About a dozen disgruntled Chicago residents showed up at Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s doorstep Thursday night to protest his office’s handling of a fatal shooting of a black teenager from two years ago, after a new video was released showing a police officer’s involvement in that death in 2013.
On Thursday, a federal judge ordered video footage of the 2013 shooting be made public.
The surveillance camera showed Cedrick Chatman, a black teenager, being pulled over by police who suspected he was operating a stolen vehicle. Chatman jumped out of the car and took off running from the scene and was shot four times by one of the officers. The 2013 shooting was investigated by the Independent Police Review Authority, but did not charge either officer.
Protesters picketing outside Emanuel’s house were also upset about a report published Thursday that found Emanuel’s top staffers knew the role police played in a separate, 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald despite, the mayor’s suggestions that he had reason to believe otherwise.
Chicagoans have called for Emanuel’s resignation since November. On Black Friday, hundreds of protesters kept shoppers from reaching stores on Millennial Mile, impacting retailers’ sales in the fourth quarter.
The mayor has remained adamant that he will not step down from his position.