A broad coalition of national and local organizations, including ColorOfChange, MoveOn.org, Democracy for America, CREDO, and the Chicago Black Roots Alliance will deliver over 250,000 petition signatures to Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez demanding their immediate resignations for failing to hold the Chicago Police Department accountable for the killing of Laquan McDonald.
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Van Dyke, 37, is out on bail.
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Van Dyke fired at McDonald 16 times within seconds of arriving on the scene, saying that he feared for his life.
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Several people shouted profanities and pounded on the black pickup truck before it pulled away with officer Jason Van Dyke inside. Police dashcam video, however, appears to show that McDonald was moving away from Van Dyke when he opened fire.
Friday’s hearing in a Cook County criminal court follows Jason Van Dyke’s indictment by a grand jury earlier this week.
Mayor Emanuel will meet federal investigators Thursday, on the second day of the Department of Justice’s probe into the Chicago Police Department.
Van Dyke was initially charged November 24 with a single count of first-degree murder in McDonald’s shooting. Van Dyke was indicted earler in the week on six counts of first-degree murder and one count of official misconduct for fatally shooting McDonald.
The Justice Department announced it would conduct a “pattern or practice” investigation of Chicago Police in the wake of the release of the video showing Police Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting McDonald, 17, in October 2014.
The seven-count indictment against Van Dyke came as no surprise to his attorney, Daniel Herbert, who said he’s still weighing whether to request a change of venue based on the massive amount of pretrial publicity, much of which he believes has come from City Hall. Van Dyke shot the teen 16 times in a 2014 shooting captured on a squad vehicle video.
Herbert told reporters he wants the trial moved to a county “outside the reach” of Mayor Emanuel’s comments.
At a news conference Thursday, the retired officers joined the ranks of those who have been voicing distrust of leaders including Mayor Rahm Emanuel since last month’s release of the video of the McDonald shooting.
Department of Justice officials have finished two days of meetings in Chicago as they begin a civil rights investigation into the city police department.
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A relative of the slain teen said the family is also concerned about the prospects for a fair trial, but for a different reason.
