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The agency charged with the investigation recommended two Chicago Police officers should be fired and seven disciplined for their role in an incident that injured a woman’s eye after she was pulled from her car at the Brickyard Mall during the unrest that swept the city after the police murder of George Floyd.
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The city’s civilian police investigative watchdog released its summary of findings and recommendations Thursday on two high-profile incidents.
A newly released report reveals that Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) recommended the firing of two police officers and suspensions...
“Officer (David) Laskus fabricated the existence of the hammer to justify his actions,” the Civilian Office of Police Accountability states in a 22-page report about the confrontation outside Brickyard Mall on May 31, 2020.
A leading official within Chicago's law enforcement infrastructure is calling for one officer accused of violating the city’s police code of conduct to be