8 years ago
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Fires Chicago Police Superintendent
A week ago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy stood together, shoulder to shoulder, as this city released long-sought video of a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times along a Chicago street last year. But after nights of demonstration that followed the video’s release and growing calls for changes at the city’s police department and beyond, Mr. Emanuel stood alone at a podium on Tuesday to say that he had dismissed Mr. McCarthy.
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