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Mother of police shooting victim Quintonio LeGrier waits for answers
Quintonio LeGrier, 19, was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer on December 26, 2015, following a domestic disturbance call. LeGrier’s family sued the Chicago Police Department just two days later, but the case is still tied up in court. The city quickly dropped a lawsuit it filed against the LeGrier’s family in December, but Robert Rialmo, the officer who fatally shot both LeGrier and neighbor Bettie Jones, is countersuing both the family and the city, contending that LeGrier swung a bat at his head several times and failed to drop the bat when asked, giving him reason to believe that LeGrier would kill him unless he used deadly force. LeGrier’s mother, Janet Cooksey, hopes to clear her son’s name when the case finally goes to trial in June 2018. “I want everyone to see what I know: that he’s a good person and he did the right thing,” she said. “You don’t call the police three times and then try to attack them when they come. I hope that’s proven so everyone can know what I know.” [Sun-Times]
