Cop Indicted on Six Murder Counts for Laquan McDonald Shooting Death

“There needs to be accountability for the injustices happening throughout the Chicago Police Department and our justice system”, said Maria Moser, a resident of the south-side suburb of Beverly, who attended the march with her brother. As he left two and a half hours later, Zardon was asked if the city was cooperating. “And, you know, I understand the mayor has a job to do, but quite frankly I was upset that the comments continued to go on and on and on”.

Then police commissioner Garry McCarthy has already been removed from his post and the Department of Justice has announced plans for a complete probe and examination of the department’s policies and practices.

The Chicago Police Officer who shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times has been indicted on six counts of murder. McDonald was shot 16 times as he walked away from police.

A Cook County grand jury indicted Jason Van Dyke on six counts of murder and one count of official misconduct on Tuesday, three weeks after prosecutors filed the original murder charge against him.

Pfleger said St. Sabina will pass out copies at church this weekend and to schoolchildren. “We want there to be some economic repercussions”.

Emanuel’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Critics have been calling for Mayor Emanuel’s resignation; a group asking President Barack Obama to get involved rallied outside the first family’s home in Kenwood.

The DOJ investigation comes after the city released a video showing a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times. “There are equally egregious things going on where we don’t have any outcry”. But, a comparison of department statistics with U.S. Census Bureau statistics show that the percentage of blacks on the force lags behind percentage of blacks in the community.

Protests were planned leading up to Van Dyke’s Friday hearing, as well, one of which was targeting travelers at Chicago’s Midway Airport, making holiday travel a bit more hard. John Escalante is serving as the interim police superintendent.

The group says there are also serious flaws with the hiring and promotion of officers within the department. “We see that the department is still stacking the deck”.

“The Mayor recognizes that Chicagoans are understandably frustrated”.

“They might look for grounds to bring the officers up on charges”, he said.