The mayor also encouraged everyone calling for justice to remain peaceful.
Alderman and mayoral candidate Roderick Sawyer issued this statement through his campaign:
"The Tyre Nichols video is sickening and a tragic reminder we have a long way to go on racial disparities in policing. "As the architect of Police Reform in Chicago I never want to see another case like this one, or the video of Laquan McDonald, or countless other Black and Brown people for whom a minor traffic stop can turn deadly."While the acts committed by these officers is inhuman, I join Mayor Lightfoot in urging protesters to remain peaceful while they rightly demonstrate against this criminal abuse of authority.
Prior to the release of the video, activist and mayoral candidate Ja'Mal Green said in a news release:"I am sickened to once again see yet another man brutally murdered in this country. I am sickened to once again have to respond to a murder by those who are supposed to protect us. I am sickened to once again see a family burying their child. I am sick and tired of saying the same words, asking for the same change, and seeing no serious results.
It is a brutal reminder of the reality many Black people fear they may face when interacting with police.
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