Sunday, September 11, 2016

Chicago Police Dept. Moves To Fire 5 Officers Over Laquan McDonald Shooting

Chicago's police superintendent is moving to fire five officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old LaQuan McDonald in 2014 — one who pulled the trigger, and four who are accused of giving false statements about what happened.

McDonald, who was black, was shot 16 times by officer Jason Van Dyke. Other officers said that McDonald had lunged at police before he was shot. But dashcam footage of the incident — released under a court order — contradicted their testimony....
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/31/492066739/chicago-police-dept-moves-to-fire-5-officers-over-laquan-mcdonald-shooting?ft=nprml&f=1001




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