Chicago mayor fires city police superintendent

CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired the city’s police chief Tuesday, a week after the release of a dash-cam video that showed a white Chicago officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times.
Emanuel called a news conference to announce the dismissal of Superintendent Garry McCarthy, who only days ago insisted to reporters that the mayor had his “back.”
Protesters have been calling for McCarthy’s dismissal in response to the handling of the death of Laquan McD