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    Chicago police watchdog rules 2015 shooting of Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones was unjustified

    by Dan Hinkel, Chicago Tribune Dec 29, 2017 3 minutes

    CHICAGO - Chicago police disciplinary officials have ruled an officer was unjustified in the 2015 shooting and killing of a 19-year-old carrying a baseball bat and an innocent bystander standing nearby.

    The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has ruled that Officer Robert Rialmo unjustifiably shot Quintonio LeGrier and 55-year-old Bettie Jones while responding to a domestic disturbance on the West Side on the day after Christmas two years ago, according to records obtained by the Chicago Tribune through an open records request. After LeGrier advanced on officers with an aluminum baseball bat, Rialmo

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