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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: Chicago police had rejected troubled cop's move to elite unit before he fatally shot partner
Description: Officer Carlos Baker - the Chicago police officer who fatally shot his tactical team partner during a foot chase last year - was initially blocked from joining the team due to his disciplinary history.
That's according to new records obtained by the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Sun-Times.
The records show the decision to keep Baker off the tactical team was reversed less than a year later, even as he racked up more complaints.
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