Chicago’s Medical Examiner’s Office released a statement on Thursday indicating that the COVID rules Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently referred to don’t exist, and that a proper ceremony with bagpipers for slain officer Ella French would have been possible.
The Medical Examiner's Office contradicts Mayor Lightfoot's claim that COVID protocols prevented bagpipers from playing to honor Officer French Saturday night. From the Medical Examiner's Office:
— Tahman Bradley (@tahmanbradley) August 11, 2021
The statement reads:
“Protocols for processions at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office have not changed since the pandemic began. First responders have always gathered in the office parking lot and dock to pay respects to fallen police officers and firefighters.
