Rahm takes heat from black lawmakers

The Hill reports:

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should resign if it’s found he was involved in a cover-up of a video showing a white police officer fatally shooting an unarmed African-American teenager, several leading black members of Congress told The Hill on Wednesday.

It’s “disturbing” the video of the fall 2014 incident was released now, seven months after the Democratic mayor’s reelection, said Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), a former mayor herself and a past chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.


“The whole scenario stinks,” said Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), who represents Ferguson, which experienced violent protests last year after a white police officer killed another unarmed black teen, Michael Brown.

“I think it was intentional and timed that way” so the video wasn’t released until after Emanuel’s reelection in April, he added.

“It’s pretty obvious to anybody that there is some cover-up taking place here,” added longtime Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the No. 3 Democrat in leadership and another former CBC chairman. “How high that goes up, I don’t know.”

War in the Democrat party!