After a video showed a White Chicago police officer pumping 16 bullets into a Black teen, federal law enforcement officials launched a probe into the department and this week, informed residents how to submit complaints against law enforcement.
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Prosecutors initially charged Van Dyke with one count of murder hours before a video of the 2014 shooting was released.
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The indictment accuses Van Dyke of shooting McDonald without lawful justification, knowing his actions created a strong possibility of death. He says Van Dyke will attend. He has been indicted by a grand jury on six counts of first-degree murder and one charge of misconduct.
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18, people in Chicago will again walk out of school and off their jobs to call for Mayor Rahm Emanuel and State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to resign.
In the courthouse lobby Friday, Herbert, Van Dyke’s lawyer, said he was considering seeking a change of venue out of Cook County for the officer’s trial – a move that is rarely granted.
Emanuel previously told reporters, “Van Dyke violated both the standards of professionalism that come with being a police officer but also basic moral standards that bind our community together”.
Van Dyke is free on $1.5 million bail, and the presiding judge Friday is expected to assign another judge to take over the case after the court appearance. At least five police officers at the scene backed up Van Dyke in official police statements following the shooting.
When Van Dyke, who is out on bond stepped out of the courtroom, a woman said in a booming voice, “He’s a f– murderer”.
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. In that instance, demonstrators planned to march to the airport, blocking traffic along the way. And so it’s a form of boycott, we want to create an inconvenience for people.
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Members of the public shouted insults at Van Dyke as he left the courthouse on Friday. A separate protest is scheduled for the Loop, the central business district of Chicago, at 3:16 p.m.to symbolize the 16 times McDonald was shot.
