As many as 13 police officers broke into Rep. Bobby Rush’s Chicago campaign offices to lounge on chairs, drink coffee and make popcorn while looters vandalized nearby businesses, Rush and Mayor Lori Lightfoot said
CHICAGO — As many as 13 Chicago police officers broke into Rep. Bobby Rush’s Chicago campaign offices to lounge on chairs, drink coffee and make popcorn while looters vandalized nearby businesses in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Rush and Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Thursday.
“Look at this guy, sleeping on a congressman’s couch,” Lightfoot said, pointing to an image of an officer. Rush’s campaign office, which has been closed since the primary in March, is in a strip mall that was looted over the weekend of May 30-31. Rush said his staff noticed someone had broken into the offices when they entered on Monday, June 1. Then they looked at the surveillance video, which showed officers sitting on chairs and one even taking a nap.
Lightfoot showed an image of officers in the offices and said, “We know who you are and will find you.” She encouraged them to come forward on their own and pledged that the city would take “the strongest possible action — particularly with supervisors,” who were identified by their white shirts.
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