Lightfoot appoints Andrea Kersten as permanent COPA chief, defying 20 City Council members who wanted her disqualified – Chicago Sun-Times*

The alderpersons are “vehemently opposed” to Kersten because she allowed COPA to release a report recommending a three-day suspension for slain Chicago Police Officer Ella French. “Morale is low, tensions are running high and COPA releases a report tainting the legacy of fallen Officer French and recommending disciplinary action against her? To quote you, Madam Mayor, this demonstrates ‘the height of tone-deafness,’” the alderpersons wrote to Lightfoot Tuesday.