Why Release Video in Chicago Shooting?

They also showed pictures of black people who had been killed by police in recent years and called on people to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.

A total of eight people have been arrested during two days of marches and rallies around the city. Demonstrators took lights off a Christmas tree in a park, according to USA media reports. The video shows the teen appear to move slightly in the street with streams of blood trailing from his body.

Protesters marched north on Michigan Avenue in response to the release of the Laquan McDonald shooting dash cam video release. Two 18-year-old Chicago men, Max McKune and Omari Ferrell, were charged with resisting police officers.

“It’s very unjust; we’re modern slaves out here, and there should be change so I’m very adamant about this”, Wills proclaims.

“Man, I’m here to defend everybody from senseless killings, from the police”, another protester said.

However, in order to keep the video confidential and save face, the police department reached a US$5 million settlement with the family. However, Bush said, “When they do what appears to have happened here they should be charged as was the case in this case”. “It’s senseless. And for my family and for Chicago, we are gonna do something about it”.

Police and police vehicles patrolled streets in downtown Chicago amid the protests to ensure safety on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday.

The Chicago Teachers Union is encouraging its members to join a march in Chicago’s shopping district to protest the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer. No damage was reported.

Protesters block rush hour traffic along the Michigan Ave. bridge over the Chicago River Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Chicago, the day after murder charges were brought against police officer Jason Van Dyke in the killi…

Van Dyke, 37, is the first Chicago police officer charged with murder over an on-duty exercise of lethal force in decades. The new footage also doesn’t provide any additional visual details, and doesn’t show the actual shooting.

“The reason my client Jason fired his weapon that evening back in October 2014 is that he truly was in fear for his life as well as the lives of his fellow police officers”, Herbert said, breaking down his clients feelings at the time, adding that the actions were “justified”.

The video shows McDonald running, then later walking down the middle of a street. The videos, including the one from Van Dyke’s vehicle, did not include any audio of officers talking, either in the vehicles or over police radios, raising questions about why sirens outside the vehicles are audible but voices and other sounds from inside the vehicle are not. He is holding a small knife at his side.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel appealed for calm and said he hoped the city could use the incident as an opportunity to “build bridges of understanding” between police and young men like McDonald.

Chicago police have said they will not tolerate criminal behavior during the protests.

“And if people peel away the onion on what’s happening right now in the policing world, you’re going to find a police department that’s doing an exceptional job”. Police Chief Garry McCarthy asked protesters to respond peacefully.

Demonstrators gathered in Chicago to protest against the death of a black teenager shot by a white police officer, an incident captured on video that President Barack Obama called “deeply disturbing”.

The video at the center of the case was made public only after an independent journalist filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.