This was the case when a Chicago officer shot and killed Ronald Johnson III in October 2014. “I’m impressed,” said Craig Futterman, a University of Chicago law professor who helped get the McDonald video released. All the while, even as Emanuel’s task force released a report that lambasted the police and a new superintendent took over the force, the city has also been confronting skyrocketing bloodshed. (Reuters)Officials in Chicago released a huge volume of evidence Friday from 101 open investigations into police shootings and use of force, a remarkable turnaround in a city that has for so long resisted releasing videos of such incidents to the public. City officials had previously argued — as they did in the McDonald case — against releasing videos during ongoing investigations.

Source: Washington Post June 03, 2016 13:39 UTC