Shooting of Laquan McDonald | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-07-04

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00:02:12 1 Profiles
00:02:21 1.1 Laquan McDonald
00:03:29 1.2 Jason Van Dyke
00:05:15 2 Events
00:07:02 2.1 Initial police report
00:08:36 2.2 Medical report
00:09:09 2.3 Dash-cam video
00:11:24 2.4 Burger King surveillance video
00:12:20 2.5 $5 million settlement
00:13:48 3 Legal proceedings
00:13:57 3.1 Requests for documents
00:15:39 3.2 Investigations
00:17:04 3.3 Van Dyke's trial
00:21:18 3.4 Trial of March, Walsh, and Gaffney
00:22:03 4 Reactions to video
00:22:13 4.1 Protests
00:22:22 4.1.1 November protests
00:23:14 4.1.2 December protests
00:24:15 4.1.3 January protests
00:25:27 4.1.4 February protests
00:25:58 4.1.5 March protests
00:26:25 4.1.6 Threat by Jabari Dean
00:27:20 4.2 Other reactions
00:28:04 5 Aftermath
00:28:13 5.1 The Chicago Police Accountability Task Force
00:28:57 5.2 Firing of Superintendent Garry McCarthy
00:29:37 5.3 Calls for Anita Alvarez's resignation
00:31:34 5.4 Calls for Rahm Emanuel's resignation
00:34:05 5.5 Video released of shooting of Ronald Johnson III
00:35:18 5.6 De-escalation and Taser training
00:36:39 5.7 Emails from the mayor's office released
00:40:08 5.8 Documents from 2005 Incident
00:40:41 5.9 Two recommendations that officers be fired
00:41:11 6 2017 DOJ Report and agreement for oversight of city police
00:43:47 7 Documentary films
00:44:26 8 See also



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The murder of Laquan McDonald took place on October 20, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois, when the 17-year-old African American was fatally shot by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke.  Police had initially reported that McDonald was behaving erratically while walking down the street, refused to put down a knife he was carrying, and lunged at them. Preliminary internal police reports described the incident similarly and ruled the shooting justified and Van Dyke was not charged in the shooting at that time.
When the police released a dash cam video of the shooting thirteen months later, on November 24, 2015, it showed McDonald had been walking away from the police when he was shot. That same day Officer Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder and initially held without bail at the Cook County Jail. He was released on bail on November 30. The city reached a settlement with McDonald's family. On October 5, 2018, Van Dyke was found guilty at trial of second-degree murder, as well as 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm.Protests, following the shooting of McDonald, demanded changes in police and judicial procedure, and for the dismissal or resignation of city and county officials. Rahm Emanuel won a second term in 2015 as Mayor of Chicago, but Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez lost her bid for reelection in 2016.
At the request of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, the United States Department of Justice initiated a civil rights investigation into McDonald's death and the activities of the Chicago Police Department. It released its report in January 2017, describing the police as having a culture of "excessive violence," especially against minority suspects, and of having poor training and supervision. DOJ and city officials signed a consent decree for a plan for improvement to be overseen by the courts.  Three Chicago police officers tried for allegedly attempting to cover up events related to the shooting were found not guilty by the Cook County Circuit Court on January 17, 2019.