The Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates police shootings, cleared the officer who shot Chatman of any wrongdoing. However, court filings allege that the agency cleared the officer only after an investigator who opposed that finding, Lorenzo Davis, was fired. Davis has filed a sep
Date: Jan 14, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Judge orders Chicago to release police shooting video
independent police investigator wanted to rule that the shooting was unjustified, saying the teen fled from Fry and his partner, Officer Lou Toth, without posing a threat or turning toward them. That investigator, Lorenzo Davis, said he was fired when he refused to change his findings to a justified shooting.
Date: Jan 14, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Judge orders release of videos of fatal Chicago police shooting
However, Lorenzo Davis, the IPRA supervisor who headed up the Chatman probe, filed a federal lawsuit last year alleging he was fired for concluding that officers in several shootings -- including Chatman's -- were not justified in using lethal force.
Date: Jan 14, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Video of police shooting Cedrick Chatman released after city reversal
investigator who handled the case said he had ruled the shooting was unjustified and recommended firing Fry. The investigator, former Chicago Police officer and attorney Lorenzo Davis, said he was fired for refusing to exonerate Fry in the shooting, and he has since filed a lawsuit against the city.
Date: Jan 14, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Judge agrees to release video of Chicago police shooting that killed black teen
Since 2007, only two Chicago police officers involved in the shootings of civilians have been disciplined under its authority. In September, IPRA investigator Lorenzo Davis said he was fired after refusing to change findings in three police shootings that showed officers were liable for wrongdoing.
Date: Jan 14, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Chicago drops objection to releasing police shooting video
The original independent police investigator wanted to rule that the shooting was unjustified, saying the teen fled from the officers without posing a threat or turning toward them. That investigator, Lorenzo Davis, said he was fired when he refused to change his findings to a justified shooting.
Date: Jan 13, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
City drops opposition to release of fatal police shooting video
Last year, Lorenzo Davis, the IPRA supervisor who headed up the Chatman probe, filed a federal lawsuit alleging he was fired by Ando for concluding that officers in several shootings including Chatman's were not justified in using lethal force.
Date: Jan 13, 2016
Category: U.S.
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Chicago Protesters Target Independent Police Review Board
Former IPRA investigator Lorenzo Davis, who says he was fired after refusing to reverse findings that one fatal police shooting wasn't justified, argues that the body is often focused more on whitewashing police brutality than disciplining and weeding out bad cops.