Officers pulled them away, and the vehicle sped off. Organizers with One Chicago stated that they meant to block traffic in an area known as the Magnificent Mile near the Water Tower.
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The attorney for a Chicago police officer charged with murder in the death of a teenager shot 16 times said in an interview on CBSN that when he first watched video of the shooting he “came to the same conclusion that most people are coming to”.
“I understand that people will be upset and will want to protest when they see this video, but i would like to echo the comments of the McDonald family”, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said at the Tuesday evening press conference.
It’s a popular phrase, one even chanted on the streets as protesters took to Michigan Avenue in the city.
Among the protesters was Justin Taylor, an 18-year-old University of Iowa student who returned home to Chicago for Thanksgiving.
Two months before Officer Van Dyke shot Laquan to death on Chicago’s Southwest Side in October 2014, the teen, still a ward of the state, had started attending Sullivan House, an alternative school for students aged 16 to 21, said principal Thomas Gattuso. The city had announced its intention to release the video on Wednesday; however, without explanation, the video was released on Tuesday. Alvarez said the video “will tear at the hearts of all Chicagoans”.
Sanders said in an emailed statement on Wednesday that there needs to be action beyond echoing the phrase “black lives matter”. “Sometimes we have technical difficulties”, McCarthy said.
Mr. Van Dyke’s lawyer said he will show in court that the shooting was justified. “The information indicates that gang members may utilize ambush-style tactics in order to shoot police officers in retaliation to recently publicized events”, the document reads. Authorities took more than a year to charge him, and to make the video public.
Clinton says the case is a reminder that larger questions about the safety and respect of citizens need to be addressed.
It is thankful that Mr Van Dyke will be held to account for Mr McDonald’s killing. The videos, released on DVDs, included the one widely circulated publicly Tuesday that shows the most complete coverage of the shooting released to date.
The Urban League of Chicago joined in the call for a federal investigation, alleging a pattern of “discriminatory harassment” against black people.
In his message, Obama urged for peaceful demonstrations. The video that State Attorney Alvarez relied on to finally bring forth charges has been available since day one.
A group of activists is expected to meet Wednesday to call for an independent investigation of police conduct.
Malcolm London, 22, was charged with hitting an officer.
In Chicago, several people were arrested after protesters began taking lights off a Christmas tree in Millennium Park, local NBC affiliate WMAQ reported on Thursday (local time). Prosecutors did not say why their office made the recommendation.
Mr Obama said on Facebook: “Like many Americans, I was deeply disturbed by the footage of the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald”. If convicted, Jason Van Dyke could spend 20 years in prison. Between 2010 and 2014, Chicago Police shot and killed 70 people, so found the Schroedter.
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They repeated “16 shots” as they calmly walked down the main road, and “We hear the shots bang, the police are a gang”. “We can not go on like this”, she tweeted.
