Posted on 12/02/2015 9:59:58 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday fiercely resisted calls to follow his police superintendent in stepping down, even as the city continues to roil over the dashcam video released last week showing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being shot by police.
Asked at a POLITICO Playbook event whether he planned to resign, the notoriously brazen Emanuel sneered and made light of the question. “No, because I really so much look forward to this interview and I wanted to have it. I just felt so good saying that to you,†Emanuel said, explaining that Chicago voters already put their faith in him.
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To fend off criticism, the mayor on Tuesday fired Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy for becoming a “distraction†in the case. Emanuel said that for more than a year, he faced mounting pressure to fire McCarthy. But Emanuel resisted, citing a drop in homicides and the overall crime rate under the police superintendent’s watch. And even days after the dashcam video was released and public fury was high, McCarthy maintained confidence that Emanuel supported him. “What I will tell you is the mayor has made it very clear. He has my back,†he said on Friday.
By Tuesday, things had changed.
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His snarky smugness reminds me of Gov. Blagojevich just before his arrest.
Send him a dead fish.
But...but...but...President 0bama is his character reference!
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Emanuel Not Resigning, Says Call For Civil Rights Investigation Of CPD Is “Misguided”
CHICAGO (CBS) - Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday said he has no plans to resign amid pressure stemming from the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, and said he thinks it would be “misguided” to open a federal civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department, with federal prosecutors already looking into the shooting.
Remember the weeks and months of squeaking by the MSM over Gov. Christy allegedly shutting a lane down on a bridge for political reasons (later proven to be false). Wouldn’t covering up a brutal police killing during an election by the mayor perhaps, just perhaps, be a bit more of an actual crime?
I suspect this is a VJ vs Hillary battle.
Hillary needs Rahm to push her 2016 run.
VJ is the REAL power in Chicago and she wants to stay in power.
VJ the new Mayor of Chicago in case Hillary wins in 2016?
The LEFT eating their own.
Popcorn
Sure. But so would covering up a brutal BENGHAZI AMBASSADOR killing during an election by the PRESIDENT.
And we all know Obama/Hillary got away with that.
Surrender Dorothy.
I love it when Libs eat their own.
Absolutely. Moreover, his election was seriously threatened by the Black female public school Union head. He HAD to suppress this evidence or risk losing his mayoral election.
He should resign, the only way he left obuma’s Rainbow Hut was the guarantee that he would be Mayor of ‘killer city’....
Hope he doesn’t let this crisis go to waste.
I wonder if the press is covering this or covering it up.
I expect the AG in Chicago any day now.
Where's Obama on this one?? Stunned he hasn't stepped in by now...
He’ll never resign. He would rather the city burned down around him first. Not that that’s a bad idea...
He’s a Clintonite. He’s not going anywhere unless they carry him out feet first.
If he was white, he would be in jail.
I think that has been said before, about someone else.
Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste, eh Rahm? OUT! OUT! OUT!
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