11-25-2015, 01:39 PM
Actually, in reading up on the case, it's stated that Van Dyke was "indicted" but I don't see mention of a Grand Jury.
In any case, based on the evidence, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez charged Chicago Police Department officer Jason Van Dyke on Tuesday for his role in the shooting death of McDonald in October 2014.
Van Dyke is the first on-duty Chicago police officer to be charged with first-degree murder in almost 35 years.
There were 8 officers on the scene; only Van Dyke fired, though McDonald was moving in the opposite direction of Van Dyke.
Here's the false narrative the Chicago PD pushed to the public via the Chicago Tribune before the video was ordered to be released.
About 9:45 p.m. Monday, Chicago Lawn District officers received a call about a person breaking into cars in the 4100 block of South Karlov, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Officers found the 17-year-old “with a strange gaze about him” carrying a knife which he refused to drop when police ordered him to do so, Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Pat Camden said.
The teen used the knife to puncture the front passenger-side tire of a squad car and damage its front windshield before leading officers on a foot chase, police said.
Other officers used a squad car to try and box the boy in against a fence near 41st and Pulaski, Camden said. An officer shot him in the chest when he “refused to comply with orders to drop the knife and continued to approach the officers,” police said.Ref: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arch...nt/417531/
The video proves that no squad car tried to box the boy, and McDonald was not approaching officers when he was shot down. Total bullshit.
In any case, based on the evidence, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez charged Chicago Police Department officer Jason Van Dyke on Tuesday for his role in the shooting death of McDonald in October 2014.
Van Dyke is the first on-duty Chicago police officer to be charged with first-degree murder in almost 35 years.
There were 8 officers on the scene; only Van Dyke fired, though McDonald was moving in the opposite direction of Van Dyke.
Here's the false narrative the Chicago PD pushed to the public via the Chicago Tribune before the video was ordered to be released.
About 9:45 p.m. Monday, Chicago Lawn District officers received a call about a person breaking into cars in the 4100 block of South Karlov, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Officers found the 17-year-old “with a strange gaze about him” carrying a knife which he refused to drop when police ordered him to do so, Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Pat Camden said.
The teen used the knife to puncture the front passenger-side tire of a squad car and damage its front windshield before leading officers on a foot chase, police said.
Other officers used a squad car to try and box the boy in against a fence near 41st and Pulaski, Camden said. An officer shot him in the chest when he “refused to comply with orders to drop the knife and continued to approach the officers,” police said.Ref: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arch...nt/417531/
The video proves that no squad car tried to box the boy, and McDonald was not approaching officers when he was shot down. Total bullshit.