Ep 26: Bad Paper
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A month and a half after Jason Van Dyke was convicted of murder, three other Chicago police officers face trial for conspiring to cover-up for him. Prosecutors say the officers’ reports exaggerated the threat Laquan McDonald posed. Defense attorneys say this was a “good case with a little bit of bad paper. Update: The trial has been moved back one day to Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018.
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