December 18, 2024
Local News

Video: Rev. Warren Dorris, faith leaders call for Mayor's resignation

Local faith leaders, led by Rev. Warren Dorris, call for Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk to resign following a video posted of the Mayor getting into a scuffle with a protester.

The sister of two men arrested after a scuffle with Mayor Bob O'Dekirk was among several who challenged his version of what happened when the mayor came to a Black Lives Matter protest Tuesday.

O’Dekirk repeatedly said he had defended himself and had done nothing wrong when he grabbed a man at a protest on Sunday as police were breaking it up.

“You don’t feel you were doing anything wrong?” Jasmine Godfrey of Joliet said to O’Dekirk. “He’s in the hospital right now. ... I think for you to say you didn’t do anything wrong shows how you think.”

When Godfrey called on the mayor to resign, he answered, "I'm not going to resign."