Police release video of officer shooting teen

Residents of Chicago, along with many around the country were rocked by the graphic video released by city officials Tuesday evening showing the chilling shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

Van Dyke painfully cuffed Nance, injuring his shoulders, before pulling him out of the auto, the complaint said.

Dean Vanriper, 38, of Murrieta, Calif., was charged with a felony count of possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor count of unlawful use of a weapon for being in possession of a stun gun, and one misdemeanor count of possession of a deadly weapon for being in possession of a knife, police said.

The lack of audio means it remains unclear whether officers made any comments before or after the shooting, or if they gave any commands to McDonald before Van Dyke opened fire. Within seconds, Van Dyke begins firing.

Van Dyke had been on site less than 30 seconds, and out of his vehicle for six seconds, when he started shooting, according to Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez.

Alvarez said police later recovered a knife with a 3-inch blade that was folded into the handle.

An autopsy report showed that McDonald was shot at least twice in his back and PCP, a hallucinogenic drug, was found in his system.

A freelance journalist filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the video after learning of the shooting, but the Chicago Police Department refused to release it, saying it could hurt investigations.

(Cook County Sheriff’s Office via AP). “Why did it take so long to make public the tape?”

The family, who received a $5 million settlement from the city months before Van Dyke was charged even without filing a lawsuit, has declined to speak with the media.

“Don’t resort to violence in Laquan’s name”, a family statement said Monday.

Others say the teen was never a danger to the officers. She noted that federal investigators were also probing the shooting and hadn’t decided what, if any, action they would take. They also showed pictures of black people who had been killed by police in recent years and called on people to prevent similar tragedies from happening again. He is married and has two children. He said sometimes officers “need to be disciplined if they don’t turn it on at the right circumstance”.

“We love our neighborhoods, but unfortunately this has been a persistent problem in terms of excessive force being used by the police and the murder of black people with impunity by the police”, she said. A handful of people have been arrested during those protests. Protesters are demanding an internal investigation into an alleged cover-up of the October 20, 2014 incident.

“Shoot me sixteen times, shoot me sixteen times officer, do it, I dare you”, a protester said. Another bond hearing is scheduled for Monday.

The demonstrations, which at times blocked some of Chicago’s busy Interstate highways, were largely peaceful, some turned confrontational during the night.

A total of eight people have been arrested during two days of protests around the city, including four on misdemeanor charges on Wednesday night. A protester is silhouetted against Chicago’s famed Wrigley Building as he directs others to shutdown traffic on both sides of the Michigan Ave. bridge over the Chicago River, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, one day after murd…