Rahm Emanuel says city ‘needs’ investigation announced on same day Cook County state’s attorney declines to charge officer involved in another shootingUS attorney general: Homan Square findings are ‘extremely considerable’Beleaguered Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Monday that he “welcomed” the Justice Department’s investigation into his city’s police practices,hours after it was announced by the attorney general, Loretta Lynch.
The pressure from Washington comes amid calls for his resignation following the release of dashcam footage that showed a white Chicago police officer fatally shooting a black teenager, or Laquan McDonald,17.
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Source: theguardian.com