Black Off-Duty Cop Shot 28 Times By Chicago Cops & Survives!

"As much of the country follows the Trayvon Martin
case, activists in Chicago are hoping to bring
some of that attention to Howard Morgan, a former
Chicago police officer who was shot 28 times by
white officers -- and lived to tell his side of
the story.

Morgan was off-duty as a detective for the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad when he was
pulled over for driving the wrong way on a one-way
street on Feb 21, 2005, the Chicago Sun-Times
reports. While both police and Morgan agree on
that much, what happened next is a mystery.

According to police, Morgan opened fire with his
service weapon when officers tried to arrest him,
which caused them to shoot him 28 times. His
family, however, very much doubts those claims.

“Four white officers and one black Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Railroad police man with his
weapon on him — around the corner from our home —
and he just decided to go crazy? No. That’s
ludicrous,” Morgan's wife, Rosalind Morgan, told
the Sun-Times.

She was not the only person to doubt CPD's side of
the story. A Change.org petition signed by more
than 2,600 people called for all charges against
Morgan to be dropped, and now Occupy Chicago is
getting involved." - HuffingtonPost