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March 6, 2019

Whistleblower: Chicago PD Tried to Falsify Report on Shooting of Unarmed Black Teen
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In Chicago, a police officer filed a whistleblower lawsuit Monday,
alleging he was directed to falsify a report on the 2017 police shooting
of unarmed African-American teenager Ricardo Hayes. Sergeant Isaac
Lambert, who investigated the shooting, says he was told by superiors to
portray the police officer as a victim, and Hayes as an aggressor. He
was demoted from his position after refusing to alter his report. At the
time of the 2017 police shooting, officer Khalil Muhammad claimed he
shot Ricardo Hayes-who, court documents say, has "profound intellectual
and developmental disabilities"-after an "escalated" encounter where
Hayes appeared to be pulling out a gun. But footage of the events, that
was later released, instead showed officer Muhammad chasing after the
teen in his car before shooting directly at him.


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