The Democratic candidates for Illinois’ U-S Senate seat had their first informal debate today.
And it grew contentious over the issue of Laquan McDonald’s death and prosecuting police officers.
The Chicago Tribune editorial board asked the three candidates if the federal government should investigate practices at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office.
Andrea Zopp and Napoleon Harris are both African-American - and Zopp accused Harris of not leading on the topic of criminal justice in the black community.
ZOPP: On this particular issue, Laquan McDonald, what did you do?
Harris said if Zopp wants to address the problems surrounding police shootings - she’s in the wrong race - she should be running for State’s Attorney.
Representative Tammy Duckworth didn’t get involved in that back-and-forth - and instead talked about stricter gun laws and criticized for-profit prisons none of which are in Illinois.