CHICAGO (AP) — One day after a group of Chicago aldermen demanded his firing, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy is expected to appear before some of the same aldermen during a budget hearing.
McCarthy is set to talk Tuesday afternoon about the department’s financial needs. He declined to comment at a morning event.
Most of the aldermen demanding McCarthy’s firing are African-American. They contended that McCarthy has had plenty of time to reduce street violence plaguing the city and hasn’t done so.
The demand by the aldermen comes as the city records a 21 percent increase in murders, a trend seen nationally.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says in a statement that he supports McCarthy’s “work and commitment.”
Also Tuesday, officials announced that McCarthy’s second-in-command, Alfonza Wysinger, would be retiring.