Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s allies on Friday called off a confirmation vote for Andrea Kersten, the mayor’s choice to head Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, to avoid what would have been an embarrassing defeat.
The decision by Public Safety Committee Chairman Chris Taliaferro (29th) infuriated Ald. Nick Sposato (38th), who is leading the charge against Kersten’s nomination, in part, because of the three-day suspension COPA recommended for slain Chicago Police Officer Ella French for failing to activate her body-worn camera when she showed up at the botched raid on the home of social worker Anjanette Young in 2019.
