Washington Post: Prosecutors say no criminal charges against Chicago police officer who fatally shot Ronald Johnson - By Mark Berman

Washington Post: Prosecutors say no criminal charges against Chicago police officer who fatally shot Ronald Johnson

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By Mark Berman December 7, 2015 at 1:36 PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/12/07/prosecutors-wont-file-charges-against-chicago-police-officer-who-fatally-shot-ronald-johnson/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_chicago-officer-1pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Prosecutors in Chicago will not file criminal charges against a police officer who shot and killed a black man last year, an incident that occurred a week before a different fatal shooting that brought national scrutiny to Chicago’s police force, officials said Monday.

The decision was announced by Anita Alvarez, the state’s attorney for Cook County, Ill., and came on the heels of the Justice Department announcing plans for a broad civil-rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department.

Alvarez held a lengthy news conference Monday to announce the decision, going over details of the investigation, what police and witnesses said and playing a dashboard camera video that captured a portion of the incident.

George Hernandez, a Chicago police officer, shot and killed Ronald Johnson III in October 2014, the week before a different officer shot and killed Laquan McDonald, a black 17-year-old. 

The fatal shooting of McDonald was captured in a graphic dashboard camera video that was released last month, drawing attention to Chicago at a time of intense national focus on how police officers use deadly force.

Read much more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/12/07/prosecutors-wont-file-charges-against-chicago-police-officer-who-fatally-shot-ronald-johnson/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_chicago-officer-1pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

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