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In reply to the discussion: AOC: Covering up a murder is disqualifying for public leadership. [View all]Sympthsical
(11,114 posts)People here don't seem to know this story at all. It was huge in Chicago. The mayor's office and the police department stonewalled public knowledge of the full incident right into the ground. This wasn't about McDonald. This was Rahm delaying anything about the case until his re-election was secured.
When people say, "Oh, they only delayed the release of the video. Oh, the officer was convicted." Well, yeah, but only after massive, massive, massive community pressure. People were just plain pissed off. This was a child. He was shot sixteen times while walking away from the police. Officials knew this and decided the public didn't need to know the full story.
Once Rahm was re-elected and a judge got involved, then he suddenly acted. It resulted in weeks of protests.
It is a large part of why he didn't run for a third term. Google exists, people. I know the story because I'm from there and read the local papers regularly.
I'm not surprised people are defending him. Par for the conservative Democratic course. But we do not need this guy. He is popular inside the Beltway. Ask Chicagoans - particularly black Chicagoans - what they think of him.
Biden appointing him to anything would be a mistake. But, of course, because AOC said anything at all, the people who hate her will come to his defense. Surprised Pikachu face.