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December 29, 2015

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Returns from Cuba amid Calls for Resignation
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has cut short his vacation to Cuba amid
renewed calls for his resignation over police shootings of African
Americans. Over the weekend, Chicago police killed a college student and
a grandmother while responding to a call the student, Quintonio Le
Grier, was behaving oddly and carrying a metal bat. Police say they shot
55-year-old Bettie Jones by mistake. The shooting came as Mayor Emanuel
already faced pressure to resign over the more than year-old police
killing of 17-year-old Laquan Mc Donald amid allegations of a police
cover-up. The officer who killed Mc Donald is to be arraigned in court
today. A spokesperson for Mayor Emanuel said he was returning home to
"continue the ongoing work of restoring accountability and trust in the
Chicago Police Department."


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