McDonald’s CEO Says Parents Of Slain Kids “Failed” Them, Prompts Claims Of Victim-Blaming

Essence Magazine:

By Malaika Jabali ·Updated November 3, 2021

McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski is under fire for a text message exchange with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in which he said that parents “failed” two kids who were slain earlier this year, referring to Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old killed by a Chicago police officer, and Jaslyn Adams, a 7-year-old killed at a McDonald’s.

In the April 19 exchange after Lightfoot visited the McDonald’s headquarters, Kempczinski wrote: “p.s. tragic

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