Retired judge releases video of Chicago cop shooting black teens in car: report

By Sun-Times staff

Two teens were wounded in a police-involved shooting on Dec. 22, 2013, near 95th and La Salle after Chicago Police officers stopped a stolen car packed with joyriders. | Sun-Times file photo

In a case the FBI is investigating, a retired judge released a dashcam video that shows a Chicago Police officer shooting into a car on the South Side in December 2013, according to the Chicago Reporter.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported last month that the FBI was investigating the shooting in which two black teens were wounded on Dec. 22 near 95th and La Salle. The shooting happened after Chicago Police officers curbed a stolen car packed with joyriders, the department said in a statement after the incident.

According to The Chicago Reporter story, the video shows a Chicago Police officer, identified in court documents as Marco Proano, shooting into a moving car of six unarmed teenagers:

Two of the teenagers were shot – one in the shoulder and the other in the left hip and right heel, according to court documents. Retired Cook County Judge Andrew Berman was so troubled by the video that he provided it to the Reporter. Berman was the judge in a criminal case against one of the teenagers. He described Proano’s actions as the most unsettling thing he’d seen in his 18 years as a judge and 17 years as a public defender. I’ve seen lots of gruesome, grisly crimes, he said. But this is disturbing on a whole different level.

The Chicago Police Department issued a statement Thursday morning:

“Each time an officer fires their weapon is a serious matter, which is why the city takes two very important steps for each shooting incident: we conduct an independent, civilian led investigation, and we refer each incident to prosecutors to determine if criminal charges are appropriate. In regard to this incident, the officer was immediately moved off the street and assigned to desk duty, and the matter was referred to state and federal authorities. Due to pending investigations, CPD cannot comment further.”

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