Reparations paid in Chicago police torture case

Emanuel has faced more than a month of protests calling for his resignation after the city released a video of a white police officer fatally shooting a black teenager in October 2014, one of a number of police killings around the country that has sparked a national movement about policing and race.

But Chang also had criticism for the department as a whole in his ruling, including about its record keeping.

Chang’s Monday ruling throws out an April jury decision that two officers were justified in killing Darius Pinex during a 2011 traffic stop.

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner expressed disappointment Monday in Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County’s top prosecutor for their handling of police-involved shootings and embraced pending state legislation to allow Chicago residents to recall future mayors. But records emerged after the trial began that officers weren’t listening to the channel broadcasting the radio traffic about the suspect’s vehicle. He said Jordan Marsh, a senior corporation counsel, also later lied about when he was aware of the evidence.

The video led to protests, some directed at the agency, which was created in 2007 to give it the independence it needed to hold officers accountable.

Patton said the steps the law department will take include reviewing its training and evidence gathering procedures. But in practice, it rarely ruled against officers.

The money was paid Monday to victims of a police unit commanded by disgraced former police commander Jon Burge from the 1970s through the early 1990s, the Chicago Sun-Times reported (http://bit.ly/1INETKY ).

Fairley said she hired a new chief of staff and chief investigator and was recruiting four lawyers to fortify legal oversight of investigations.

Fairly also talked about the most recent shooting involving a 19-year-old and 55-year-old grandmother by police just a little more than a week ago.

In the LeGrier and Jones shooting, Jones’ five children on Monday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city.

Police have admitted Jones’ shooting was an accident, saying she was tragically killed while officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call on the city’s West Side. The head of a city watchdog that investigates Chicago police shootings pledged greater transparency as the agency does its work, while at the time Monday a federal judge blasted the citys legal arm for trying to hide evidence in one police shooting. The lawsuit asserts LeGrier never had a weapon and did nothing to suggest he was a threat before police opened fire. Police were called to the home by the father of college student Quintonio LeGrier, who was allegedly holding a baseball bat when police arrived.