A Cook County jury on Tuesday awarded nearly $1 million to a Chicago police detective who alleged he was demoted after pushing back when superiors pressed him to alter reports to cover for a fellow officer who shot an unarmed teenager.
detective who alleged he was demoted after pushing back when superiors pressed him to alter reports to cover for a fellow officer who shot an unarmed teenager.
"Your honor, thank you very much for letting me have my day," Lambert said to Donnelly as the judge stepped down from the bench. "They dropped this investigation like a radioactive hot potato. They knew eventually this video was going to come to light, so whatever efforts they were making to help Khalil Muhammad went out the window," attorney Torreya Hamilton told jurors. "The truth is, nobody at the top of CPD really wanted these reports finished until they had to. … Imagine the thoughts going through the heads of these bosses as they watched this video. Ike was right.
Lambert offered no new information about the shooting or alleged coverup to his superiors or outside agencies, city attorney J.T. Wilson III said, nor had he received any orders from his bosses that were illegal.
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