The special prosecutor, Patricia Brown Holmes, is a former judge and federal prosecutor, and clearly qualified for the post. PhotoThe police scandal that has roiled Chicago for months entered a new phase last week when a Cook County judge appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the cover-up that followed the police execution of a black teenager two years ago. To restore the public trust, Ms. Holmes needs to get to the bottom of what was clearly a cover-up and charge everyone who was complicit in it. Only after the court ordered the video released did the state’s attorney, Anita Alvarez, charge Officer Van Dyke with murder. Mr. Emanuel created the task force shortly after the city was forced to release a police video of a white police officer, Jason Van Dyke, firing away at a black teenager named Laquan McDonald on a busy Chicago street.

Source: New York Times August 04, 2016 00:00 UTC