Rabbi Liz Goldstein is deeply disturbed by how Donald Trump and his policing policies show little concern for the value of certain peoples’ lives.
Pressure mounted on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign on Monday after police shot and killed two black citizens over the weekend, putting further scrutiny on the nation’s third-largest police force which is already under federal investigation over its use of deadly force.
In a city already troubled by allegations of police misuse of force, a Chicago police officer shot and killed a male college student and a mother of five, both black, on Saturday morning following a report of a domestic disturbance.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, under heavy criticism for his handling of a cop shooting that resulted in the death of a black teen, apologized on Wednesday for problems with the police department and promised reform.