A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of a black teenager pleaded not guilty Tuesday.
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Van Dyke’s defense attorney, Dan Herbert, said his client “hanging in there” and wants to tell his side of the story so that he’s not seen “as this cold-blooded killer”.
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Van Dyke was suspended from the police force without pay following the charges.
Meanwhile, Cleveland police and prosecutors faced continued criticism on Tuesday, a day after a grand jury decided not to charge two white police officers in the shooting death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy in 2014 who was playing with a toy gun in a park.
The officers followed Laquan down the street as the suspect walked in the middle of traffic until they could safely maneuver to exit their cruisers and attempt to apprehend the young man. McDonald was surrounded by the officers, cruiser dashcam video ultimately revealed.
Mr. Herbert had previously said he might seek a change of venue for the trial, citing intense news media scrutiny and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s critiques of Officer Van Dyke.
Many of Quintonio LeGrier’s former classmates at Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep gathered at the school to remember him Tuesday.
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, accused of fatally shooting a black teenager, arrives at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015.
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LeGrier’s father, Antonio LeGrier, has sued the city for wrongful death and for false arrest, saying he was detained and interrogated by the police after the shooting and not allowed to stay with his dying son. Mr. Herbert said Tuesday that he was continuing to consider such a request, but for now was satisfied with the selection of Judge Gaughan, of the Circuit Court of Cook County, to hear the case. He was charged hours before video of McDonald’s shooting death went public, sparking weeks of demonstrations and unrest in Chicago.
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In court on Tuesday (local time), Van Dyke’s lawyer entered the plea on his behalf. Police said Jones was killed by accident during the altercation with LeGrier. “In the reports, the officers talked about McDonald moving towards the officers when the video shows that he was moving away from the police”, says Klieman.
