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Chicago Cop Van Dyke Played Role in Cover-Up of 2005 Fatal Shooting

HeadlineDec 04, 2015

In Chicago, court records show that police officer Jason Van Dyke, who has been indicted for shooting African-American teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times, may have also played a role in the cover-up of another fatal police shooting a decade ago. The family of Emmanuel Lopez says that in 2005, five Chicago police officers shot Lopez 16 times and then falsely claimed he had tried to run over an officer with his car. In a deposition, Van Dyke admitted that he copied the statements of his fellow police officers in order to corroborate their story. Lopez’s family has brought a lawsuit over the killing, which goes to trial in February.

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