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Chicago officer charged in 2014 fatal shooting pleads not guilty

Russell said the family attorney, Sam Adam Jr.is picking up the tab.

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Herbert, the lawyer for Van Dyke, said policy changes in the Chicago Police Department would be beneficial.


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The violence this weekend forced Emanuel to truncate his family vacation in Cuba. Both he and Jones were black.


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“What are you doing here, you should be downtown doing something about this”, the man reportedly said, according to the New York Daily News. Police were nowhere to be seen in the neighborhood, which is a mix of African American and Hispanic residents living in frame, brick and stone buildings.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut short his two-week vacation in Cuba to rush home Tuesday amid growing calls for his resignation over the city’s police shooting scandal. Many activists believe police officers are really just looking for any excuse to shoot Black people down.

A vigil by former students is planned for LeGrier on Tuesday evening at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy, a selective enrollment high school LeGrier had attended, said Daniel Bauer, assistant principal.

Antonio LeGrier told CNN he called police after he heard his son banging with a baseball bat on his bedroom door early Saturday morning. A specially trained officer is supposed to be called to the scene to handle the situation, NAMI’s outgoing message tells callers who to ask for help.

The grieving relatives, friends and neighbors of LeGrier and Jones gathered on Sunday for a vigil and a press conference, in which she asked why Chicago police officers “shoot first and ask questions later”. At the same time, a second individual tackled Henry to the ground.

The US continues to wrestle with the consequences of fatal shootings involving police officers and unarmed civilians.

The law enforcement source said the officer, whom the source would not name, has been placed on a 30-day administrative leave, assigned to the Harrison District for administrative duties, per the department’s new policies.

“She (Jones) merely answered the doorbell and now she’s dead”. His father said he seemed agitated the night he was shot.

In an emotional address to Chicago’s City Council on December 9, the mayor apologized for McDonald’s death.

As the sun set, some protesters began to push up on police officers and shout at them, which resulted in some scuffling.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, president and founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, visited the Jones’ family. The father then called police, telling authorities he feared his son may try to hurt him, the law enforcement source said.

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Van Dyke was suspended from the police force without pay following the charges. Protesters are also calling for more body cameras, Tasers, and sensitivity training for police – something many aldermen are calling for as well, including the Latino Caucus. They acknowledge Jones was accidentally hit by gunfire.

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