On Monday, the family of fallen Chicago police officer Luis Huesca laid him to rest at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel. While Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson had initially had the funeral on his public calendar, plans changed after Officer Huesca’s family told him to stay away.
Mayor Brandon Johnson was among those expressing condolences to the family of fallen Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca on Monday.
But the mayor did not attend the funeral after learning that the officer’s grief-stricken mother said he was not welcome.
This decision by the family caused a bit of a political stir.
On Sunday night, the mayor in his public schedule said he would be attending the funeral despite being told earlier in the evening by two public officials, including Illinois Comptroller Susanna Mendoza, that the family did not want him there. On Monday morning, the mayor relented and stayed away.
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