Chicago Police Reports Say Teen Swung Knife

In interviews with the CBS Chicago stations prior to his resignation, McCarthy said the city’s slow release of the McDonald shooting video had to do with departmental investigation policy.

Van Dyke, 37, was released from jail on Monday after posting bond on a $1.5 million bail.

Police officers who watched a colleague shoot a black Chicago teenager 16 times filed reports depicting a very different version of events than what dashcam footage showed, portraying the teen as far more menacing than he appeared in the video.

City officials had fought in court for months to keep the video from being released publicly, before deciding in November not to fight a judge’s order.

Independent journalist Brandon Smith filed a lawsuit in August against the Police Department over the denial of his own Freedom of Information Act request for the recordings, resulting in Valderrama’s November 19 ruling.

In the video, McDonald is twitching as more bullets struck him, but makes no move to get up after falling to the ground.

But Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors still say that there’s no evidence the Burger King footage was tampered with, despite the suspicious gap.

A December 17 hearing date was set to consider the Tribune’s motion.

The Chicago Tribune reports (http://trib.in/1QjabKy ) officials on Thursday evening released a number of recordings in response to public records requests by the newspaper.

FOX 32 political editor Mike Flannery weighs in on why it took so long for Rauner to comment and the likelihood of Mayor Rahm Emanuel or State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez of resigning. He said McDonald “swung the knife toward the officers in an aggressive manner” before Van Dyke shot him and that he believed McDonald was “attempting to kill them”.

Protests followed the charging and arrest of Van Dyke and the release of the video on November 24. He described the video as dark and grainy, but said it “clearly shows that [Johnson] is running away from the police officer”.

The mayor, a Democrat and the former chief of staff to U.S. President Barack Obama, said he was responsible for what happened in the case, the same as the police superintendent. Emanuel has also since announced the expansion a body camera program and formed a task force.

What’s on video and what the officers reported could all be true, said Dean Angelo, president of the Chicago police officer’s union, because each officer had “a different perspective”, which could vary significantly from the fixed auto camera. “No one should be shielded by power or position”.

Walsh said McDonald attempted to get up after falling, “while still armed with the knife”.

“The McDonald shooting is shocking, and it highlights serious questions about the historic, systemic use of unlawful and excessive force by Chicago police officers and the lack of accountability for such abuse by CPD”.

– Hummelstown, Pennsylvania: Video from police officer Lisa Mearkle’s stun gun was released after she was acquitted last month of third-degree murder, voluntary and involuntary manslaughter after shooting an unarmed man twice in the back as he laid face-down in the snow. He released the video 10 days after the shooting when he announced he was indicting Officer Ray Tensing, who has pleaded not guilty to murder and voluntary manslaughter.