Taxpayers charged millions by governments looking to keep secrets – NBC Chicago

Chicago police initially claimed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald had lunged at them with a knife, but dashcam footage later revealed this to be false. The city of Chicago spent over $200,000 in legal fees to prevent the release of the video, highlighting a pattern of public agencies withholding public documents and entering costly court battles. In the past 12 years, public officials have spent over $13 million in taxpayer money in unsuccessful efforts to conceal public material that should have been readily available.

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