Watchdog found shooting of disabled teen by Chicago cop unjustified but recommended only 90-day suspension
by Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune
Mar 12, 2019
4 minutes
CHICAGO - The city's police oversight agency has found that a Chicago police sergeant unjustifiably used deadly force when he shot an unarmed teen with mental disabilities in an off-duty incident in 2017.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability concluded that Sgt. Khalil Muhammad acted in an "objectively unreasonable" fashion yet initially recommended only a suspension of 90 days without pay.
The proposed punishment drew outrage from the teen's lawyer, as well as from an attorney for another Chicago police sergeant who alleged in a lawsuit last week that he was "dumped" from the detective bureau after refusing to
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