Emanuel Picks Police Chief Who's Department is Under Federal Investigation

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

The federal investigation of the Newark Police Department is an ill-timed embarrassment to Chicago’s next police superintendent, but it will do nothing to change Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s support for Garry McCarthy.

Both McCarthy and Emanuel directly addressed the ACLU petition for federal oversight of the Newark Police Department during a news conference last week to announce McCarthy’s appointment as Chicago Police superintendent.

McCarthy said of the 38 suits cited in the ACLU petition, 31 of them pre-date the administration of Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who hired McCarthy.

No word yet from Jerome Finnigan on this one.