Three Chicago police officers are set to go to trial Tuesday oncharges they conspiredtocover up a fellow officer’s actions in the police shooting death of 17-year-oldLaquan McDonald.
Author: Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY
Chicago cops accused of covering up Laquan McDonald shooting to go to trial
The bench trial for former Detective David March, ex-officer Joseph Walsh and Officer Thomas Gaffney begins more than seven weeks after former officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder.
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Even before Chicago hospital shooting, industry was anxious about security
U.S. hospitalsare bolstering security and safety training for theirstaffsin response to increasingreports of violence, security breaches and thefts on medical campuses.
Chicago hospital shooting gunman was kicked out of fire academy for bullying
Mercy Hospital held itsfirst-ever active shooter drill just weeks before Monday’s shooting, a move that may have saved lives.
Police chief praises security guard killed by his cop: ‘Jemel Roberson was a brave man’
Police in suburban Chicago Tuesday called thecontroversial shooting death of a black security guard by a white police officer a “tragic incident.”