Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., said on Thursday "eight or more" police officers were captured on video in his office on Chicago's South Side, sleeping on the couch, eating and drinking coffee and sitting with their feet on his desk while rioters vandalized property following the death of George Floyd.
“They even had the unmitigated gall to go and make coffee for themselves and some popcorn — my popcorn — in my microwave while looters were tearing up businesses within their site, within their reach,” Rush said in a press conference with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D). “They were in a mode of relaxation and they did not care about what was happening to business people, to this city.
Rush said three of the officers were "white-shirts" or officers of a higher rank.
Rush and Lightfoot said that Chicago police didn't work hard enough to stop people from breaking into businesses.
“That’s a personal embarrassment to me,” Lightfoot said. “I’m sorry that you and your staff even had to deal with this incredible indignity."
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said the department is trying to identify and punish the officers in the video.
“If you sleep during a riot, what do you do on a regular shift when there’s no riot?” Brown asked at the press conference.
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