{"id":320463,"date":"2021-08-10T16:17:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T13:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chicago-cops-turn-backs-on-lori-lightfoot-after-police-shooting\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T16:17:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T13:17:24","slug":"chicago-cops-turn-backs-on-lori-lightfoot-after-police-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chicago-cops-turn-backs-on-lori-lightfoot-after-police-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chicago cops turn backs on Lori Lightfoot after police shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Chicago cops turn backs on Lori Lightfoot after police shooting<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Chicago police officers turned their backs on Mayor Lori Lightfoot when she visited a hospital after two of their colleagues were shot, one fatally \u2014 and a former cop has blasted progressive politics for the death.<\/p>\n

Officer Ella French, 29, is the first Windy City cop killed since Lightfoot became mayor in 2019, but the city\u2019s officers have faced a surge of gunfire in the past two years.<\/p>\n

French and her partner were hit by gunfire on the city\u2019s South Side on Saturday after pulling a car over for expired plates, according to the Chicago Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Emonte Morgan, 21, and his brother Eric Morgan, 22, both convicted felons, have been charged in the brazen attack.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, about 30 rank-and-file officers gave Lightfoot the cold shoulder when she showed up at the University of Chicago Medical Center and app<\/a>roached them as they stood vigil, the Chicago Sun-Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was met with the cold shoulder when she showed up to the hospital where a wounded cop was recovering.<\/span>Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Lightfoot tried to talk with the injured officer\u2019s father, himself a retired cop, he lambasted the mayor and blamed her for what happened earlier in the day, two sources at the scene told the news<\/a>paper.<\/p>\n

And when she then tried to comfort the grieving officers nearby, they walked away and turned their backs on her, the sources told the outlet.<\/p>\n

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Ella French was the first cop killed since Lori Lightfoot became mayor in 2019.<\/figcaption>
Chicago PD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThey did the about-face \u2014 it looked like it had been choreographed,\u201d one of the sources said, adding that the display was \u201castounding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lightfoot, who one source said appeared shaken, then headed downstairs to speak to the media about the shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe police officers\u2019 decision to turn their backs on the mayor while waiting with the family on the 7th floor was significant,\u201d John Catanzara, head of Chicago\u2019s Fraternal Order of Police, told the Chicago Sun-Times.<\/p>\n

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Chicago police officers salute as the ambulance carrying the body of fellow officer Ella French arrives at the Cook County medical examiner\u2019s office.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cTurning their backs on the mayor was an excellent example of how the hundreds of police officers felt waiting outside the hospital,\u201d Catanzara said, adding that police no longer support her leadership.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, city Alderman Anthony Napolitano, a former city cop and firefighter, said he didn\u2019t believe Democrat Lightfoot was entirely anti-police \u2014 but that progressive politics are to blame.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never saw her as an anti-police advocate. But I will put this 550 percent on these socialists and these progressives in the city council. This blood is on their hands, without a doubt,\u201d Napolitano told the Sun-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Lightfoot spoke in the hospital to the media after being snubbed by Chicago cops.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cThey\u2019re the ones who created this whole anti-police movement that has made these brazen acts of violence against police officers [possible] \u2014 39 this year alone. This is created by them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Alderman Matt O\u2019Shea, Lightfoot\u2019s hand-picked chairman of the city council\u2019s Aviation Committee, said he was not surprised at how she was given the cold shoulder Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re at a breaking point. Clearly, our police officers have been under siege, under-appreciated and thrown under the bus for the last year and a half. They feel \u2014 and rightfully so \u2014 that leadership across this country, across this city do not have their back,\u201d O\u2019Shea told the Sun-Times.<\/p>\n

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Emonte Monty Morgan (left) and Eric Morgan have both been charged for the shooting of Ella French.<\/figcaption>
Chicago PD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAnybody who was working Saturday night as those calls came over the radio and they learned of what had happened to their colleagues \u2014 that\u2019s a tipping point. And it\u2019s a tipping point that many of us have been waiting to happen as the unbelievable violence we see in communities all across this city, where criminals have absolutely no regard for human life, no fear of the consequences of their actions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo shoot at point-blank range two Chicago police officers. We are a city in crisis,\u201d O\u2019Shea added.<\/p>\n

When asked what message Lightfoot should get from the disdain shown by the rank-and-filers and the wounded cop\u2019s father, he said: \u201cI would hope she gets an understanding that police officers across this city feel that leadership does not have their back. That\u2019s what I\u2019m hearing. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve been hearing for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chicago police work at the scene where two officers were shot on Aug. 7, 2021.<\/figcaption>
Chris Sweda\/Chicago Tribune via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a statement released Monday, the mayor\u2019s office said Lightfoot \u201cwas present at the emergency room to offer support and condolences\u201d but admitted that \u201cemotions run high.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a time of tragedy, emotions run high and that is to be expected. The mayor spoke to a range of officers that tragic night and sensed the overwhelming sentiment was about concern for their fallen colleagues,\u201d it said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs the mayor stated \u2026 now is not the time for divisive and toxic rhetoric or reporting. This is a time for us to come together as a city. We have a common enemy and it is the conditions that breed the violence and the manifestations of violence, namely illegal guns, and gangs,\u201d the statement added.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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