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OPENING STATEMENTS: Chicago Cop Accused Of Shooting Suspect 16-Times
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Calling the killing “completely unnecessary,” prosecutors on Monday showed 12 jurors video of white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shooting black teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times – as opening arguments began in a murder trial that has captivated the country and reopened deep wounds about policing in minority communities.
Prosecutors showed the 2014 dashcam video that shows Van Dyke unloading bullets into McDonald as the teen walked away from officers. There was a 3-inch small retractable knife in McDonald’s hand.
Defense attorney Daniel Herbert claimed McDonald used the knife to attack a truck driver but special prosecutor Joseph McMahon brushed off the statement and called the shooting “completely unnecessary.”
Herbert also argued during his opening statement that his client “acted within his training” and described Van Dyke as “a scared police officer who was fearful for his life and the life of others.’
He claimed his client was confronting an “out-of-control individual who didn’t care about anyone.”
Van Dyke, who was suspended without pay after he was first charged in 2015, pleaded not guilty to murder.
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