Attendees at the vigil for Ms. Jones remembered her as a mother of five and a bakery employee who participated in neighborhood organization Action Now, and had just hosted Christmas dinner. Van Dyke pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald du…
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Van Dyke’s lawyer has said the officer “absolutely” can defend himself in court.
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He said he called the police, and warned his neighbour Bettie Jones , who lived on the floor below, about what was going on. Wednesday to announce “a major overhaul” of the policy regarding how officers respond to incidents and the use of force.
In the latest controversial development, a grand jury on Monday cleared two Cleveland police officers in the November 2014 fatal shooting of a black 12-year-old who was brandishing a toy gun in a park.
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The announcement is part of a major overhaul in Chicago Police Department policy, Emanuel said.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, under pressure from community activists to resign since the McDonald video was released, was due to return Tuesday afternoon from a family vacation in Cuba.
According to CBS Chicago, an unidentified officer responded to a domestic disturbance call in which a 911 caller said that LeGrier was a “little agitated” with a baseball bat.
Emanuel has been the target of heavy criticism and calls for his resignation since the city last month released video footage of a white officer shooting a black teenager 16 times.
“There are serious questions about yesterday’s shootings that must be answered in full by the Independent Police Review Authority’s investigation”, Emanuel said.
About 1,860 officers, or approximately 15 percent of the police force, have received the training, Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Monday.
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Antonio LeGrier in the police shooting of his 19-year-old son Quintonio, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
“Officers were confronted by a combative subject resulting in the discharging of the officer’s weapon which fatally wounded two individuals”, the police department said in a statement.
Demonstrators were outraged not just about the content of the video but it took 13 months to release it. Chicago officials say that further missteps by the mayor could cause a revolt within the party establishment.
The shootings prompted Emanuel to cut short his family vacation to Cuba. Police have said McDonald had a knife.
As details about the weekend shooting emerged, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said there were “serious questions” about what happened and ordered changes in how city police officers are trained to handle calls involving people who may have mental health problems.
The mayor then described a new task force on law enforcement accountability that will review how the city trains and oversees its police officers.
A federal investigation is under way over the department’s use of deadly force and officer discipline.
After the shootings, the troubled Chicago Police Department did a few things differently than it has in the past.
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Gaughan has handled previous high-profile cases, including the trial of singer R. Kelly, who was acquitted of child pornography charges, and the trial of James Degorski, convicted in the 1993 mass murder of seven people at a Brown’s Chicken.
