Community leaders are praising Chicago's police superintendent for recommending that seven officers accused of filing false reports in the fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald be fired. Activist Jedidiah Brown says Superintendent Eddie Johnson's announcement shows he's serious about reforms.
Video released last year shows Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting McDonald 16 times in 2014. Fellow officers portrayed McDonald as waving a knife threateningly right before Van Dyke fired. The video seemed to belie those accounts.
Rev. Greg Livingston says seeking dismissals is right, but should have happened sooner. He adds the action gives credence to allegations of a cover-up.
Another pastor, Corey Brooks, also welcomed the action. But he adds there's still "a very, very long way to go" for police to win the community's trust.
