A couple of people confronted Van Dyke as he left the courtroom Friday., shouting profanities & pounding on the black pickup truck during which he departed. Jason Van Dyke faces charges of six counts of first degree murder and a count of official misconduct stemming from the shooting, the after effects of which have upended Chicago since a video of the shooting was released last month showing Van Dyke firing 16 shots at McDonald. The indictment alleges that Van Dyke acted “without lawful justification” in shooting the teenager 16 times to his death.
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Several hundred protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Friday evening, calling on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to step down over complaints of abusive policing and a lack of accountability in the police department.
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Van Dyke, 37, is free on bail but was in court with his lawyer Daniel Herbert for a very brief hearing following the indictment.
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Despite both having access to the video of Laquan McDonald’s brutal killing for more than a year, both Alvarez and Emanuel fought intensely to keep it hidden from the public until a judge forced its release.
After the hearing, Herbert told reporters he intends to seek a change of venue, citing comments about Van Dyke by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who has said the officer violated police and community standards.
Van Dyke’s attorney said he didn’t think a special prosecutor was necessary but that if the venue is moved there might be a different prosecutor. “He has essentially told everyone in the public, in the City Council, that my client actually murdered Mr. McDonald, that he’s a bad apple”.
Investigators from the Justice Department, which announced a civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department in the aftermath of the video’s release, began interviewing police department leadership earlier this week. The phone number is 844-401-3735.
The DOJ officials also met with Emanuel and community leaders this week as part of their probe of the police department’s practices.
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“The investigation is focused on CPD’s use of force, including racial, ethnic or other disparities in its use of force, and CPD’s accountability systems including how CPD conducts internal investigations, responds to citizen complaints and handles officer discipline”, the department’s notice read.
