A Cook County judge on Friday declined a request to make current and former Chicago police officers testify regarding allegations the department concealed evidence in the killing of an off-duty officer.
Chicago police officers salute their fallen comrade outside United Missionary Baptist Church after the funeral service for Officer Clifton Lewis in Chicago on Jan. 5, 2012.
The would-be witnesses, including former Superintendent Garry McCarthy, were excused, but Judge Erica Reddick hinted strongly that they might have to take the witness stand at a later hearing.“The specter that there was a whole separate investigation related to these matters that was never tendered ... that is a grave occurrence and it will require the court to address,” she said.
Lewis was working a second job as a security guard at a West Side convenience store when two masked men came in and fatally shot him. Described as a “gentle giant,” Lewis had just gotten engaged a few days before he was killed. “We believe we can show there was intentional misconduct regarding the evidence and exculpatory evidence, and there should be consequences for that,” attorney Paul Vickrey, who represents Colon, said in court Friday.
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