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    No more indictments against Chicago cops in handling of Laquan McDonald shooting

    by Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune Nov 15, 2017 4 minutes

    CHICAGO - A Cook County special grand jury has been disbanded without charging any additional Chicago police officers, including department higher-ups, for their handling of Laquan McDonald's fatal shooting by an officer.

    At a hearing Tuesday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, special prosecutor Patricia Brown Holmes said the grand jury that convened to look into the controversial shooting has completed its investigation.

    That means no other officers - including higher-ups who signed off on allegedly false reports of the shooting - will be indicted.

    The only indictment brought by the special grand jury charged just lower-level cops - a detective and two patrol officers - stopping short of criminally charging

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