The city Office of Inspector General, which earlier recommended the firing of 11 Chicago police officers in connection with the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald, had proposed suspensions for four additional officers at the scene in 2014, according to its latest report.
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The quarterly report from IG Joseph Ferguson’s office, released Wednesday, didn’t identify the four or give a reason for the recommended suspensions.
But a Chicago police spokesman confirmed that police Superintendent Eddie Johnson has handed down one-week suspensions for the officers for failing to ensure the dashboard cameras in their squad cars were operating properly that night.
A video from one dashcam showed Officer Jason …
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