I thought Democrats and liberals were supposed to be on the side of #BlackLivesMatter against the white evil cops?
Chicago’s disgraced police department is facing a federal civil rights investigation after cops were caught appearing to ‘delete’ footage of teen Laquan McDonald being shot 16 times by a white police officer.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether the department’s practices violate federal and constitutional law.
This week Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel ousted the city’s police chief after a public outcry over the handling of the case, but now footage has emerged on social media in which a Chicago police officer accuses Emanuel of colluding in a cover-up.Â
The 15-second clip, filmed at a rally, was posted originally on Instagram by @xaneetta then shared on Twitter by an account belonging to radio host Yesenia Alvarez.
It shows an officer state that Emanuel ‘paid the family to shut them up.’
Emanuel announced at a news conference on Tuesday morning that he had dismissed Superintendent Garry McCarthy, who only days ago insisted to reporters that the mayor had his ‘back.’
Read more: Daily Mail
