Police say they opened fire because LeGrier was acting in a “combative” manner, and that Jones was “accidentally struck and tragically killed” along with him.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s deputy chief of staff was allegedly assaulted while attending a vigil for two people fatally shot by Chicago police.
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Mayor Emanuel reached out last weekend to offer condolences to the daughters of police shooting victim Bettie Jones.
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In fact, victim’s family has claimed that they might have been “disappointed” by the outcome but they were not “surprised”. The size of those protests likely was reduced by a cold and steady rain that fell throughout the day.
The shootings came amid scrutiny of police after a series of deaths of African-Americans at the hands of officers gave rise to the Black Lives Matter movement.
The mayor said he had asked IPRA to review police training for interacting with mentally ill people, in response to claims that emotional problems or mental illness may have contributed to LeGrier’s behavior that led to his father’s police call. Mr Herbert also said that they have not ruled out asking for a change of venue. Police said Jones was killed by accident during the altercation with LeGrier.
When the police arrived, he said, he heard gunshots and found his son and Ms Jones lying in the foyer.
“Police officers have batons, police officers have Tasers, police officers have [pepper] spray”, Mr. Ervin told the Chicago Tribune.
Jones, a mother of five who had hosted family for Christmas, and LeGrier, a college student home for holiday break, were pronounced dead at hospitals, according to relatives and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Van Dyke has been fired and charged with first degree murder in the shooting. The shooting of Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones is the latest black eye to hit both the CPD and the city of Chicago.
A spokesperson for the police department says interim Superintendent Escalante has acted to improve Taser training and increase the numbers of them, although he acknowledges that the most significant impediment to department-wide use is the fact that they are very expensive. A video released this month shows officers later entering Coleman’s jail cell, using a stun gun on him and then dragging him away. He was indicted earlier this month on six counts of first-degree murder and one count of official misconduct for fatally shooting McDonald.
The Chicago Police Department is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation, which came after the release of a video showing a white officer shooting a black teenager 16 times. “The police are killing us”, the man reportedly said. Chicago-based lawyer Paul Strauss says one rule bars internal investigators from interviewing officers involved in shootings for 24 hours, potentially giving them time to coordinate fabricated stories.
After the judge ordered the release, Alvarez said she made a decision to immediately go forward with the charges.
Police say no one was arrested. Chicago’s lack of action on police shootings has finally motivated the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch an investigation.
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The embattled mayor issued a statement on Sunday calling for a review of the police Crisis Intervention Team and better guidance for officers when dealing with mental health cases.
