Amid ongoing protests in the city of Chicago, an IL state legislator who introduced a bill that would allow Rahm Emanuel to be removed from office by a recall vote says city residents feel abandoned by the embattled mayor.
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Protesters are calling for Mayor Rahm Mmanuel to resign.
Several prominent Chicago pastors have rejected Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s “olive branch of peace” and are demanding that his administration release yet another video in which a white police officer fatally shot a black teenager.
Meanwhile, protestors are also calling on the city to release video from the January 2013 killing of 17-year-old teen Cedrick Chatman.
The Rev. Marvin Hunter, center, the great uncle of Laquan McDonald, accompanied by other family members and supporters, speaks at a news conference Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in Chicago.
Sally Daly, a spokeswoman for Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, said prosecutors reviewed the IPRA investigation and chose not to file charges.
The city agreed to a $5 million settlement with McDonald’s family earlier this year without a lawsuit being filed.
Hunter described McDonald as a big, loving “jokester”, not a gangster, and said police should not judge young black men by their appearance. That delay was blamed on the top local prosecutor along with Emanuel, and has prompted more than two weeks of protests in the nation’s third-largest city.
The city is fighting the release of that video, arguing that it could prejudice would-be jurors if the case goes to trial.
Attorneys for McDonald’s family said days ago that McDonald’s mother did not want the video made public because she was still grieving.
Emanuel has acknowledged that it’s a long process to rebuild trust between the Chicago Police Department and Chicagoans and it will take a lot of work, according to Earnest. After initially saying that a federal probe of the department would be “misguided” because the U.S. Attorney’s office was already examining the McDonald shooting, Emanuel later said he welcomed such an investigation. The 16 minutes symbolized the 16 shots fired at McDonald.
“When he saw you he greeted you with a hug”, the uncle said.
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“I own it”, he said, at times appearing emotional.
