Politics & Government
Ministers Demand Proof Police Seen Lounging Were Asked To Be There
The mayor said surveillance video shows the officers were in the office for four to five hours.
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police has defended officers seen lounging in Congressman Bobby Rush’s office during looting on the South Side earlier this month, saying the officers were asked to be there, but several ministers are demanding evidence of that.
Last week, Rush, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and Chicago Police Supt. David Brown condemned a group of 13 officers, including three supervisors, seen lounging, napping, making coffee and popping popcorn in Rush’s campaign office on June 1, while looters were breaking into nearby stores.
