Chicago admits police code of silence on corruption

In an about-face, City Hall lawyers acknowledged in federal court Friday that a code of silence exists within the Chicago Police Department.

The major statement comes as city attorneys tried to prevent Mayor Rahm Emanuel from having to testify at trial involving two Chicago cops who say the department retaliated against them after they turned in a crooked police sergeant to the FBI.

But the statement didn't go far enough for U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman, who's overseeing the case, and the mayor may still have to take the stand when the case goes to trial on May 31.

City attorneys argued the statement was a "full-throated" acknowledgment that the code of silence exists within the CPD.

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