Thursday’s vote after an emotional debate that forced Mayor Brandon Johnson call for decorum four times reaffirms the Council’s symbolic commitment to police reform and accountability, but the victory for Mayor Brandon Johnson and his allies may be both short lived and pyrrhic.
Mayor Brandon Johnson is urging City Council members Thursday to reject an arbitrator's decision allowing a closed hearing in favor of one that allows for "public transparency and accountability."
The settlement advanced Monday would go to Alice Martin, mother of 17-year-old Michael Elam Jr., fatally shot in his back after he ran away following a 2019 traffic stop.