Chicago officer charged following video of shots fired at two teens in car

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Source: Associated Press

A Chicago police officer who was videotaped firing shots that injured two black teenagers inside a car was indicted on federal civil rights charges.

US attorney Zachary Fardon said in a statement that 41-year-old Marco Proano was indicted Thursday on two counts of deprivation of rights after he allegedly used unreasonable force while on duty on 22 December 2013. Each count of the indictment is punishable by up to ten years in prison.

The release doesn’t detail the allegations but police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said that the indictment stems from an incident captured on dashboard camera video that was released last year by a retired judge who had handled a criminal trial involving one of the teenagers.

The video shows the officer firing his handgun multiple times – more than a dozen, according to an attorney for the families that filed a lawsuit – into a car occupied by the two teenagers, who posed no apparent threat. The car had been pulled over for speeding.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/16/chicago-officer-charged-video-teens-car-marco-proano

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Associated Press in Chicago
Friday 16 September 2016 23.24 BST

[Coolest Ranger]

1. Wow

they actually got one, is this real

[GOLGO 13]

2. Chicago has become a shooting gallery.

[MyNameGoesHere]

6. Yes, I was shot at 15 times yesterday on the way to work

And maybe 20 while at work, then another 10 on the way home, and maybe 50 while walking to the grocery store. All in one day.

[Schema Thing]

3. Am I clueless or isn't that "attempted murder"? Because it sounds exactly like attempted murder.

[christx30]

4. It's highly illegall if a non-cop does it.

It's slightly less than legal when a cop does it. "Attempted murder" for someone like you and me. A bone thrown to the masses when a cop does it. But once the investigation happens, the cops will find that since the moon was where it was, and the cars were facing north, blah blah blah, ect ect excuses the cop's actions, and he'll go free.

[Little Tich]

5. DWB? n/t