The mayor’s men demanded that
dashcam video be kept confidential for at least several years as part of
a $5 million settlement with the teenager’s family.
CHICAGO — City of Chicago lawyers, after meeting with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, demanded the Laquan McDonald family bury the video showing the killing of their son by a police officer.
Emanuel said last month
that Stephen Patton, Chicago’s corporation counsel, briefed him
“towards the end of March” about what the dashboard-camera video showed
and about the proposed $5 million settlement with McDonald’s estate.
After that briefing, Patton’s second-in-command, Thomas Platt, drafted
settlement language to keep the dashcam video hidden for at least
several years, according to emails reviewed by The Daily Beast (PDF).
Michael Robbins, an attorney for the McDonald estate, balked at the demand.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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