What We Learned From IG Review Of Laquan McDonald Shooting

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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson gives a speech downtown Chicago on January 8, 2018. Records released by the city this week detail his role in the investigation of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald by Officer Jason Van Dyke. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ
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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson gives a speech downtown Chicago on January 8, 2018. Records released by the city this week detail his role in the investigation of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald by Officer Jason Van Dyke. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ

What We Learned From IG Review Of Laquan McDonald Shooting

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Amid calls for his ouster, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson defended himself after the release of a report from the Office of the Inspector General on how officials handled 17-year-old Laquan McDonald’s fatal shooting by police officer Jason Van Dyke.

According to one report, a group of high-ranking officers including Johnson viewed the police dashcam video about 10 days after the shooting.Johnson, at the time a deputy patrol chief, has said he did not voice an opinion on whether the shooting was justified. He says it was not his role.

GUEST: Chip Mitchell, WBEZ criminal justice reporter