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Are we seeing a cultural change where Police can and will be charged in more lethal cases?
I am referring to the Chicago shooting that can be used as a study in political interference within the Justice system
Chicago police officer charged with 16 new counts in shooting case: media | Reuters
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https://www.google.ca/?gfe_rd=cr&ei...hago+shooting+officer+charged+Laquan+McDonald
The arrest of the sergeant, Hugh Barry, follows months of investigation into the deadly encounter with the 66-year-old woman, Deborah Danner.
Within hours of the death, the sergeant was stripped of his badge and gun and placed on modified duty — despite the police, in their initial account, saying that Ms. Danner had swung a bat at the sergeant.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the police commissioner, James P. O’Neill, said Sergeant Barry had failed to follow police protocol for dealing with people with mental illness. Specifically, he did not use his stun gun to try to subdue Ms. Danner, and he did not wait for a specialized Emergency Service Unit to arrive.
On Wednesday afternoon, Sergeant Barry, 31, appeared in court in the Bronx, dressed in a suit with his hands cuffed behind his back. Standing before Judge Robert A. Neary, Sergeant Barry kept his eyes forward as his lawyer, Andrew Quinn, entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. Judge Neary set bail at $100,000, and Sergeant Barry was escorted from the courtroom.
Are we seeing a cultural change where Police can and will be charged in more lethal cases?
I am referring to the Chicago shooting that can be used as a study in political interference within the Justice system
Chicago police officer charged with 16 new counts in shooting case: media | Reuters
Pick your own link to bone up on this disaster
https://www.google.ca/?gfe_rd=cr&ei...hago+shooting+officer+charged+Laquan+McDonald