Chicago police officers charged for alleged cover-up in teen shooting

The indictments stem from a 2014 incident in which black teenager Laquan McDonald was shot to death by a white officer. A video of the shooting, released in 2015, sparked days of protests and thrust Chicago into a national debate over the use of excessive force by police against minorities.

Detective David March and officers Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney were each charged with conspiracy, official misconduct and obstruction of justice, Patricia Brown Holmes, the special prosecutor, said in a statement.

"The indictment makes clear that these defendants did more than merely obey an unofficial 'code of silence,' rather it alleges that they lied about what occurred to prevent independent criminal investigators from learning the truth," Holmes said in a statement.

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JANFU said:

Chicago police officers charged for alleged cover-up in teen shooting | Reuters



This will get interesting. Serious charges. Thoughts are?

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reinoe said:

The Chicago P.D.? POST #2. I'm CALLING IT. Cleared on all charges. The Chicago criminal justice system is far more corrupt than Minneapolis and a cop literally got away with murder there. In Chicago? The victim's family might be charged for the bullets used like they do in China.

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