Chicago officer convicted of excessive force; Attorney calls ‘scapegoat’ (VIDEO)

By Brian Seay

A lawyer for a Chicago police officer convicted of excessive force for firing 16 shots into a car full of teenagers says his client is a scapegoat.
Prosecutors are asking U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman to sentence Marco Proano to eight years behind bars for the 2013 shooting. In a sentencing memo filed Monday, defense attorney Daniel Herbert asked for probation and painted Proano as a victim.
“The timing of Mr. Proano’s charge and trial could not have been worse for him,” Herbert wrote, noting the influence of a Department of Justice investigation into the Chicago Police Department that culminated in a scathing report released earlier this year.
“In one of its findings, the DOJ concluded that Chicago Police officers consistently fired at fleeing vehicles during the time period referenced in the DOJ report,” Herbert wrote. “None of those officers were disciplined by CPD, let alone charged with a crime by the federal government. It would be naïve to ignore the facts here and fail to recognize that Mr. Proano served as somewhat of a scapegoat in this case.”
“The situation was at a boiling point and Mr. Proano was sacrificed to the furor,” Herbert continued. “It would be unfair to allow Mr. Proano to

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