Mayor Emanuel on Tuesday dismissed Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. He cited a lack of public trust in the police in the wake of a shooting that led to a white officer being charged with murder in the death of a black teen shot 16 times last year. It came as a shock to John, since we were scheduled to have McCarthy in studio on Wednesday morning.
John got reaction to the firing from Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President Dean Angelo
John also got reaction to the firing from WLS City Hall reporter Bill Cameron (Listen here), NBC 5 Political Reporter Mary Ann Ahern (Listen here), and Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn (Listen here).