CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. We ended the year mourning the murders of Quintonio LaGrier and Bettie Jones by the Chicago Police Department. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, in response to this terror that started with the unnecessary presence of the police, stated that the Chicago Police Department needs more training on when to use guns, and that officers need more tasers as an alternative to guns. With these actions the Mayor has turned his back on the democratic police accountability that is needed to value Black life in this city and has chosen to continue supporting policies that murder Black people with impunity at the hands of the police.
