It is difficult to understand why the posturing and self-glorifying leaders, and Mayor Emanuel follows in this well-established tradition, continue to con the population into thinking they derive any benefit from being in a "global city" when it is rife with social injustice, violence and dreadful inequities. We desperately need courageous leadership, but in its absence, might settle for some evidence of honesty and concern for the common good. […]

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Then up for re-election, the mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, was looking ahead to a contested election on Feb. 24, 2015, which would ultimately result in a runoff election on April 7. In Ferguson, Mo., a grand jury was hearing testimony on the police shooting of Michael Brown. The video of Eric Garner being choked to death during an arrest in New York had gone viral. The Black Lives Matter movement was gaining momentum across the country.

The video of a police shooting like this in Chicago could have buried Mr. Emanuel’s chances for re-election. And it would likely have ended the career of the police superintendent, Garry F. McCarthy.

And so the wheels of justice virtually ground to a halt. Mayor Emanuel refused to make the dash-cam video public, going to court to prevent its release. The city argued that releasing the video would taint the investigation of the case, but even the attorney general of Illinois urged the city to make it available.

Then the city waited until April 15 — one week after Mr. Emanuel was re-elected — to get final approval of a pre-emptive $5 million settlement with Mr. McDonald’s family, a settlement that had been substantially agreed upon weeks earlier. Still, the city’s lawyers made sure to include a clause that kept the dash-cam video confidential. […]

You're correct BD. Ultimately McCarthy was indeed fired today.

And Rahm had better understand that this ain't over. Not by a long shot.

UPDATE: "Chicago mayor asks for police superintendent's resignation"

CNN- Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday that he has asked for the resignation of Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

The announcement at a news conference came amid angry protests in Chicago over the way the city responded to the killing by police of a black teenager.

Emanuel also described a new task force on law enforcement accountability that will review how the city trains and oversees its police officers, he said. It will include five Chicagoans who have been leaders in the justice system. Chicago native and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will be a senior adviser to the group, Emanuel said.

The mayor's moves come amid protests in Chicago that echo a national campaign led by Black Lives Matter activists.

That campaign claims that police across the country discriminate against black people. […]

Feeling the heat eh Rahm?

As I expressed yesterday, all 3 (Rahm Emmanuel, Anita Alverez AND Garry McCarthy need to go. Now.