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 mayor’s office declined to say when Emanuel had originally planned to return.
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“This family is absolutely devastated”, the Rev. Marshall E. Hatch of a West Garfield Park church said in a statement early Sunday, adding that the shooting showed how “deeply dysfunctional the relationship is between this department and its citizens”.
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But police aren’t saying exactly what happened, and the victims’ families are demanding answers.
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According to the police department, only one in five officers is trained in the use of a Taser, and there are only 30 Tasers available per police district.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Monday that he would cut short his holiday to Cuba amid calls that he step down over a recent spate of high-profile police shootings of black Americans.
Cole said young college student Quintonio LeGrier “was trying to make a difference, and he was a role model – not only to the people in his community but to his family”. The second was from someone who announced himself as Antonio LeGrier who said his son was beating on his door with a baseball bat in his hand.
Nearly immediately, Emanuel directed interim Chicago Police Superintendent John Escalante and Fairley to meet to reform Crisis Intervention Training and de-escalation practices for police officers, as well as training on how to deal with calls that involve potential offenders with mental health problems.
The lawsuit says Quintonio LeGrier never had a weapon and did nothing to suggest he was a threat before police opened fire. After video evidence contradicting the police’s account of the incident emerged weeks ago, the city’s ire has focused on Mayor Emanuel, with some calling for his resignation, and one state representative introducing a bill to recall him.
“There are serious questions about yesterday’s shootings that must be answered in full by the Independent Police Review Authority’s investigation”, his statement said. They said Jones was killed by accident and extended condolences.
Van Dyke, who has a history of complaints against him, mostly for excessive force, was charged with murder.
Demonstrators will march from the family church where Laquan McDonald’s relatives say they worship. Rather, they were responding to calls from family members or neighbors who noticed that a mentally unstable person was behaving oddly.
“Deadly force should have been used as a last resort and not a first resort”, retired police sergeant Cheryl Dorsey told CNN, asking why Tasers had not been used to subdue LeGrier.
Janet Cooksey (right) shares a picture of her son, Quintonio LeGrier, as she listens to speakers talk about the deaths of LeGrier and Bettie Jones before the start of a vigil December 27, 2015, in Chicago.
Jones’ daughter, Latisha Jones, told the Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune that she woke up when she heard gunshots, walked to the front door and saw her mother bleeding on the ground.
Bettie Jones, 55, was fatally wounded on Boxing Day after police responded to a report of domestic violence.
Police did not disclose the race of the officer or officers involved in the shooting, saying only that those involved will be placed on administrative duties.
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The mayor has welcomed a U.S. Justice Department investigation into whether Chicago police have made a habit of violating the law.
