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Last April, ex-NYPD Detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa were convicted of committing multiple murders for the mob. Their case is on appeal after a judge threw out the conviction for technical reasons, and the two sit in prison, their fate in the hands of the courts. But long before they made headlines as the notorious Mafia cops, they managed to dodge numerous allegations of corruption. An investigator recommended that Caracappa not be hired because of a prior arrest. The department ignored Eppolito's mob family background. Again and again, it was alleged that the two worked for th... Read more
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Chicago Tribune - United State
29 November 2007
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The family of an aspiring rapper who was shot and killed by police Nov. 13 filed a wrongful-death suit Wednesday, saying the man was unarmed and posed no threat when officers opened fire.
Attorney Andre Grant said the shooting death of Freddie "Latee" Wilson, 34, was unprovoked and highlights a pattern of police misconduct in minority and low-income neighborhoods across the city.
Police officials have said the shooting took place during a traffic stop in the Austin neighborhood, but Grant said several neighbors and witnesses reported that Wilson was walking to his car in the 0-99 block of North Lorel Avenue when he was confronted by police.
The officers were following Wilson down the street when he turned around to snap photos of them with his cell phone camera, Grant said.
"He believed that he was being harassed and began to take pictures of them with his cell phone when shots rang out," Grant said.
A spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said Wilson was shot 18 times, including at least three times in the back.
"There was no reason for this senseless killing. There was no justification," Grant said.
Some witnesses reported that Wilson was unarmed, though officials have said a weapon was found on the ground outside the car. Officials have declined to comment about whether Wilson pointed a gun at officers.
Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said Wednesday that the incident is being investigated by the newly named Independent Police Review Authority and that the department could not comment on pending litigation.
Ilana Rosenzweig, chief administrator at the review authority, said her department is in the process of conducting "a timely, thorough and fair" investigation into the shooting.
"To the extent that there are any disputes about the facts of what witnesses said, all of that is under investigation," Rosenzweig said. "To the extent that there are additional witnesses at this time that we have not been able to locate, we welcome them to contact us to provide any information they may have."
Wilson was recording music at a friend's apartment nearby before the shooting. Neighbors interviewed by the Tribune after the shooting said they suspected Wilson was getting into his car when he was shot because the vehicle had been parked in the same spot all day near the mouth of an alley.
In his music, Wilson, an ex-offender and a father of three, rapped about the dangers of the streets and preached to the youngsters in his community about how one bad decision can mess up their lives.
Wilson had served several terms in prison for a 1993 armed robbery and various parole violations. Wilson, who lived in the Madison, Wis., area with family at one point, was put on probation last year after failing to pay child support.
Wilson worked at a silk-screening company near the spot where he was shot. The suit was filed by Corinthia Federick, the ex-girlfriend and mother of Wilson's son, who turned 8 the day before his father's funeral.
Federick said her son was close with his father, who acted as the disciplinarian. Since the shooting, the child has started to act out in school. Federick said she hopes to one day tell her son that his father did not die in vain.
"Changes have to be made," she said, "and if Latee's life is the sacrifice that brings about change, then I will feel more comfortable."
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