Prosecutors won't charge Chicago officers who fired nearly 100 times during a deadly traffic stop
'The decision is not reached lightly nor does it diminish the tragedy that occurred,' Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke said at a news conference. 'But to the question of whether the officers committed a crime under the Illinois Criminal Code, the answer is straightforward: They did not.'
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