fatal chokehold.
Dailide added that only time will tell how involved the mayor was in any cover-ups concerning the McDonald shooting, but feels that as “messy” as the situation is Emanuel is doing everything he can to fix things.
Grant says his father knew Laquan because the teen frequented his father’s convenience store, in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood.
The city is fighting the release of that video, arguing that it could prejudice would-be jurors if the case goes to trial.
State Rep. LaShawn Ford, a Chicago Democrat, filed a bill Wednesday in Springfield to allow for the recall of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Officers said they believed he was reaching for a gun.
Family members of a black teenager fatally shot by a white Chicago police officer are expected to speak publicly. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice opens a sweeping probe of Chicago Police Department patterns and practices going back decades.
The release of a police video of the shooting of the adolescent along with the submitting of a murder charge against Van Dyke on November 24 arrived more than a year after McDonald’s departure.
Hey it’s only been a day since the last awful news about Chicago governance and police corruption, so here’s a little more.
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Alvarez has defended her office, calling it a complex investigation. Emanuel apologized in recent days that the incident occurred under his administration. Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez is our guest this week on Newsviews.
