Officer charged in fatal shooting, video released, protests sparked (VIDEO)
Several of Chicago’s highways were blocked early Wednesday morning by protesters angered over dash cam video released Tuesday showing the fatal police shooting of a black teenager last year.
Officer Jason Van Dyke on Tuesday was charged with first-degree murder, a rare instance as officers are seldom prosecuted after being involved in a shooting, according to an April Washington Post analysis.
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, accused of fatally shooting a black teenager, arrives at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (Photo: Chicago Tribune)
Van Dyke, the only officer to fire, unloaded his service pistol on 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. The teen was shot 16 times during the confrontation with police in October 2014, when authorities said he was carrying a knife and slashed the tires of a squad car before lunging at officers.
The video shows McDonald walking away from the officers just before he was initially shot and lay on the ground incapacitated. It was then that several more shots were fired.
“(Van Dyke) abused his authority, and I don’t believe the use of force was necessary,” said Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. “With these charges, we are bringing a full measure of justice that this demands.”
The Post reported protests began shortly after the verdict was handed down and the video released, with hundreds pouring into the streets, many frustrated with the city’s law enforcement and justice system.
A whistleblower revealed last year the investigation into McDonald’s murder “wasn’t being vigorously investigated,” said Jamie Kalven, a journalist who the anonymous source confided in.
The source told Kalvin and attorney Craig Futterman about the shooting and the video, which had been recorded during the incident a few weeks earlier, according to The Chicago Reporter.
Van Dyke reportedly had a history of complaints filed against him – 20 in all – none of which he’d been disciplined for. Several of the complaints involved police brutality and one required the city to pay $500,000 after losing a civil lawsuit.
After the McDonald shooting, police reportedly erased security footage taken at a nearby Burger King.
“This case shows the operation of the code of silence in the Chicago Police Department,” Futterman said. “From the very start you have officers and detectives conspiring to cover up the story. The question is, why are they not being charged?
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That Nazi pig was just a token sacrifice to calm the masses. I guess a taser or two wouldn’t of taken him down–at least that idea didn’t enter this Pigs wee brain..(The word Pig I used here is not directed at the police officers who don’t let the power given to them to enforce the laws go to there head, as I respect you and the job you do.) Now to all the other like minded Nazi Pigs out there who let the power go to the wee brainless heads–LET THIS BE A LESSON TO YOU!!!!