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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say they asked a judge to seal a racially charged photograph of two white officers holding rifles over an unidentified black man wearing deer antlers to protect the man's privacy.
Some community activists are skeptical, saying the department's main concern was to protect its own reputation at a time when it's trying to regain the public's trust.
The photo is believed to have been taken between 1999 and 2003. It was uncovered during an FBI investigation into police wrongdoing and led to the October firing of one of the officers in the photo, detective Timothy McDermott.
But the photo didn't become public until after McDermott sued to get his job back. Court documents show that the Chicago Police Department wanted it sealed, but a judge declined.
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