Chicago fires investigator who found cops at fault in shootings

[n2doc]

A Chicago investigator who determined that several civilian shootings by police officers were unjustified was fired after resisting orders to reverse those findings, according to internal records of his agency obtained by WBEZ.

Scott M. Ando, chief administrator of the city’s Independent Police Review Authority, informed its staff in a July 9 email that the agency no longer employed supervising investigator Lorenzo Davis, 65, a former Chicago police commander. IPRA investigates police-brutality complaints and recommends any punishment.

Davis’s termination came less than two weeks after top IPRA officials, evaluating Davis’s job performance, accused him of “a clear bias against the police” and called him “the only supervisor at IPRA who resists making requested changes as directed by management in order to reflect the correct finding with respect to OIS,” as officer-involved shootings are known in the agency.

Since its 2007 creation, IPRA has investigated nearly 400 civilian shootings by police and found one to be unjustified.

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http://www.wbez.org/news/city-fires-investigator-who-found-cops-fault-shootings-112423

[cloudbase]

1. It sounds as if it's

the codependent authority instead of the independent authority.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, n2doc.

[tblue37]

3. KnR. nt

[Scalded Nun]

4. Just another indicator...

that city officials in general and police in particular have absolutely NO honesty, NO moral compass and NO honor.

The few that are not actively corrupt are no better because they turn a blind eye to this national travesty.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. "changes as directed by management" is codespeak for

Collusion, evidence tampering, obstruction of justice and -- what the hell -- let's toss in RICO.

[DFW]

6. The mafia investigates the mafia and finds the mafia to be innocent--Scàndolo!

But we should accept it when the perps wear a badge?

[gregcrawford]

7. Keep in mind...

... the investigator these assholes fired was a retired high-ranking cop himself. Their brazen rationalization staggers the imagination.

Sweet Jesus, what has this country become? Guess I'll cancel any future trips to the Windy City.

[maindawg]

8. I think the FBI has also

Investigated itself concerning over 500 cases where they shot or otherwise killed a person. Guess how many times they found error?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

9. If I were him I'd send them a rubber stamp print of my ass.

[CajunBlazer]

10. unfortuanately.....

.....police departments often continue to be their own worst enemies. The first step towards restoring trust and repairing relationships with the communities they serve is to be willing to single out and deal with the bad apples in their ranks who give all of their good police officers a bad name.