RadioOnFire.com - Chicago Police Superintendent, Eddie Johnson, has reportedly called for the jobs of 7 officers involved in the alleged falsification of reports regarding the murder of Laquan McDonald in 2014. Chicago's Office of the Inspector General had recently named a total of 10 officers it sought to axe in connection with the case, but two of those officers have since retired, and another was pardoned on account of insufficient evidence linking him to any wrongdoing.
"The Department and its outside counsel have carefully reviewed the reports and supporting documents, videos, and other evidence," a statement put out by the Superintendent on Thursday, August 18, reads, "and will accept the [city's inspector general's] recommendation to submit seven of the officers to the Police Board for separation."
The two implicated officers who left the force have been identified as high-ranking officials who played a role in the delay and subsequent cover-up of the controversial case. Lieutenant Anthony Wojcik, who oversaw the response to the shooting parted ways back in May, while Deputy Chief David McNaughton, who ruled that the shooting was in compliance with departmental policy, retired this week. The seven officers under fire have not been named but are said to be patrolmen. Officer Jason Van Dyke, who has been identified as the party responsible for shooting McDonald 16 times, before the city delayed the release of dash cam footage that contradicted his claim that the 17-year-old lunged at him, currently faces first-degree murder charges related to the shooting.
Source: chicagotribune.com
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