Decision to charge Officer Jason Van Dyke timed to release of Laquan McDonald video
Originally reported by Injusticewatch — 2015-11-25
Chicago police officials released the video of Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting Laquan McDonald after he was charged with first degree murder, hours before the charges were announced by Anita Alvarez on November 24, 2015. The city had resisted releasing the video for over a year due to an ongoing investigation. The video, which was provided to the FBI and underwent joint investigation, was forced into public view after Judge Frank Valderamma ruled that the Chicago Police Department improperly withheld it from activists and news outlets.
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