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A check of maintenance records shows that Chicago police officers routinely sabotaged the audio components of their dash cam video systems. DNAinfo reports that 1,800 police maintenance logs show that officer error and “intentional destruction” were responsible for the lack of audio on 80 percent of dash cam videos before a management crackdown last month. The squad car used by officer Jason Van Dyke the night he shot and killed Laquan McDonald had multiple video system repairs, including some for intentional damage. Only two of five squad cars at the scene that night in 2014 had functioning cameras and none recorded audio.
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