More police murders will be revealed in Chicago

CHICAGO (08dec15) It is hard to say how many gruesome murders, under the color of law, remain hidden in Chicago but at least one more will make news when the family of Cedrick Chatman goes to federal court tomorrow. Chatman was 17 when he died in a rain of police bullet on January 7, 2013.

Lorenzo Davis, a former investigator for the so-called Independent Police Review Authority claims he was fired by former director Scott Ando because he refused to cover up 3 police murders. WBEZ obtained internal records that show he was the only investigator who refused to participate in systematic concealment of police crimes. Ando resigned immediately after the 13 month FOIA lawsuit for the Laquan McDonald files concluded, and was replaced by an insider with close ties to Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Ando's's tenure as head of IPRA lasted less than a year and he has refused to talk to the press about his experience.

Last month, U.S. Magistrate Judge Geraldine Brown refused to release the video of Chatman's death.

The Chicago Sun Times reports that: "...the judge issued her ruling the same day a Cook County judge ordered City Hall to release video footage of a Chicago police officer shooting Laquan McDonald 16 times. Chatman family attorney Brian Coffman is now set to ask U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman on Dec. 9 to overrule Brown."

Lorenzo Davis, himself a 23 year veteran of the CPD, told the Chicago Sun-Times that Chatman’s shooting death was an “unnecessary use of deadly force” — and a murder.

Photo: Linda Chatman/Chicago Reader

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