The paper trail proves that early on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office was extremely concerned about the potential fallout of this shooting.
I wish I could say that I am shocked that the assailant was a White male anti-abortion extremist, but that would be a lie. A lie that White America continues to tell itself in order to deny its own capacity for brutality.
Rev. Jesse Jackson and U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush are demanding the mayor, police Superintendent and state’s attorney of Chicago resign from their positions after waiting 400 days to release the video footage of Laquan McDonald's death.
Dash-cam footage of the police execution of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald has sparked protests in Chicago.
Police officer Jason Van Dyke, who is White, was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday morning and "will be the first on-duty Chicago police officer to be charged with that crime," the report says.
