Documents released related to police shooting

“And like all of us, they are human and they make mistakes”, he said. Chicago officials released hundreds of emails Thursday Dec. 31, 2015 related to the video that wasn’t released until more than a year after the shooting.

“We expect that every police officer develops skills and abilities that allow them to help dissolve confrontations by the using the least amount of physical or lethal force necessary”, he said.

The Republican says, “This tragedy further underscores the need for a broad and deep federal investigation, which I continue to strongly support”.

Police say LeGrier was “combative” Saturday when shot by police responding to a domestic disturbance.

The video, which was not made public until November 24, led to weeks of protests and repeated calls for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago police have been under heavy scrutiny since the city, under court order, released the squad-car video last month showing officer Jason Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014. The two sides eventually settled on $5 million, an amount approved by the city council shortly after Emanuel won a second term.

Thanks to the Black Lives Matter movement, young people across the nation have taken to the streets to peacefully, but forcefully, hold police departments accountable for their seemingly unbridled use of excessive force against African-Americans.

It is one of the many steps the administration said it is taking to solve the growing problem of police-involved shootings. The man cursed the mayor, then punched and kicked the male aide.

And yet, there were no arrests, and not one officer fired a shot, even though there were reports of gunshots heard prior to the police arriving.

His office said he cut his trip short and returned to Chicago on Tuesday. Both he and Jones were black.

“The goal is to change the way officers think when they approach a critical incident by establishing time and distance to allow for more prudent thinking and physical space to promote a safer environment”, he said. “And helping officers (make) that distinction – and the training that goes with it – is essential”.

Reform plans include proper taser training that will equip 1,400 cops with the device and a mandatory desk-duty sentence of 30 days for any officer involved in a shooting.

Van Dyke shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times in October 2014.

The Justice Department announced an investigation into Chicago police practices earlier this month that will focus on their “use of force, including racial, ethnic and other disparities in use of force, and its systems of accountability”.

Interim Police Superintendent John Escalante said the city looked at 15 police departments, including New York, Seattle, Cincinnati and Cleveland as it developed its policy changes.

Cook County attorneys were not available for comment after the arraignment.

Students from Northern Illinois University were part of the demonstration on Thursday afternoon in memory of 19-year-old Quintonio Legrier, a student at the school who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer on Saturday.

Thousands of emails were released to AP and other outlets after an open-records request.

Officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot McDonald, and several other officers had reported that the teen had been threatening them physically at the time.