Chicago Cops Turned Their Backs on Mayor Lori Lightfoot at Hospital After Ella French Shooting

Around 30 cops had reportedly given Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot the cold shoulder when she approached them in a hospital wing after the shooting of Ella French.

Newsweek reported that police officer Ella French was killed when officers were fired upon as they stopped a car on Saturday night. French's partner, who also got shot, continues to fight for his life at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Two sources told the Chicago Sun-Times that when Lightfoot approached the large group of grieving officers at the hospital hours after the shooting, they "did the about-face."

Cops Give Mayor Lori Lightfoot the Cold Shoulder After Ella French Shooting

The Chicago mayor reportedly approached the male officer's father, who was a retired Chicago police officer. The two sources said the retired officer clearly wanted nothing to do with Lightfoot.

The father has blamed the mayor for what had happened. One source said that Lightfoot handled herself well when the father had yelled at her. The source added that she listened and treated him with respect.

When Lori Lightfoot was about to say a few words to nearby grieving officers, the sources said they all walked away from her as she approached them. The sources added that as they turned their backs from the mayor, the police officers went to the other side of a bank of chairs.

Lori Lightfoot was reported to have appeared shaken when she received the officers' cold shoulder. She then went downstairs and talked to reporters about the shooting.

FOP President John Catanzara told the Sun-Times that the police officers' decision to about-face on the mayor was significant. He said the about-face signifies a collective feeling of police officers toward the mayor.

Catanzara said that officers no longer support the mayor's leadership. He said the mayor still thought she knew best and went up there against the advice of the family, but at some point, the officers turned their backs on the Chicago mayor, NBC Chicago reported.

Rank-and-file officers issued a no-confidence vote against the mayor and Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown. Officers cited reasons such as exhaustion and the department's decision to cancel days off on multiple occasions.

Catanzara noted that it is too late for Lori Lightfoot to make a pivot and befriended the police force only because the political climate now "says the defund policy and the police maybe aren't the enemy."

Chicago Police Officer Ella French Shooting

Two people were charged with the fatal shooting of Ella French. One was identified as 21-year-old Emonte Morgan, ABC 7 Chicago reported.

Morgan is facing first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. He is also charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.

The Cook County State's Attorney Office said that Eric Morgan, on the other hand, was charged with aggravated unlawful use of weapons. The 22-year-old suspect is also facing unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and obstruction of justice.

Eric was driving the car when the officers had pulled them over for expired tags. Police said his brother, Emonte, killed French and shot her partner three times.

A police bodycam footage showed French shining her flashlight into the driver's side of the car before she was shot.

When French asked Eric to hand over the car keys and get out, he did. But police said Emonte, sitting in the back seat, would not cooperate. Police said French and her partner had their guns holstered when Emonte pulled out a gun and fired at them.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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