Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday downplayed concerns that Chicago police Superintendent David Brown’s decision to fire the department’s director of reform will hurt the city’s efforts to comply with a federal court order aimed at reforming Chicago police.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday downplayed concerns that Chicago police Superintendent David Brown’s decision tothe department’s director of reform will hurt the city’s efforts to comply with a federal court order aimed at reforming Chicago police.
Robert Boik, executive director of the Office of Constitutional Policing & Reform at the Chicago Police Department, addresses reporters during an interview about the department's progress in meeting consent decree deadlines, at police headquarters on Sept. 8, 2021, in Chicago. Lightfoot pushed back at an unrelated news conference Wednesday, where she said she wouldn’t get into “the details of a now-fired employee who sends off an email” but in response to questions defended Brown’s strategy and described the firing as “palace intrigue.”
Asked about Boik’s detailed concerns that training would be limited if members of his team are reassigned, Lightfoot said, “I’m not going to get into all of those details” and reiterated her commitment “to making sure we continue to make progress on police reform.”
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