![]() 31, 2017, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. ![]() In the 52-page petition and memorandum of law filed Thursday, lawyers representing the elder Farmer said the Cook County state's attorney's office has a "long history of failing to adequately investigate and prosecute police officers for their criminal acts that continues to this day."Įmmett Farmer, 57, holds onto a petition seeking a special prosecutor to launch a criminal investigation into the June 2011 shooting of his son, Flint Farmer, by then-Chicago police Officer Gildardo Sierra, on Aug. Van Dyke was also charged with first-degree murder, and special prosecutors were appointed to prosecute not only Van Dyke but also three officers indicted on charges of covering up the circumstances of McDonald's shooting. Department of Justice investigation that blasted police for routinely abusing citizens' civil rights. The video - showing Officer Jason Van Dyke opening fire as McDonald walked away with a knife in his hand, contrary to the accounts given by officers at the scene - sparked political turmoil, promises of systemic change from Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a U.S. But the court-ordered release in November 2015 of the video of a Chicago police officer shooting teen Laquan McDonald 16 times has changed the landscape. The appointment of a special prosecutor in Cook County has rarely been done over the years. ![]() (Alyssa Pointer / Chicago Tribune) (Alyssa Pointer/Chicago Tribune) 31, 2017, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. Emmett Farmer, 57, speaks about a petition that was filed seeking a special prosecutor to launch a criminal investigation into the 2011 police shooting of his son.
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