Jason Van Dyke faces six counts of first-degree murder and one of official misconduct in 17-year-old Laquan McDonald’s death.
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The indictment accuses Van Dyke of shooting McDonald without lawful justification, knowing his actions created a strong possibility of death.
The charges against Van Dyke come at a time of protests in cities around the country over cases of police killings of black men, often by white officers.
The October 2014 incident had been under review for more than a year before Officer Van Dyke was initially charged last month, hours before the Chicago Police Department reluctantly released video footage taken by a police cruiser dash camera that captured the shooting.
But he told reporters on Thursday he now welcomes the DOJ’s involvement.
A small crowd of people followed Van Dyke out of the courthouse Friday shouting “16 times and a cover up”, local media reported.
The Police Department suspended Van Dyke without pay after he was charged last month. Cook County Circuit Judge James Brown set an arraignment for December 29, when Van Dyke is expected to enter a plea. Van Dyke is white. “The truth is, if next week we had the best police department in America, we would still have second class citizenship because we have folks living in second class communities”, Pfleger said, referencing Emanuel’s address to City Council last week where he said “No citizen is a second class citizen in Chicago”.
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The U.S. Department of Justice wants Chicago to know exactly how to submit complaints about the Chicago Police Department in the wake of the release of the Laquan McDonald shooting video and has distributed those details to community leaders. His defense has previously said Van Dyke feared for his life as McDonald reportedly had a knife. The protesters will assemble outside Chicago City Hall, around Daley Plaza.
