Many went on WVON’s Perri Small radio show March 27 to express their anger at Mr. Emanuel and Supt. Johnson for their treatment of Mr. Smollett, and Ms. Foxx’s office.
“I’m so disgusted,” said one listener. “I’m so tired of both of them. This city has too many serious problems for them to behave like this.”
For Chicago’s Blacks, the mayor may have reopened old wounds that he caused after he suppressed a police video of the shooting of Laquan McDonald while he was re-elected to a second term with the overwhelming support of Black voters.
During his term in office, Supt. Johnson’s police department has been riddled with cases of police misconduct that have put the city in an embarrassing national spotlight. Many Blacks were aghast after Supt. Johnson slammed Mr. Smollett on national television, claiming he damaged the reputation of the city with his actions.
The actor has stressed he has nothing to apologize for. “I would not be my mother’s son if I was capable of one drop of what I was accused of,” he told reporters outside the courtroom. “I would not bring my family, our lives, or the movement through a fire like this,” he added. “I just would not.”
The city of Chicago paid out millions in settlements to make cases of police wrongdoing and misconduct to go away. And, according to a report last year, these settlements and borrowing to pay for them could eventually cost residents $1 billion. “Chicago is habitually relying on bond borrowing to fund its legal settlements and judgments, as well as other litigation costs,” according to Police Brutality Bonds: How Wall Street Profits from Our Abusive Policing System.
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