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    City releases files from watchdog's probe of fatal Chicago police shooting of Laquan McDonald

    by Jeremy Gorner and John Byrne, Chicago Tribune Oct 09, 2019 4 minutes

    CHICAGO - After city officials for years kept a Chicago government watchdog's investigation into the Laquan McDonald police shooting under wraps, Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration released a trove of records to the public on Wednesday, a key move in her campaign promise to try to build trust in the way high-profile police misconduct allegations are handled.

    This marks the first time the city's Law Department has publicly released reports from Inspector General Joseph Ferguson's investigation of police Officer Jason Van Dyke's 2014 fatal shooting of McDonald.

    Lightfoot got the City Council to pass a measure last month

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