United States police chief fired in wake of fatal shooting of black teen

Mr. Emanuel was forced into a runoff in the mayor’s race earlier this year, in part because of anger in mostly black and Latino neighborhoods over the closure of almost 50 public schools and a standoff with Chicago schoolteachers that led to a strike.

This move comes in the wake of the release of the Laquan McDonald shooting video, which shows white officer Jason Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old McDonald 16 times.

It was eventually made public last week after a judge ordered its release. The release set off several days of largely peaceful protests. Right before the video’s release on November 24, prosecutors had announced they would charge Van Dyke with first-degree murder.

The mayor praised McCarthy’s leadership of the force but called it an “undeniable fact” that the public’s trust in the police has eroded. He has a knife in his hand, but is yards away from any person, walking quickly down the middle of the street.

Chicago’s police chief has been fired following the outcry over the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a police officer.

Defense attorney Dan Herbert has said the officer feared for his life, acted lawfully and that the video does not tell the whole story.

After spending the Thanksgiving holiday in jail, Van Dyke, 37, was freed on a $1.5 million bail Monday. He said the creation of the task force was meant to rebuild trust in the police department of one of the country’s largest cities. “That’s the law”, he said.

The video footage-among a string of police shootings of black boys or men in the United States-triggered protests in Chicago and fueled a national debate about racism and the use of deadly force by officers.

Asked why he was not calling for the mayor to resign, Jackson said, “That’s not the role for me to play”.

McDonald had been stopped by police in October 2014 for allegedly slashing auto tires.

The misconduct persisted under the so-called code of silence in which police close ranks around one another in the face of criticism, according to Flint Taylor, a Chicago attorney who has spent decades representing civilians in police torture and misconduct cases.

Emanuel, a Democrat and former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, said he was responsible for what happened in the case, the same as the police superintendent.

Even the Chicago Teachers Union, which rarely sees eye to eye with City Hall, said this time the mayor got it right.

The family of Johnson has repeated their demand that the city release dashboard camera video of the shooting, a week after authorities released video of the shooting death of McDonald.