The shooting of LeGrier and Jones sparked new calls for overhaul of how police interact with civilians, in the wake of outrage over the shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times by a police officer in November 2014.
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Police experts said de-escalation training can be helpful and Tasers, when used properly, can preserve the lives of police and arrestees.
City of Chicago to Arm Cops with Tasers By June 2016
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Prosecutors said officer Jason Van Dyke – who pleaded not guilty to murder charges on Tuesday – shot McDonald just 30 seconds after his cruiser pulled up to the scene and six seconds after stepping out of it.
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Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke leaves the Criminal Courts Building after pleading not guilty to first-degree murder charges.
One of his plans is equipping every officer on street duty with a Taser and training them to use it by June 1, 2016.
The mayor and Superintendent Escalante will make their announcement Wednesday at a 2 p.m. news conference outside the mayor’s fifth floor office at City Hall. Interim police superintendent John Escalante was more forthright about police responsibility for Jones’s death than the department had been after previous shootings.
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi didn’t immediately return a message from The Associated Press seeking further details.
The protest also comes after Chicago Police shot and killed two people over the weekend when officers responded to a domestic disturbance in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
The additional training, which Escalante said will include 26 classes next year, will also include better training to deal with people who are mentally ill.
Emanuel said trust of the police by the public has “frayed to the point where it is broken”.
Emanuel added, “Ultimately, what we’re doing is injecting some humanity into the work of our Police Department and our police officers”. “We take this matter very seriously and the incident is under review”, the statement concluded. The teenager, armed with a knife, was veering away from officers when Van Dyke opened fire. He then called his downstairs neighbor, Bettie R. Jones, asking her to look out for the arrival of the police according to news reports.
After news of the shootings broke, Emanuel issued a statement saying in part, “it is clear changes are needed to how officers respond to mental health crises”, CNN reported.
Quintonio LeGrier died from multiple gunshot wounds, the Cook County Medical Examiner said.
In 2014, Amnesty International called attention to Chicago’s use of tasers.
Video released earlier this year shows the shooting of Laquan McDonald.
Judge Vincent Gaughan set the next hearing for January 29.
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City officials fought for months to prevent the release of a dashcam video which caught his final moments. Garry McCarthy and has led to a wide-ranging civil rights investigation of the entire Chicago Police Department by the U.S. Department of Justice. “Upon arrival, officers were confronted by a combative subject resulting in the discharging of the officer’s weapon which fatally wounded two individuals”.
