From the Dan Rather school of responsible journalism

It was fake, but it was accurate.

“Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy held a news conference Monday where his department “put on display several of the firearms seized … during the first two weeks of 2013,” according to a police news release.

“But that wasn’t exactly the case.

“A police spokeswoman said McCarthy had hoped to display 25 weapons from among the more than 300 seized since Jan. 1 — but in fact the ones shown were from last year.”

“The weapons shown ‘match the guns that we took off the street’ in characteristics like maker and caliber …’”

(The chief said the 2013 guns were evidence and couldn’t be shown; the spokeswoman said the 2013 guns hadn’t yet been inventoried.)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-seized-guns-on-display-werent-from-2013-20130114,0,2319668.story

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