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| Pressure mounted on Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign on Monday after police shot and killed two black citizens at the weekend, putting further scrutiny on the nation’s third-largest police department which is already under federal investigation over its use of deadly force. | |
| Related: Families of two people killed by Chicago police seek answers: 'When does it end?' | Related: Families of two people killed by Chicago police seek answers: 'When does it end?' |
| In an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, civil rights activist Al Sharpton said Emanuel should step down, adding that he wondered why Emanuel had stayed in Cuba, where he is on a family vacation. | In an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, civil rights activist Al Sharpton said Emanuel should step down, adding that he wondered why Emanuel had stayed in Cuba, where he is on a family vacation. |
| “I’ve never seen this kind of detachment in the years that I’ve been fighting, whether I got along with the mayor or not,” Sharpton said. | “I’ve never seen this kind of detachment in the years that I’ve been fighting, whether I got along with the mayor or not,” Sharpton said. |
| Chicago police said they were not releasing additional information about the shooting. A spokeswoman said the department could not comment beyond a statement issued on Sunday because the shooting was under investigation. | Chicago police said they were not releasing additional information about the shooting. A spokeswoman said the department could not comment beyond a statement issued on Sunday because the shooting was under investigation. |
| Police acknowledged in that statement that 55-year-old Bettie Jones was accidentally hit by gunfire as officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance early on Saturday. They said 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier was “combative” toward officers before he was shot. | |
| Emanuel issued a statement on Sunday calling for a review of the police Crisis Intervention Team and better guidance for officers when dealing with mental health cases. | Emanuel issued a statement on Sunday calling for a review of the police Crisis Intervention Team and better guidance for officers when dealing with mental health cases. |
| “There are serious questions about yesterday’s shootings that must be answered in full by the Independent Police Review Authority’s investigation,” the statement said. | “There are serious questions about yesterday’s shootings that must be answered in full by the Independent Police Review Authority’s investigation,” the statement said. |
| The mayor’s office did not reply to requests for further comment or his plans on Monday. He has no events scheduled in Chicago over the next few days. | The mayor’s office did not reply to requests for further comment or his plans on Monday. He has no events scheduled in Chicago over the next few days. |
| Chicago’s interim police superintendent, John Escalante, said on Monday a review of the department’s crisis intervention training would begin early this week. | Chicago’s interim police superintendent, John Escalante, said on Monday a review of the department’s crisis intervention training would begin early this week. |
| The killing of 17-year-old black teen Laquan McDonald in October 2014, which was captured on a video released last month, has led to multiple protests and calls for Emanuel’s resignation. | The killing of 17-year-old black teen Laquan McDonald in October 2014, which was captured on a video released last month, has led to multiple protests and calls for Emanuel’s resignation. |
| Supporters of the victims’ families made their own protest against the mayor on Sunday, some wearing T-shirts reading “Rahm Failed Us”, and several speakers at a media conference demanding to know why police used lethal force. | Supporters of the victims’ families made their own protest against the mayor on Sunday, some wearing T-shirts reading “Rahm Failed Us”, and several speakers at a media conference demanding to know why police used lethal force. |
| A Chicago police spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, said on Monday he did not know if there was video of the shooting. | A Chicago police spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, said on Monday he did not know if there was video of the shooting. |
| However, attorney Larry Rogers Jr, representing Jones’s family, said at a prayer vigil on Sunday that there may be a video from a house under construction across the street, along with possible police footage. | However, attorney Larry Rogers Jr, representing Jones’s family, said at a prayer vigil on Sunday that there may be a video from a house under construction across the street, along with possible police footage. |
| LeGrier’s father, Antonio LeGrier, told the Chicago Sun-Times his son had appeared to be a “little agitated” and later tried to bust open his door, prompting him to call police. He said Jones, who lived downstairs, told him Quintonio LeGrier had a baseball bat. | LeGrier’s father, Antonio LeGrier, told the Chicago Sun-Times his son had appeared to be a “little agitated” and later tried to bust open his door, prompting him to call police. He said Jones, who lived downstairs, told him Quintonio LeGrier had a baseball bat. |
| Chicago police have not said how many officers fired their weapons or what LeGrier or Jones were doing before police shot them. | Chicago police have not said how many officers fired their weapons or what LeGrier or Jones were doing before police shot them. |
| The release of a Chicago police video last month of the fatal shooting of McDonald, which had been withheld for more than a year, led to the resignation of the city’s police chief and the start of a Department of Justice investigation into whether the city’s police use lethal force too often, especially against minorities. | The release of a Chicago police video last month of the fatal shooting of McDonald, which had been withheld for more than a year, led to the resignation of the city’s police chief and the start of a Department of Justice investigation into whether the city’s police use lethal force too often, especially against minorities. |
| High-profile killings of black men by police officers since mid-2014 have triggered waves of protest, including in Chicago, and fueled a civil rights movement under the name Black Lives Matter. | High-profile killings of black men by police officers since mid-2014 have triggered waves of protest, including in Chicago, and fueled a civil rights movement under the name Black Lives Matter. |