Once A Democratic Darling, Mayor Rahm Emanuel Suffers Political Misfortune
Via National Public Radio
“Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in the fight of his political life. Some want him to resign. Others want a recall election. Allies, including the governor of Illinois, have distanced themselves from him. Things came to a head over the police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014. It took more than a year for the city to release a video of the shooting, which showed McDonald was walking away as he was shot.
To talk about how Rahm Emanuel ended up in this bind, we called Jim Warren. He’s the former managing editor of the Chicago Tribune. And he says criticism of Emanuel goes way beyond that one shooting.”
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