Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy has been fired by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Emanuel reportedly called McCarthy to inform him that he was being removed from his post.
McCarthy’s firing is the result of the highly disturbing video that was recently released of Chicago police officer Jason VanDyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times, killing him. Protests led by youth organizations have called for McCarthy’s resignation. A Black Friday protest succeeded in shutting down Chicago’s Magnificent Mile and affected sales during the biggest shopping day of the holiday season.
The main point of contention, besides the cold-blooded killing of a teenage boy, is why it took so long for the video to be released. Many are concerned about how this settlement was reached without the video being seen and how his mother was able to receive the settlement because McDonald was a ward of the state at the time of his death.
Many of these questions go unanswered at this point in time, however it looks like this will change in the coming days.
