Pro tip for presidents: When searching for a high-profile ambassador, don't nominate a controversy-ridden former mayor who helped cover up the murder of a 17-year-old child.
. But chief among his sins was his effort to cover up the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager who was shot dead in the street by Chicago police. As tends to happen, the police initially reported that McDonald was a threat and his killing was ruled justified. Emanuel, who was running for reelection at the time, apparently felt it was probably best to leave it at that, so his administration withheld dash-cam footage of the incident.
Emanuel’s role in the cover-up caused his approval ratings to plunge, and many said his decision not to run for a third term to the scandal. But Emanuel had already put in his time and accrued enough capital within the Democratic Party to weather all of this. He
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