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Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Chicago police officer with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a black teenager last year, an incident captured in a graphic video that the Chicago Police Department released later in the day.
About 500 protesters gathered at the Chicago Police headquarters and marched peacefully through the city Tuesday night after the release of the video, which depicts Jason Van Dyke, a white 14-year veteran of the police force, drawing his weapon on Laquan McDonald, an African American teen carrying a knife who appears to be crossing a major thoroughfare.
As McDonald veers away from the officers, Van Dyke begins firing, felling McDonald immediately, and then shoots repeatedly at his prone body. A total of 16 shots - all of the ammunition in the officer's clip - were fired.
Officer Charged in Teen's Death
About 500 protesters gathered at the Chicago Police headquarters and marched peacefully through the city Tuesday night after the release of the video, which depicts Jason Van Dyke, a white 14-year veteran of the police force, drawing his weapon on Laquan McDonald, an African American teen carrying a knife who appears to be crossing a major thoroughfare.
As McDonald veers away from the officers, Van Dyke begins firing, felling McDonald immediately, and then shoots repeatedly at his prone body. A total of 16 shots - all of the ammunition in the officer's clip - were fired.
Officer Charged in Teen's Death
