In Other News...

Rahm apparently chooses to remain vacationing in Cuba, rather than returning home to face the music following the latest "accidental" police killing.

That's not just showing poor leadership, it's bad p.r. too.

“There are serious questions about yesterday’s shootings that must be answered in full by the Independent Police Review Authority’s investigation,” Mr. Emanuel said in a statement issued by his office. “While their investigation is underway, we must also make real changes within our Police Department today, and it is clear changes are needed to how officers respond to mental health crises.” *

Yet the city released few details about the shooting. A spokesman for the Chicago police referred questions to the review authority, and a spokesman for the review authority declined on Sunday to provide an outline of what happened, say how many shots were fired or identify the race of the officer involved.

Autopsies conducted on Sunday concluded that Ms. Jones, who was black, died of a gunshot wound to her chest. Mr. LeGrier, who was also black, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to a daily case ledger from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Full autopsy reports were not yet available, however, so it was uncertain how many times each person was shot. Family members, though, said they had been told that Ms. Jones was shot four times and Mr. LeGrier seven times. The police declined to comment.

Who was it that said "never let a good crisis go to waste" ?

(Best cut the beach time short, Mr. Mayor. Come home and start making those needed "changes within our Police Department today". Start today, Monday morning, and don't plan any more family vacations until your job is done? That's why you get paid the big bucks, sir. The buck stops where exactly?)

ADDED: Family members at the crime scene are reporting that at least one bullet penetrated the downstairs tenant's doorway... No guns were found on either victim; the mentally ill young man appeared only to be armed with an aluminum bat.

“Why you’ve got to shoot first and ask questions later?” asked Jacqueline Walker, a longtime friend of Ms. Jones’s.

Ms. Jones, a mother of five, had been involved in community activism, including marches on behalf of better opportunities for youths, friends said. “It hurts my heart,” Ms. Walker said.

If they've learned anything from the McDonald killing, the city should start releasing details as soon as possible to curb even worse speculation from the masses assembling...

"Obviously something is wrong when a 55-year-old grandmother opens the door to let police in and she's the one who end up dead," said attorney Sam Adams, Jr.

It should not take a year to charge this cop with murder in the "accidental" death of Ms. Jones, nor should the family settle for a buyout of her life. (She was reportedly recovering from ovarian cancer.)

At the very least, the officer should be stripped of his gun and badge as he clearly does not have the skills nor the proper training to serve and protect the people of Chicago. His actions show that -- whether the officer is black or white, man or woman. (Hopefully the officer will be identified this week, as more information on the crime is gathered and becomes publicly available.)

Maybe other officers will learn, this time around, that unjust killings will no longer be hidden and tolerated, and that there are consequences for actions? Maybe that's how you clean up a corrupt police force in reality, other than just forming coalitions and issuing statements? (If you can't get results, step aside and let Chicago elect someone who will at least be here and try...)

Even in Chicago, I think the bad cops are on notice now: you're just not going to get away with killing innocents and having the taxpayers pay for your work... The gravy train ride is over.

#TruthMatters
#Scientific Evidence Will Out
#No Justice = No Peace

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Chicago Congressman Bobby Rush also released a statement in response Saturday's shootings.

"Why weren't tasers used in this incident?" the statement read. "Why were shots fired before other de-escalating tactics were employed? Why does shooting someone to death seem to be the default tactics of the city's police force? These questions and many others require immediate answers."