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Five Chicago officers face firing over slaying of black teen

Black Lives Matter protesters chant slogans in Grand Central Terminal as they protest the 2014 death of Laquan McDonald from Chicago in the Manhattan borough of New York

The chief of Chicago's police department recommended on Tuesday that five officers be fired over their role in the 2014 shooting death of a black teenager, an incident that heaped national scrutiny on the nation's second largest police force.

Superintendent Eddie Johnson recommended to the Chicago Police Board that officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times, be fired, along with another four officers.

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