There was no mea culpa great enough, no promises convincing enough to satisfy hundreds of protesters who converged downtown in a vociferous rebuke of how he has handled issues of police misconduct, brought to the forefront in recent weeks by the controversy over Laquan McDonald's shooting death in 2014.It won't happen. He will wait the protesters out. It's going to get cold eventually. The snow will fly and people won't want to tromp around in the nasty weather, so eventually they'll go home. And nothing will change. The bullets will still be flying in the rougher precincts. Human life is cheap in a one party town.
They want Emanuel gone.
"This is not a black problem, this is a democracy problem. We don't want your apology, we want your resignation!" one woman yelled.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Life in a one party town
Prediction -- Rahm Emanuel will not resign his position as mayor of Chicago. He'll get by with everything. The protests will mean nothing:
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Oh, come on. You and I both know that after Richard Daley was suspected of ballot box stuffing, he was out on his rear, and Harold Washington had no hope of surviving his 19 years of failing to file tax returns. Chicago is the cleanest city in the nation....
...in someone's opium fueled fantasies at least. :^)
At least they got rid of Bilandic and Byrne....
I believe you are correct, Mr. D, which is extremely disheartening as Rahm s/b out on his hinder for this whole mess. But, in one of the most corrupt political places in the country, Rahm will still be emperor.
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