In Chicago, the City Council is set to vote on Wednesday on a contentious issue regarding police discipline. A key city panel, the Committee on Workforce Development, voted 10-5 against a contract measure that would allow officers accused of serious misconduct to forgo the Police Board in favor of an arbitrator, challenging a system used for 60 years. The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), which supports the measure, has threatened legal action if the full Council maintains the panel's decision. In New York, a settlement hearing related to the NYPD's handling of George Floyd protests is in progress, with the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) arguing against the settlement. NYC Mayor Eric Adams' position on the matter has been brought up, but the presiding judge has dismissed political statements as irrelevant to the proceedings.
The future of police discipline in Chicago is scheduled for a City Council vote Wednesday after a committee voted to reject a contract measure that would allow officers accused of misconduct to have their disciplinary cases heard behind closed doors. https://t.co/SSEKOK5DTW
City Council to vote on police arbitration again after committee opposes private disciplinary hearings https://t.co/mT2rGfdL6J
Chicago City Council to vote on police arbitration again after committee opposes private disciplinary hearings https://t.co/xq8V5f5mPb
The Committee on Workforce Development voted 10-5 to reject an independent arbitrator’s ruling that would allow Chicago police officers accused of the most serious wrongdoing to bypass the Police Board in favor of an arbitrator. https://t.co/6yiPEdIOsN
City Council committee rejects arbitrator’s police disciplinary ruling for a second time https://t.co/LkDpHbqHHx
Chicago FOP President John Catanzara, back at City Hall again today, said the police union's "path is very clear going forward" if the City Council rejects the contract measure. “We are literally going to sue the hell out of this body.” https://t.co/qGRpjqqqjX
NEW: The future of Chicago police discipline is up for a vote again tomorrow. City Council's Workforce Committee voted 10-5 to recommend aldermen reject a FOP contract measure to allow officers accused of serious misconduct to have disciplinary cases heard behind closed doors.
BREAKING: A key city panel voted 10-5 to reject an effort backed by the city’s largest police union to upend the system used to punish officers, sending the matter to the full City Council for a final vote on Wednesday. BACKGROUND, for @wttw: https://t.co/XHNUqiGmci
Whether the officer who shot & killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo is publicly held accountable for Toledo's death depends on whether City Council votes this week to reaffirm their rejection of an effort to upend the system used for 60 years to punish officers https://t.co/PYeEh6ZawH
NYPD's biggest union urges judge to nix deal overhauling protest response... Hendry: "The settlement is not only dangerous for the PBA members assigned to protests — it is also dangerous for peaceful protestors and the public at large.” https://t.co/spzuCyxrJR
Whether the officer who shot and killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo is publicly held accountable for his death depends on whether the Chicago City Council votes again this week to reject an effort to upend the system used for 60 years to punish officers. @wttw https://t.co/XHNUqiFOmK
PROTEST DUPLICITY: As NYPD George Floyd Protest Settlement Is Called Rigid by PBA Jan 6 & #Gaza Demostrations Echo - but what is Mayor Adams' position? Story: https://t.co/PNlocGalSE Extra here https://t.co/ZXgM7AFdvk & on @SubstackInc here https://t.co/dabBczt71H https://t.co/WzJcPTjSVv
OK - now at NYPD George Floyd protests settlement hearing. Police union opponent begins to cite what NYC Mayor Eric Adams has said. @SDNYLIVE Judge says she's not interested in what politicians are saying. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below https://t.co/89ubTVcEJr