CHICAGO — Lower than 24 hours after his workplace insisted that Mayor Brandon Johnson would attend Monday’s funeral for slain Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez regardless of the grieving household’s needs, Johnson reversed course Saturday.
Johnson’s workplace now says the mayor won’t attend.
“All of us need to do proper by Officer Martinez and provides his household and the CPD household the house to grieve,” the mayor stated Saturday, stating an apparent level that each first rate human being would have recognized immediately.
Earlier this week, the pinnacle of CPD’s front-line police union, John Cantanzara, stated Martinez’s household made it “very clear” that they are not looking for the mayor or governor to attend. Whereas the governor rapidly acknowledged and honored the request, Johnson bullheadedly insisted he would present up anyway as just lately as Friday night.
Johnson, his workplace stated in a written assertion, “will attend all honors funeral providers for each police officer, firefighter, or EMT who loses their life within the line of obligation.”
State Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar instructed ABC7 on Friday that she had personally delivered the household’s needs to the governor and the mayor straight.
“Instantly, with out hesitation, the governor revered the household’s needs,” Guerrero-Cuellar instructed the information outlet. “I name the mayor straight. He didn’t reply. I despatched a textual content message clearly stating what the household’s needs have been… I nonetheless haven’t heard a response.”
She instructed the Chicago Tribune that Johnson’s chief of workers, Christina Pacione-Zayas, “disrespectfully and rudely didn’t perceive the message I used to be attempting to ship.”
Upon listening to that Johnson reversed course on Saturday, Bryan Zarou, vp of coverage on the Higher Authorities Affiliation, tweeted, “Why can’t the Mayors workplace ever be forward of the obvious resolution making there may be. Numerous instances have they needed to retract choices they’ve made inside 48 hours. That is the second time with a funeral.”
