Carson criticizes Chicago leaders for delay releasing video

About 80 people carrying banners and signs were marching around Chicago’s City Hall on Friday afternoon.

However, several black lawmakers said their opinion on whether Emanuel should step down is shaped by the prospect of who would take over during a time of unrest in the city.

Whether Emanuel steps down or not, Chicago politicians face the tough task of addressing the concerns of constituents who are increasingly disappointed by the windy city’s politicians.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is calling a video showing a white Chicago police officer fatally shooting a black teen “very disturbing”. Protesters allege a cover-up and have called for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez.

Coffman, who has viewed the videos, denied they depict Chatman reaching behind him and pointing anything at the officers.

“Dreads doesn’t mean terrible”, said Hunter, referring to McDonald’s hair style. Hunter said the money that really matters should come in the form of government resources to foster economic development and keep such deaths from happening.

Members of the Chicago Alliance Against Racism & Political Oppression announced on Thursday that they had submitted more than 50 complaints of police abuse to the US Attorney General’s Office.

Van Dyke is being charged with murder and will get his day in court.

The Rev. Marvin Hunter is McDonald’s great uncle. MORE DOWNTOWN PROTESTSMore protests calling for the mayor resignation are also scheduled Friday. Chicago-based lawyer Paul Strauss says one rule bars internal investigators from interviewing officers involved in shootings for 24 hours, potentially giving them time to coordinate fabricated stories.

Emanuel, who has dismissed his police superintendent, parted ways with the head of the police shooting review agency and dropped opposition to the release of the McDonald shooting video during the last two weeks, framed the situation as “a defining moment on the issues of crime and policing – and the even larger issues of truth, justice and race”.

McDonald’s mother was not in attendance because she’s “hurting and traumatized by the constant reminder and senseless death of her son”, Hunter said, referencing the video, which has been replayed on TV frequently.

With pressure on the mayor growing, the often-caustic Emanuel struck a conciliatory tone when he addressed the Chicago City Council on Wednesday. Such extraordinary tactics are intolerable in principle, and the fact that they generated no notable decline in crime suggests they were also bad in practice. But Van Dyke’s record as a police officer suggests that egregious behavior is not unusual for him. But the gun turned out to be a smartphone box. According to Reuters, “State Representative La Shawn Ford, a Chicago member of the IL legislature’s black caucus, filed a bill in Springfield on Wednesday to allow voters to recall Emanuel”.

Asked what they hoped to achieve with the petition, Grant said, “Change”. Jon Burge and millions of taxpayer dollars paid to settle claims connected to police brutality, it’s hard to fathom how Chicago has, until now, managed to avoid a full-scale federal probe.

The pastor of Chicago’s Grace Memorial Baptist Church has planned a Friday news conference to discuss the Laquan McDonald case.

Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Chicago and staged “die-ins” on Thursday, calling for the resignation of Emanuel a day after he emotionally apologized for the police shooting of McDonald. 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.