WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Yesterday's protest: On State Street, that great street...

Rahm Emanuel

"I own the problem of police brutality, and I'll fix it." -- Chicago Tribune

BGA Pres. Andy Shaw

It’s been quite a firestorm, and it’s scorching Emanuel and Alvarez. But it’s unconscionable that so few others been held accountable, and so little has changed, after more than half a century of well-documented police misconduct that’s taken too many lives, wasted too many tax dollars, sown too much mistrust, and inflicted too much pain on our entire city. -- Toxic Chicago cop culture dates back decades

Ando should be indicted, not just fired.

Lorenzo Davis

,,, a former Chicago police commander and top IPRA investigator, has claimed he was fired this year for resisting [IPRA head, Scott] Ando’s orders to justify police shootings. Davis’ lawyer told the Sun-Times last week that Chatman’s shooting was the video that led to Davis’ ouster. Davis himself called Chatman’s death a “murder” — one that was officially justified in an IPRA report. -- Sun-Times

John Kass

The strongman also protects his power through routine purges of those close to him, lest they be tempted. Even slavish, abject loyalty can't protect them. -- Tribune

Ald. Pat O’Connor, the mayor’s City Council floor leader has no clue.

“They’re mad at him, but I’m not exactly sure I know why they’re mad at him." -- Sun-Times

Michael Davis, Retired African-American police officer

“We don't need mayors and the so-called Independent Police Review Authority covering up for these guys and this panel the mayor created is more of the same.” -- NBC News

Mark Brown snarks Rahm's critics

Some people aren’t going to be satisfied until there is an actual riot. -- Sun-Times