Cops in Laquan McDonald Case Recommended for Firing

CHICAGO, IL - Several high-ranking Chicago police officers could be fired for their involvement in the 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by Officer Jason Van Dyke.

The city of Chicago’s inspector general has recommended at least 10 officers be fired or severely disciplined for their handling of the case, a source told the Chicago Sun-Times.

The first domino to fall is that of Deputy Chief David McNaughton, who retired last week. McNaughton was one of several officers who signed off on a report that indicated Van Dyke only fired his weapon in fear of his life, when McDonald was approaching him with a knife.

Video released a year after the incident showed McDonald was running away from approaching police officers on the West Side when Van Dyke shot him 16 times, killing him.

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Superintendent Eddie Johnson now has the report, according to the Sun-Times, and could act on terminating the other officers named by the inspector general.

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