Posted on 12/28/2015 1:03:32 PM PST by simpson96
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Monday he would cut his family vacation in Cuba short to address the fatal shooting of two more black residents by a city police department already under federal investigation over its use of deadly force.
The decision comes after activists stepped up calls for Emanuel's resignation over his handling of policing in the nation's third-largest city. A protest is planned at City Hall on Thursday.
"While Mayor Emanuel has been in constant contact with his staff and Interim Superintendent (John) Escalante, he is cutting his family trip short so that he can continue the ongoing work of restoring accountability and trust in the Chicago Police Department," said the mayor's spokeswoman, Kelley Quinn.
Emanuel is set to arrive back in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon, she said. The mayor's office did not say when he left for Cuba or when he had been scheduled to return.
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Were they put to work harvesting sugar cane?
Be funny if the Cubans didn’t let him out, or at least delayed his departure. Worth watching to see if the family comes home with him or stays. No way I’d leave my family in Cuba without me there.
cuba. you mother @#$@#$@#$.
don’t give your dollars to a nice place in the US or an ally overseas.
you piece of @#$@#$.
I think I use the most @#$@#$s of anyone on the board lol.
have a terrible Sicilian temper and it beats the heck out of what i’m saying out loud at the time.
It’s amazing how many vacations these folks in government take. And a winter vacation in Cuba yet.
Replace the Rahmster with Al Sharpton, then everything will be ok! /sarc.
3 Dead, 7 Wounded in Chicago Shootings
Three men were killed and at least seven other people were wounded in shootings citywide since Saturday afternoon, police said.
I suspect he was leveraging his access to the president and his office to get money or deals out of the Cuban government.
Andrea Mitchell and Alan Greenspan have lived full time in Cuba for over a decade now.
It is infuriating and you have to wonder how one can either be so blind, or, so completely in-your-face about a destination like that.
In Rahm's case, it's in-your-face. Chicago is burning and he not only goes on a 10-day vacay, but in CUBA. Unreal.
all too real, i’m afraid.
No surprise. Most of the well known corrupt MSM folks and their D.C. co-conspirators have multiple homes and big assets.
Its amazing how a little thing like an election can speed up Rahm’s responsiveness and candor over police shootings.
Rahmie is a Commie. His kids are safe. Once a communist always a communist.
I thought leisure travel to Cuba was illegal?
Quick, somebody has to post the “Imagine if you will” Rod Serling meme about this story.
I heard Al Sharpton this morning saying that he can’t believe Rahm is so insensitive to the issues in Chicago that he wasn’t even cutting his vacation short... I could hardly believe my ears, Sharpton critical of one of Obama anointed ones... how times have changed!
They won’t be working in the sugar cane fields. They will put money into Castro’s bank account instead.
[I thought leisure travel to Cuba was illegal?]
This was business, he got a job there in a ballet musical as Peter Pan.
No. They were laying a wreath in Che’s old office ... before heading down to take lessons in ‘crowd control’ ...
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