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Chicago Cop Indicted as Video of Laquan McDonald Killing Released

HeadlineNov 25, 2015

Authorities in Chicago, Illinois, have released police dashboard camera video showing a Chicago police officer fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. It was more than a year ago when Officer Jason Van Dyke shot the teenager 16 times. But it was only yesterday that Van Dyke was indicted for murder, one day before the city faced a court-ordered deadline to release the shooting video. Police had claimed Laquan McDonald lunged at Van Dyke with a small knife. But the newly released footage appears to show Van Dyke jumping out of a police car, pointing his gun at McDonald and opening fire when McDonald is many feet away. The video shows police bullets continually hitting McDonald’s body, even after he falls to the ground. We’ll go to Chicago for more on the case after headlines.

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