Police chief fired in wake of footage of black teen’s killing in Chicago

Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel fired his police superintendent after it took 13 months to charge a white policeman with the shooting death of a black teenager.

The Chicago Sun-Times, citing unnamed sources, reported that Emanuel had called Supt Garry McCarthy overnight to tell him he was out.

McCarthy came under fire following the release of police dash-cam video of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald, 17.