Chicago releases new videos from scene of Laquan McDonald’s shooting

Demonstrators angry about the killing of a black teenager who was shot 16 times by a white police officer past year marched through the streets and disrupted Black Friday shopping in Chicago’s ritziest retail district.

“I’m asking that the mayor, (police Superintendent Garry) McCarthy, (Cook County State’s Attorney Anita) Alvarez release the video so that everyone can see that this officer is lying about what happened the night he murdered my son”, Holmes said.

The video released Tuesday shows McDonald jogging down a street and then veering away from Van Dyke and another officer who emerge from a police SUV drawing their guns.

The calls from civic, political and religious leaders came from, among others, the Chicago Urban League, members of the black caucus of the Chicago City Council and two members of Congress.

The Black Lives Matter activists called the attack “an act of domestic terrorism” by “white supremacists” and took to the streets again on Tuesday to show they were not intimidated.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton also weighed in, saying in an emailed statement that McDonald’s family and Chicago residents “deserve justice and accountability”.

She said he opened fire just six seconds after getting out of his vehicle and kept firing even though McDonald dropped to the ground after the initial shots.

Clinton, who made the comments Wednesday in an emailed statement, added that police officers across the country are doing their duty honourably “without resorting to unnecessary force”.

At one point, a group of protesters seemed to form a circle and chanted names of those they said were also victims of police violence in Chicago.

“The video clearly shows Laquan walking away and he was not threatening anybody and he certainly didn’t lunge at the police officer”. The new videos show Officer Jason Van Dyke in pursuit of the teenager before the shooting.

“To watch a 17-year-old young man die in such a violent manner is deeply disturbing and I have absolutely no doubt this video will tear at the hearts of all Chicagoans”.

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 murder charges were brought against police officer Jason Van Dyke in the killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

The news station noted that audio appears to be missing from the video released by the police department.

US media reported that police arrested several people during the NY protests.

Jacqueline Spreadbury, 26, of Chicago, was charged with two counts of misdemeanor battery and two counts of resisting a police officer, according to authorities.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson said other officers involved in McDonald’s death should be fired or at least suspended.

His body then spins and strikes the pavement. On Wednesday, authorities dismissed a felony charge against Malcolm X. London, 22, a Chicago poet and activist accused of striking a police officer during Tuesday’s protests.

The video’s release, as well as Van Dyke’s indictment, has sparked two nights of protests in Chicago so far, with most of the demonstrations happening in the downtown area.