It’s been six months since the video of Laquan McDonald’s fatal shooting put a national spotlight on police brutality and corruption in Chicago, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel is still grappling with how to restore trust of the city’s officers.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) likely knew that there was unreleased video evidence of Officer Jason Van Dyke killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald within 50 days of the shooting, internal emails obtained by NBC Chicago indicate.
After dash cam footage of Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting Laquan McDonald was released Tuesday night, highly-anticipated protests began in the streets of Chicago. The video, which shows Van Dyke shooting the 17-year-old 16 times in the span of 15 seconds, was sealed from the public for over a year. It also countered the official police narrative of what occurred on October 20, 2014.
Similar protests were staged in Minneapolis and Ferguson, where frustrations about police violence have boiled over.
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