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Chicago Officials Release Video in Shooting of Black Teenager
Officer, Jason Van Dyke, MURDERER
CHICAGO — Chicago officials released on Tuesday a chilling dashcam video of the fatal shooting of a black 17-year-old, just hours after a white police officer was charged with first-degree murder in the encounter.
The video was released during a late afternoon news conference, fulfilling a judge’s order that it be made public.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged that the video would make some residents angry, but said it was a time for healing. “It is now the time to come together as one city, show respect for one another,” Mr. Emanuel said.
Earlier Tuesday, Anita Alvarez, the Cook County state’s attorney, charged the officer, Jason Van Dyke, in the death of the teenager, Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times on Oct. 20, 2014
An autopsy drawing of Laquan McDonald, 17, who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer in October 2014. According to a report from the Cook County medical examiner’s office, he was shot 16 times.Video of Chicago Police Shooting a Teenager Is Ordered ReleasedNOV. 19, 2015
Chicago Police Department officers on patrol in June 2013. From 2011 to 2015, 97 percent of more than 28,500 citizen complaints resulted in no officer being punished.Chicago Rarely Penalizes Officers for Complaints, Data ShowsNOV. 18, 2015
Chicago to Pay $5 Million to Victims of Police AbuseMAY 6, 2015
The grainy nighttime video, which opened with a lengthy segment of the police car rushing to the scene, showed Mr. McDonald running and then walking past the officers in the middle of the street and twirling when he is suddenly struck down by bullets. For a moment, crumpled on the ground, he moves but then lies still. An officer kicks an object away from his body. More officers arrive but none attempt aid.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/u...in-death-of-black-teenager-official-says.html
Sixteen bullets riddled the kids body, most shot after the teen was down.
Officer, Jason Van Dyke, MURDERER
CHICAGO — Chicago officials released on Tuesday a chilling dashcam video of the fatal shooting of a black 17-year-old, just hours after a white police officer was charged with first-degree murder in the encounter.
The video was released during a late afternoon news conference, fulfilling a judge’s order that it be made public.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged that the video would make some residents angry, but said it was a time for healing. “It is now the time to come together as one city, show respect for one another,” Mr. Emanuel said.
Earlier Tuesday, Anita Alvarez, the Cook County state’s attorney, charged the officer, Jason Van Dyke, in the death of the teenager, Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times on Oct. 20, 2014
An autopsy drawing of Laquan McDonald, 17, who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer in October 2014. According to a report from the Cook County medical examiner’s office, he was shot 16 times.Video of Chicago Police Shooting a Teenager Is Ordered ReleasedNOV. 19, 2015
Chicago Police Department officers on patrol in June 2013. From 2011 to 2015, 97 percent of more than 28,500 citizen complaints resulted in no officer being punished.Chicago Rarely Penalizes Officers for Complaints, Data ShowsNOV. 18, 2015
Chicago to Pay $5 Million to Victims of Police AbuseMAY 6, 2015
The grainy nighttime video, which opened with a lengthy segment of the police car rushing to the scene, showed Mr. McDonald running and then walking past the officers in the middle of the street and twirling when he is suddenly struck down by bullets. For a moment, crumpled on the ground, he moves but then lies still. An officer kicks an object away from his body. More officers arrive but none attempt aid.
Sixteen bullets riddled the kids body, most shot after the teen was down.
