- Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he’s confident the city has a plan to prevent any more mob attacks this weekend.
Emanuel told reporters Friday morning he’s been talking about the issue, with Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.
"I'm confident. I've talked to Garry at both, as you know, in the morning yesterday (Thursday) and also I think around six o'clock. We were at an event together and we met for about 20 minutes to go over things,” Emanuel said. “But I'm confident in the public safety of our city regardless of what neighborhood you live in. And that we have a strategy of putting more resources, of putting police on the street which is where we need to put those resources. So I am confident as it relates not just to this weekend, but during the week and every weekend in every neighborhood."
Meanwhile, on the west side, five dead (see below).