Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Monday, February 13, 2017.
Cop who shot Quintonio LeGrier, Bettie Jones won’t be charged in their deaths
Chicago police officer Robert Rialmo won’t face criminal charges for the shooting deaths of 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier and 55-year-old Bettie Jones just after Christmas Day 2015. Cook County prosecutors issued a statement saying that “it could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer didn’t believe he or his partner were in ‘imminent danger’ of great bodily harm from LeGrier,” who was holding a baseball bat, according to the Tribune. Rialmo accidentally shot Jones, who was LeGrier’s neighbor, but under Illinois law isn’t liable for accidentally killing an innocent bystander while acting in self-defense. [Tribune]
