Judge Wants Chicago Mayor To Testify On Code Of Silence

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

By Associated Press May 21 at 2:16 PM

CHICAGO — Attorneys for the city of Chicago have told a federal judge they are prepared to admit to a jury that a code of silence exists within the police department in an attempt to keep Mayor Rahm Emanuel off the witness stand.

But U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman said Friday he would still ask Emanuel to testify in the case of two whistleblower police officers suing the city, explaining that the mayor’s testimony could offer “much more texture” on the issue.

Legal experts said it was likely the city would settle rather than allow Emanuel to take the stand in the case, which is set to go to trial May 31. But they said the city’s willingness to have attorney’s formally acknowledge a code of silence in court was a significant step after years of denials.

Emanuel himself brought up the code of silence problem in a speech in December to the City Council in the midst of protests and calls for his resignation over the death of Laquan McDonald, the black teenager who was killed by a white officer in a shooting caught on police dashcam video.

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[Shandris]

1. Isn't there some law, some lawsuit, that could be brought forward by the People to...

...FORCE that testimony? Along the same principle of 'the state picking up the charges' when someone presses charges, then decides later not to but the State carries on anyway? Because of pressing issues of Justice? (Okay, I know, the State hates justice more than anything, but let's pretend they're on our side.)

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Rember folks, Emanuel is Democratic All Star

He is the type of person our political masters tell us we MUST vote for.