Emanuel Reverses Stance, Backs Federal Probe of Chicago Police

Yes, he threw McCarthy’s head but not before announcing a blue-ribbon task force to study police violence with former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a former political client of Rahm’s #bff David Axelrod, the political strategist with friends in the media, as senior adviser. “The voters spoke”, Emanuel said.

In addition, a district manager for a Burger King near the shooting scene named Jay Darshane told reporters that several police officers entered his restaurant to then delete surveillance video of the shooting recorded by the restaurant’s cameras.

In Minneapolis early Thursday, officers cleared away a protest encampment that sprang up in front of a Minneapolis precinct after the fatal police shooting of a black man there last month. He also worked closely with Clinton during her tenure as secretary of state, when Emanuel was President Barack Obama’s chief of staff.

“Supt. McCarthy knows that a police officer is only as effective as when he has the trust of those he serves”, Emanuel said, adding it was “undeniable” that “the public trust in the leadership of the department has been shaken and eroded”. “This task force the mayor appointed today; he appointed those folks, not the community”, Boykin said. The Black Lives Matter movement was gaining momentum across the country. He said there are both civilian and police witnesses, present that night, who will testify Johnson was unarmed.

But this kind of loyalty can only go so far; it can only excuse so much.

The Conference of National Black Churches applauded McCarthy’s dismissal. If there are ways of helping organizations beyond just leading it, in terms of being police superintendent or something.

Emanuel has faced a firestorm of criticism since a Cook County judge forced his administration to release a police dashboard camera video of the shooting, a move the mayor and his administration fought for most of a year. “This investigation was meticulous, tenacious and we did everything to make sure we were not going to jeopardize our case”.

Oppenheimer has seen the video in his role as the family’s attorney in a wrongful death lawsuit against Hernandez and the city, but was prohibited by court order from showing it to the public.

Dorothy Holmes Ron Johnson’s mother says dashcam footage of the shooting proves her son was murdered, and is pushing for the video’s release to the public.

Van Dyke, 37, was released from jail on Monday after posting bail of $1.5 million. But he worked to clarify those comments Thursday, saying he’s now open to a civil rights investigation.

“We’ve been wanting McCarthy fired”.

In an editorial local Chicago Sun said now that McCarthy has been fired, Emanuel must find a worthy replacement without making “racial tensions brought to a boil” by the shooting video. Speaking to the crowd at CPD headquarters, Chapman said, “What this cover-up shows is that we can’t have the mayor over the police”.

The panel, due to make its recommendations by March 31, aims to boost independent oversight of police misconduct, ensure officers with repeated complaints are evaluated and forge a process for releasing videos of police incidents, Emanuel said.