Chicago lawmaker files legislation that would let Chicagoans recall Emanuel

Officers Raoul Mosqueda and Gildardo Sierra testified during the trial that they pulled Pinex over, who was driving an Oldsmobile, because the auto matched the description of a vehicle that was wanted in connection to another shooting. Pinex was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Chicago’s South Side in January, 2011, Gawker reports. About halfway through the trial Marsh admitted, in the absence of the jury, that he had neglected to turn over a recording of the broadcast that actually aired over the officers’ Zone 6 radios the evening Pinex was killed.

Emanuel said he trusts city Corporation Counsel Stephen Patton to make sure the Law Department is following the proper procedures, even as U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang faulted lax training and oversight at Patton’s department for hampering the production of Police Department records when officers are accused of misconduct. Another attorney, Thomas Aumann resigned in August.

About $100,000 will go to each of 57 victims whose claims have been vetted by a local law professor, Chicago Torture Justice Memorials, a group that has been fighting for recognition of 111 known victims, and also the city’s legal department. Thousands of emails released last week showed close communication between Emanuel’s office, the police and the organization that investigates the police in the aftermath of deadly force incidents.

Sean Kennedy of member station WBEZ tells our Newscast unit that the city hopes the settlements can help mend relations between police and the community, especially in light of several recent high-profile shootings of young black men.

A federal judge in Chicago has ordered a new trial in a civil case focused on a fatal police shooting after he concluded a city lawyer sought to hide evidence.

A city law department spokesman said he did not have a way to leave a message for Marsh seeking comment.

McCarthy was forced to resign by Mayor Rahm Emanuel after the November release of a video of a white police officer shooting a black teenager, Laquan McDonald, 16 times. “I don’t think they cared that (Pinex) got killed, they didn’t care what the truth was and they didn’t care they cheated (with the evidence)”.

Following weeks of discontent from Chicago residents who have expressed a desire to put forth legislation to recall Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner said he would sign the bill should it come across his desk.

The news comes as the city faces renewed criticism for police treatment of minority suspects. The Associated Press notes there is no current law that allows for his recall. Activists say the resignation of Marsh is the latest shame for the mayor’s office in the continuing fallout over the city’s handling of police brutality.