an extensive report on the history of police lying and the blue wall of silence in Chicago. Coming as it does in the context of recent revelations about the Laquan McDonald shooting and the allegations of a cover up it shows just how pervasive these practices are in America’s third largest city.Chicago’s mayor, Rahm Emmanuel, has been under intense pressure to institute serious reforms, with protests in the streets and even in front of his house. On December 30, he came out with a plan to institute the retraining of officers in the use of force.
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Yesterday, Salon’s Daniel Denvir published an extensive report on the history of police lying and the blue wall of silence in Chicago. Coming as it does in the context of recent revelations about the Laquan McDonald shooting and the allegations of a cover up it shows just how pervasive these practices are in America’s third largest city.
Chicago’s mayor, Rahm Emmanuel, has been under intense pressure to institute serious reforms, with protests in the streets and even in front of his house. On December 30, he came out with a plan to institute the retraining of officers in the use of force.