The partner of murdered Chicago Police Officer Ella French and top police brass blasted a 2½-year prison sentence handed down Wednesday to the straw purchaser of the gun used to kill her — a ruling that followed heartbreaking comments from French’s mother.
Elizabeth French gripped a tissue in her right hand as she stood before the judge at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. She described her daughter’s life in vivid detail, from the moment Ella French smiled at her as an 8-month-old foster child to their final chat, when she told her 29-year-old daughter to “be careful, to be safe” and that she loved her.
