Today the Chicago Tribune published a profile on LeGrier that dragged his character, implying that his checkered past warranted the police's use of excessive force.
The city of Chicago has begun a $5.5 million payout of reparations to nearly 60 individuals who were tortured by the police in the 1970s and 1980s.
The father of 19-year-old college student Quintonio LeGrier believes his son may still have been alive had police administered CPR after shooting him.
Chicago police officers opened fire while on a domestic violence call in the early hours of Saturday morning on the city's West Side, killing two people.
