Former Chicago cop accused in Laquan McDonald cover-up gets record wiped
Former Chicago cop accused in Laquan McDonald cover-up gets record wiped
A former Chicago police detective who was acquitted of a cover-up in the 2014 fatal shooting of a black 17-year-old will have the accusation expunged from his record.
CHICAGO - A former Chicago police detective who was acquitted of a cover-up in the 2014 fatal shooting of a black 17-year-old will have the accusation expunged from his record.
Cook County Circuit Judge LeRoy Martin Jr. on Thursday approved the petition filed by David March to expunge the conspiracy, obstruction of justice and official misconduct charges he faced. March resigned from the department in August 2016 after Chicago's inspector general's office recommended his firing.
March and two others were accused of conspiring to conceal what happened the night Laquan McDonald was shot to protect Officer Jason Van Dyke from prosecution.
In this image from dash-cam video provided by the Chicago Police Department, Laquan McDonald, right, walks down the street moments before being fatally shot by officer Jason Van Dyke sixteen times in Chicago. (Chicago Police Department)
Prosecutors highlighted discrepancies between dashcam video footage and the officers' reports.
Van Dyke was convicted last year of second-degree murder and aggravated battery and is serving a nearly seven-year prison sentence.