This week, Mayor Emanuel apologized for his handling of the 2014 shooting death of a black 17-year-old, Laquan McDonald, by a white police officer, Jason Van Dyke. Chicago Protests Call for Mayor’s Resignation Eighty-three % of voters within the city’s 43rd ward, which incorporates Lincoln Park & the Lakeview neighborhood, voted for Emanuel within the last election, in accordance to the Chicago Board of Elections.
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Dane Tucker, a retired Chicago firefighter who believes Emanuel should step down, brought his 10-year-old grandson to the protest.
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The Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression had a news conference Thursday afternoon in Federal Plaza, then delivered more than 50 complaints of police misconduct to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. “Had to say something on Saturday; see you at church on Sunday”.
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Protesters have turned the shooting into a rallying cry, their chants of “16 shots and a cover-up” taking its place alongside the “I can’t breathe” refrain that followed the video that showed Eric Garner being taken down by a NY police officer in a fatal chokehold.
The city negotiated a $5 million settlement with the family. “His focus is on the residents of this city and finally and fully addressing the issue of police accountability, which has challenged Chicago for decades”.
Several cameras outside a nearby food market and at local high school recorded different portions of what happened, according to Coffman and a report by the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA), the city agency that investigates police shootings.
The remarks were similar to his responses to questions during an interview on CNN Wednesday night when asked about McDonald’s shooting by Ofc.
Hunter requested that President Barack Obama hold a summit on gun violence, urban poverty and police brutality. Officers who saw Van Dyke shoot McDonald portrayed the teen as menacing, which is not how he appeared on screen.
Protesters are calling for Mayor Rahm Mmanuel to resign. He told reporters Friday that the McDonald case is but one of many in which African-Americans have been mistreated by Chicago police.
Bishop Tavis Grant said they plan to deliver the petition to the mayor “so he can feel the pulse of the community”.
Dash cam video of the incident was not released until 13 months later.
Chicago officials fought the release of the video, arguing it could interfere with any resulting court case.
“There was never ever a time when they said, ‘You want to exonerate an officer, and we think he should be disciplined, ‘” she said. But she added that Dart was not aware of that until his top aides began making inquiries late Wednesday following the Tribune call.
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Davis, who has said he was sacked after refusing to change findings that showed police were at fault, said Emanuel made bad hiring decisions, pointing to former Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, who pleaded guilty in October to bribery charges.
