The video, which was not made public until November 24, led to protests.
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Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran As Row Over Cleric’s Death Escalates
Saudi Arabia on Saturday summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest what it described as hostile remarks emerging from Tehran. In Bahrain, police fired tear gas and birdshot at demonstrators on Sitra Island, south of the capital, Manama, wounding some.
Van Dyke, who has been charged with first-degree murder, has pleaded innocent to the charges.
Saudi Arabia breaks off diplomatic ties with Iran
His body was not given to his family, and was buried along with those of the other executed men shortly after the execution. But Saudi Arabia’s Western allies, many of whom supply it with arms, are growing concerned about its new assertiveness.
After the release of the emails, Adam Collins, a spokesman for the mayor, told The Chicago Sun-Times that “City Hall was never involved with [the Independent Police Review Authority’s] investigation of McDonald”.
Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran after embassy in Tehran attacked
A-Nemer’s execution prompted condemnations from Iranian officials and protests across the Shiite Muslim world. The executed cleric led a mosque in the predominantly Shiite eastern section of Saudi Arabia.
In May, Collins cautioned IPRA spokesman Larry Merritt to “tread lightly” when a reporter asked for an IPRA interview about the case.
His subject line on a December 10, 2014, email to fellow Emanuel staffers included the headline in one Chicago newspaper: “If Chicago police have video of teen shooting, let’s see it: advocates”.
More significantly, the release stressed “major reforms” and “policy revisions” that have been announced by the department in the wake of the McDonald video, such as implementing training for officers to “resolve confrontations using the least force necessary” and equipping every responding officer with Tasers by June 1.
Emanuel himself has maintained his opposition to releasing the McDonald video was based exclusively on his desire not to compromise an ongoing investigation.
Emanuel noted that on audio recordings of communications between dispatchers and officers on the scene the night of McDonald’s shooting, several officers can be heard “frantically” asking for a stun gun before the shooting.
ABC affiliate WLS-TV reported Thursday that hundreds of emails related to a separate officer-involved shooting, the April shooting that left teenager Laquan McDonald dead. In a late July email exchange, top Emanuel aides anxious about the perception of a cover-up and noted recent news stories.
The release of the video set off weeks of demonstrations and forced the resignation of Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.
The body count in Chicago is national disgrace: Laquan McDonald, 17, killed by police in Chicago, Calvin Cross, 19, killed by police in Chicago, Cedric Chatman, 17, killed by police in Chicago, Joshua Madison, 21, killed by police in Chicago, Quintonio LeGrier, 19, killed by cops in Chicago, Betty R. Jones, 55, killed by police in Chicago.
Velinda Simpson, whose 36-year-old son Ashton Simpson was fatally shot on September 14, protests with Father Michael Pfleger and…
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