Officer gets 7 years for killing teenager

Saturday, January 19, 2019

CHICAGO -- The white Chicago police officer who gunned down a black teenager in 2014 was sentenced Friday to nearly seven years in prison, bringing an end to a historic case centering on a shocking dashcam video and fueling national debates about race and policing and law enforcement's "code of silence."

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