Carson: Chicago Police Shooting ‘Despicable’

Rev. Marvin Hunter, the great uncle of Laquan McDonald, center, …

In an early morning press conference outside City Hall, bishops Larry D. Trotter, Tavis Grant and James Dukes also called for Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court Timothy Evans to appoint a special prosecutor in the trial of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with first-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. “In all fairness, we should give him a chance to fix the problem, not just oust him because there is a problem”, said Tonya Hunter, an Emanuel supporter. 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.

Dash cam video of the incident was not released until 13 months later.

Later that night, the city released yet another video showing an inmate being dragged out of his cell by his handcuffed wrists.

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.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office confirmed Thursday the officer and a second officer who arrived soon after were notified by Chicago police that they weren’t needed and left.

McDonald family attorney Jeff Neslund warned the city in a letter to the Corporation Counsel’s office on March 6th of this year: “This case will undoubtedly bring a microscope of national attention to the shooting” and “the City’s pattern, practice and procedures”.

Also Wednesday, at least four different groups of protesters planned to converge on City Hall. Since then, there have been nearly daily protests in Chicago.

Paul Beaty/AP Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during a City Council meeting. “Laquan was the kind of kid when he saw you, he greeted you with a hug. We’re exhausted of the systemic racism in Chicago and something needs to be done about it”, Rush University medical student Paris Austell said, WLS-TV reported.

“I think he’s doing the politically correct thing, but he’s doing it too late and not quite enough”, said North Side resident, Dorothy Wolff.