Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas addressed a campaign donation from a former police officer linked to the Laquan McDonald shooting.
Vallas spoke Monday to a luncheon gathering of retired police officers at an Italian restaurant on the Northwest Side as he was getting served a heaping plate of criticism outside from Pastor Marvin Hunter.Paul Vallas under fire for Democratic credentials as candidates tout dueling endorsements
"We're demanding that Mr. Vallas, number one return the money, return the blood money," Hunter said. "Number two, we're asking that Mr. Vallas come to the Black community and make a public apology." The Vallas campaign donated the $5,000 contribution to Parents for Peace and Justice, and then added a matching $5,000 as well.
"The police contract I negotiated kept probably close to 2,000 police officers from taking their retirement," Vallas said. "But that police contract also had all the accountability provisions that the community had been clamoring for."
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