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The biting style that marked Rahm Emanuel's success in national politics has helped make him a despised figure in Chicago, as furor over police brutality engulfs the city. (Associated Press)

Rahm Emanuel’s brusqueness wins few allies in Chicago amid police brutality furor

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, right, waits for interim Chicago Police Superintendent John Escalante to join him in departing a news conference Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, in Chicago. Officials have been criticized for the handling of the 2014 fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ** FILE **

Rahm Emanuel to speak about Chicago police department

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

Chicago Alderman Roderick Sawyer left, talks with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel right, before Emanuel spoke during a special City Council meeting that he called to discuss a police abuse scandal Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in Chicago. Emanuel apologized for the 2014 shooting of a black teenager Wednesday during the special City Council meeting and promised "complete and total" reform to restore trust in the police. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Chicago mayor apologizes for teen’s death, vows reforms

By SARA BURNETT - Associated Press

Clergy, labor leaders and supporters gather at the Cook County Administration Building on Thursday in Chicago to demand the resignation of Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez before delivering 32,000 petition signatures calling for her to quit. The long wait to file charges against a white Chicago police officer who fatally shot a black teenager has provoked sharp criticism of the city's top prosecutor. (Chicago Sun-Times via Associated Press)

Justice Department expected to announce probe of Chicago police

Associated Press

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a news conference in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, where he announced the firing Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and discussed the creation of a newly created task force on police accountability. The firing of McCarthy came a week after the release of a dash-cam video that showed a white police officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Media via AP ) CHICAGO TRIBUNE OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES

White House: Up to Rahm Emanuel whether to stay as Chicago mayor

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

(Screen grab of Chief Keef's "Finally Rich" CD cover)

Chief Keef rap concert shut down near Chicago: ‘Anti-cop, pro-gang and pro-drug use’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Hillary Clinton emails show top officials aware of her private address

By Lisa Lerer and Matthew Daly - Associated Press

In this Oct. 12, 2012, file photo, newly appointed Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett speaks at a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Chicago schools chief, resigns amid federal probe, officials say

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel smiles as he pints to a sign during a victorious election night at Plumbers Local 130 Union Hall, Tuesday, April 7, 2015, in Chicago. Emanuel won re-election Tuesday as voters in Chicago’s first mayoral runoff decided that, despite his brusque management style, the former White House chief of staff was best equipped to deal with the dire financial challenges facing the nation’s third-largest city. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Rahm Emanuel facing huge challenges in 2nd term as Chicago mayor

By Sophia Tareen and Sara Burnett - Associated Press

In December, 2008, President-elect Obama and Education Secretary-designate Arne Duncan, left, mingle at Chicago's Dodge Renaissance Academy. Incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, center, looks on. (AP Photo)

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Obama’s failing grade on education: Contrived crisis, cronyism

By Armstrong Williams

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel responds to a reporter's question after the second of three televised debates against Cook County Commissioner and Chicago mayoral candidate Jesus Garcia, ahead of next month's runoff election, Thursday, March 26, 2015, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Rahm Emanuel tries to lure firms from Indiana over law that Illinois already has

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A sign warns motorists of the presence of a red light camera in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration on Sunday, March 8, 2015 announced 50 controversial red-light cameras will be taken down from about two dozen locations citywide. The move comes as the former White House chief of staff seeks re-election and faces questions about the cameras impact on safety. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

EDITORIAL: Chicago’s red-light camera rip-off

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

EDITORIAL: Rahm Emanuel’s election struggle

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel pauses as he talks to supporters after he was unable to get a majority in the Chicago mayoral election, forcing a runoff election in April against Jesus "Chuy" Garcia. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ** FILE **

Rahm Emanuel, Chicago mayor, to face runoff against county commissioner

By Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2014 file photo, the Pullman neighborhood’s ornate brick homes that were built in the 1800s by industrialist George Pullman as a blue-collar utopia to house workers from his sleeping-railcar factory in Chicago. President Barack Obama is designating three new national monuments for protection as historic or ecologically significant sites, including the Pullman neighborhood in Chicago where African-American railroad workers won a historic labor agreement. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Obama heads to Chicago to designate monument, boost Rahm Emanuel

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, third from right, smiles as President Barack Obama signs a proclamation to designate the Pullman neighborhood, a national monument &#8212; commemorating African-Americans who served as porters, waiters and maids on the iconic Pullman sleeper cars, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, in Ch(...)

Obama plugs for Rahm Emanuel during Chicago visit

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama pose with members of the Jackie Robinson West little league team in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Little League International has stripped Chicago's Jackie Robinson West team of its national title after finding the team falsified its boundary map. The league made the announcement Wednesday morning, Feb. 11, 2015, saying the Chicago team violated regulations by placing players on the team who didn’t qualify because they lived outside the team’s boundaries. Little League International also suspended Jackie Robinson West manager Darold Butler from league activity. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Chicago mayor asked that Little League return team’s title

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2014 file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Faced with an approaching deadline for the Obamas to make a decision on the site of a presidential library, Emanuel, Obama&#8217;s former chief of staff, proposed an ordinance this week that would allow the library to be built on public parkland land if the Obama Foundation chooses the favored University of Chicago proposal over rival bids by the University of Illinois-Chicago, Columbia University in New York and the University of Hawaii. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Rahm Emanuel racks up traffic violations after red-light lecture: ‘Obey the law. Period.’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times