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August 28, 2014

Hundreds March over Chicago Police Shooting; Commander Charged for Gun Incident 
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In Chicago, hundreds of people have marched to protest the fatal police
shooting of an 18-year-old African-American man. Roshad Mc Intosh was
shot dead on Sunday after police say he pointed a gun in the direction
of an officer. But residents, including Mc Intosh's mother, claim he was
on his knees surrendering when he was shot. According to the Chicago
Tribune, Chicago police shot 36 people last year, 26 of them black men.
So far this year, they have shot more than 30 people, including another
African-American man killed the same night as Mc Intosh. In a separate
case, a Chicago police commander has been charged with aggravated
battery for sticking his gun into a suspect's mouth during an arrest
last year. A review board found police commander Glenn Evans was named
in 14 complaints over a five-year period ending in 2006.

 

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