Investigator Fired For Not Covering Up Police Shootings In Chicago

Melanoid Nation — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:55:53 +0000

Lorenzo Davis was fired for refusing to change reports that found that cops were at fault for shooting and killing black civilians.
Davis is a former supervisor at the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) and previously served 23 years with the Chicago Police Department. He investigated the shootings of six people in the past eight years and determined that police were not justified in any of those shootings. In three of those incidents, the people died.
“Bad shootings,” Davis said.
IPRA boss Scot Ando told Davis to reverse his findings, and when Davis refused, he was let go.
“He made it clear that supervisors there serve at his pleasure,” Davis said. “He doesn’t have to have a reason to fire us.”
IPRA was formed in 2007 after claims of corruption within the CPD and the Office of Professional Standards.
One of the shootings during Davis’ time with IPRA was the case of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times last year. The police illegally confiscated surveillance footage and doctored dashcam audio in order to cover up the crime committed by race soldiers posing as cops.
William Hope Jr. was shot in 2010 inside his vehicle, while unarmed. The city paid $4.6 million to his family. Hope Jr. was 25 years old. In 2012, 23-year-old Jamaal Moore was unarmed and gunned down by police after his automobile was mistaken for a vehicle used in an armed robbery.
These were egregious cases that Davis didn’t even investigate, and he still found that six other shootings were unjustified. This adds to the tally. These cases show not only a pattern of corruption, but blatant targeting of young melanated people.
“I know people coming out of the training academy telling me that it’s a badge of honor to shoot somebody, particularly a gangbanger,” Davis said. “If we don’t stand back and have some skepticism, then any time some police officer says ‘I was in danger,’ that’s the end of your investigation. That’s not the way it should be.”
Davis contends that this is the way it is in Chicago, but as we have seen all across the nation, this is the way of several police departments. They target melanated citizens and use their resources within the system of white supremacy to evade justice.
The cops pay the victims’ families in order for the details and officers’ names not to be released. They are using tax payer dollars to murder unarmed black citizens. They also use the court system to protect their identities and families from retaliation.
It is time melanated people garner our money to attain the same resources they use and fight for justice.
By Ken Woods
You can read the entire article at the link below.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/21/three-killings-by-chicago-police-covered-up-ex-investigator-alleges.html

Newly Released Video Footage From 2013 Shows Chicago Police Shooting at Black Teens

Melanoid Nation — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:38:06 +0000

A video has surfaced from December 22, 2013 which shows Black teens in the Southside of Chicago being pulled over for speeding. The video footage shows one white supremacist race soldier acting as a police officer opening fire on the unarmed teens, which is an apparent violation of Chicago Police Department policy. The Melanoid teens did nothing wrong and the shooting was completely unprovoked. The officer has not been disciplined, and remains on the police force.

Follow this link to see the newly released footage of the shooting.

Police Shooting – Melanoid Nation Foundation

Investigator Fired For Not Covering Up Police Shootings In Chicago

Newly Released Video Footage From 2013 Shows Chicago Police Shooting at Black Teens