Decision comes day after Illinois attorney general’s office said police violated Foia in refusal to release dashcam footage of Laquan McDonald killing in 2014A Cook County judge ruled on Thursday that a video allegedly showing a black teenager being shot 16 times and killed by a Chicago police officer final year should be released.
After his ruling,Judge Frank Valderrama heard arguments from the city to hold the video’s release until an appeal, but denied its motion, and saying that the city could not deny the footage under exemptions outlined in the state’s Freedom of Information Act. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com