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In the Chicago Police Department, If the Bosses Say It Didn't Happen, It Didn't Happen
In the Chicago Police Department, If the Bosses Say It Didn't Happen, It Didn't Happen
As the trial date approached, city lawyers had made a motion to exclude the words "code of silence" from the proceedings. Not only was the motion denied, but the judge ruled that Mayor Rahm Emanuel could be called to testify about what he meant when he used the term in a speech he delivered to the City Council last December, at the height of the political firestorm provoked by the police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
theintercept.com


