Associated Press
CHICAGO — Three finalists have been selected in the hunt for Chicago’s new police chief after the previous one was fired in the scandal that followed a white officer’s shooting of a black teenager 16 times.
The candidates include two African Americans and a retired Washington state police chief who would become the first woman to lead the force.
Cedric Alexander is the public safety director in Georgia’s DeKalb County. Anne Kirkpatrick was the chief in Spokane until she retired in 2012. And Eugene Williams is a deputy chief in Chicago who also was a finalist for the job in 2011.
The final choice lies with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who also is under fire in the police accountability scandal. Emanuel fired former superintendent Garry McCarthy after officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with murder for shooting Laquan McDonald.
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