Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Directs Police to Review Crisis Training

But on Sunday, dozens of people kept vigil for her. Jones, who lived in a first-floor apartment of the building, was shot through the door, said her cousin Evelyn Glover.

The officer, Jason Van Dyke, was charged with first-degree murder just a few hours before the video was released in late November – more than a year after the shooting.

The release of that video sent thousands into the streets in protest and helped spark an investigation into the department by the civil rights division of the Justice Department.

Rahm Emanuel will rush back from Cuba to deal with the aftermath of Saturday’s double-fatality.

Family and friends mourned a Chicago teenager and a neighbor during a memorial service Sunday – the day after police shot the two during a domestic disturbance call. “The other person said his son was beating on the door and had a baseball bat in his hand”.

The problem also received some attention a year ago, when New Mexico police shot and killed a mentally ill man named James Boyd who reportedly believed he was a federal agent who didn’t have to obey their orders.

Handout Bettie Jones (pictured) and Quintonio LeGrier were fatally shot by police at a West Garfield Park residence December 26, 2015.

There is speculation that mental-health issues played a role in LeGrier’s behavior. LaGrier’s father told the Chicago Sun-Times that the cop knew “he had messed up” and was standing outside, distraught and yelling, after the shooting.

Cooksey said the Black community could not count on the CPD. She told WBBM that she thought her son would be transported to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, a standard practice at police departments across the country.

Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier were killed Saturday.

Cheryl Dorsey, a retired Los Angeles police sergeant and law enforcement consultant for CNN, also wondered why police didn’t use stun guns.

“Anytime an officer uses force the public deserves answers, and regardless of the circumstances, we all grieve anytime there is a loss of life in our city”, Emanuel said Saturday. “The entire system needs to be changed, from the racist, unjust policies to the people who enforce them”.

This comes as the mayor’s office announced today that Emanuel would cut short a family vacation in Cuba that was scheduled to last the rest of the week and will return home tomorrow.

But the resulting Independent Police Review Authority can only make recommendations for officer discipline, with the final determination made by the police superintendent or by the mayor-appointed police board.

Most attendees at Sunday’s vigil wore shirts bearing Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s face and the phrase “Rahm Failed Us”. A protest is planned at City Hall on Thursday.

“He should be at every police district, meeting with every officer in this city and letting them know where he stands on brutality and misconduct by the police”, said Ford. She said he graduated from Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy in Chicago and “was going somewhere”.

“It’s scary here in Chicago”. Jones’ childhood friend Jacqueline Walker had questions for the police. She was a member of Action Now, a local organization that supports issues such as affordable housing and a higher minimum wage.

On Monday, Antonio LeGrier filed a lawsuit against the city, saying his son was never a threat and that officers used excessive force.

Jones’ family attorney told the Tribune that she was shot after answering her door, and several bullet shell casings were found on the sidewalk at least 20 feet from her front door.

Watson said she and other academics, as well as advocacy groups, attempted to speak with Emanuel after he was elected about committing more resources to CIT.