Slain cop targeted because he was Hispanic; hate crime charges possible
The man accused of killing a Chicago Police officer had gotten into an altercation with a group of Hispanic men about an hour earlier, then shot the cop because he was “the first Hispanic he saw,” CPD Supt. Eddie Johnson said Monday.
Menelik Jackson, the accused shooter, is charged with one felony count of first-degree murder, three felony counts of attempted first-degree murder and resisting arrest; police say he tried to flee. Johnson said Jackson has confessed.
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