chicagotribune.com - The rush to clear police in shootings

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The rush to clear police in shootings

PART 1 OF 2

Nearly every shooting in last decade 'justified'
Investigations ignore witnesses, forensics
Shot-in-back findings raise questions
By Sam Roe, David Heinzmann and Steve Mills
Tribune staff reporters

December 5, 2007

On a summer night in 2003, two patrol cars pulled over a
driver in front of his South Side home for running a
stop sign...

Copyright c 2007, Chicago Tribune

[moderator: to read part 2 of this series:]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-071205cops-day2-htmlstory,1,4123304.htmlstory?coll=chi_mezz


[moderator: readers may also be interested in this joint investigation (Killed
by the Cops) by Colorlines and the Chicago Reporter:]

http://www.colorlines.com/article.php?ID=255

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