Today the time has come to make another tough choice.

As much as I love this job and will always love this city and its residents,

I've decided not to seek reelect and will always love this city and its residents.

I've decided not to seek re-election.

This has been the job of a lifetime,

but it is not a job for a lifetime.

From W.B. E. Z. Chicago and the Chicago Tribune,

this is 16 shots, the police shooting of Lacan McDonald. I'm Jen White.

Over the last three episodes, we've told you how the city of Chicago

spun a narrative about what happened the night Lacan

McDonald was killed, how that narrative fell apart, and how the city reacted

when it did.

One of the people at the center of that story has been Chicago Mayor Ram Emanuel.

But this morning, to the shock of many,

Emanuel announced he would not be running for re-election for a third term.

Emanuel made the announcement just one day before the murder trial of Chicago police officer

Jason Van Dyke. One of the reporters at the mayor's announcement this morning was

Becky Vivi. She covers City Hall for W be easy. Becky, what was the scene like?

Well, Jen, this happened in the press conference room on the fifth floor of City Hall.

This is the room where many, many mayors, many decades have held press conferences about a wide variety of things.

It was tense.

There were people who worked for the mayor lined along the edge of the walls.

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