This  is a great example how publicity and community action can force change in long established obstacles to fair investigations of police involved shootings. Its  an opening to see how law enforcement protects itself and/or is transparent and honest. It goes both ways. Once expected appeals from the police unions are overcome.

And this is in Illinois. Amazing.

“Chicago police officers’ emails discussing the Laquan McDonald shooting can’t be kept secret even though they were transmitted privately, a state official has decreed in what open-records advocates say is a solid step toward transparency on an issue that has roiled Illinois and reached as high as Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.”

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