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Chicago: Police Move to Fire 5 Officers over Laquan McDonald Killing

HeadlineSep 01, 2016

In Chicago, Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he’s moving to fire five officers over the fatal shooting of 17-year-old African American Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times in October 2014 by white police officer Jason Van Dyke. An inspector general report issued two weeks ago recommended the Chicago Police Department fire 10 officers. Superintendent Johnson had previously said he’d move to fire seven officers. Now he says he’s moving to fire five—Officer Van Dyke and four others who are accused of lying during the investigation of the shooting. Van Dyke has been charged with first-degree murder.

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