Lightfoot, Aldermen Issue Joint Statement After Anthony Alvarez Shooting Video Released – NBC5 (Chicago)

“We all also agree that the CPD must present a revised foot pursuit Policy as quickly as possible. A minor and inconsequential incident should never, and can never again, result in someone’s death,” the statement read. (Video in link)
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Ambiguous End
4 years ago

The Alvarez shooting was a block and a half from my house. Alvarez was running around this residential area with a gun in his hand in the middle of the night, but Lightfoot wants to know why peace officers shot him? How would the Mayor have felt if the perp had been on her own front doorstep? I’m glad the police took him out, one less ******* terrorizing the neighborhood. The media cries that he was a good guy and had kids. Great dad, running around streets with a gun in the middle of the night. The police officer did… Read more »

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