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Article: Missed signals: The Chicago Reporter found that 45 percent of Chicago police officers named in wrongful death suits have had multiple lawsuits against them but receive minimal internal discipline.
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- Colorlines Magazine
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- November 1, 2007
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THE ACCOUNTS OF BOTH SIDES converged only at the end: the death of Dantwan Betts, who was shot and killed by Chicago Police Officer Richard Doroniuk.
Before that point, much differed.
The story told in the complaint filed in the Betts family's lawsuit was a brief one. Early on the morning of April 30, 2006, Doroniuk and two other officers approached Betts' car near the intersection of 110th Street and Wallace Avenue. They then tried, without either a reason or a search warrant, to arrest Betts, the complaint said.
Doroniuk and his partner, Mahmoud Shamah, drew their weapons, and Doroniuk fired his gun multiple times at Betts. Betts died after ...