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A freelance journalist in Chicago sued the city’s police department, claiming it refuses to turn over requested records about investigations into police misconduct involving the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.

CHICAGO – A freelance journalist in Chicago sued the city’s police department, claiming it refuses to turn over requested records about investigations into police misconduct involving the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.

The plaintiff is Jamie Kalven.

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