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Whistleblower: Chicago PD Tried to Falsify Report on Shooting of Unarmed Black Teen

HeadlineMar 06, 2019

In Chicago, a police officer filed a whistleblower lawsuit Monday, alleging he was directed to falsify a report on the 2017 police shooting of unarmed African-American teenager Ricardo Hayes. Sergeant Isaac Lambert, who investigated the shooting, says he was told by superiors to portray the police officer as a victim, and Hayes as an aggressor. He was demoted from his position after refusing to alter his report. At the time of the 2017 police shooting, officer Khalil Muhammad claimed he shot Ricardo Hayes—who, court documents say, has “profound intellectual and developmental disabilities”—after an “escalated” encounter where Hayes appeared to be pulling out a gun. But footage of the events, that was later released, instead showed officer Muhammad chasing after the teen in his car before shooting directly at him.

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