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Chicago Tribune: Cop who shot teen 16 times faulted in 2007 traffic stop
By Jason Meisner and Jeremy Gorner
Chicago Tribune
April 25, 2015
It's been seven years since Ed Nance was roughed up by a Chicago police officer who handcuffed him so violently during a 2007 traffic stop he seriously injured both shoulders, costing him tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills and lost wages.
Nance, a cable company employee with no convictions, says he will never forget the nonchalant look on the officer's face when, two years later, a federal jury ruled he and his partner had used excessive force and awarded Nance $350,000 in damages.
Nance, a cable company employee with no convictions, says he will never forget the nonchalant look on the officer's face when, two years later, a federal jury ruled he and his partner had used excessive force and awarded Nance $350,000 in damages.
When Nance was recently told that Officer Jason Van Dyke, who aggressively handcuffed him that night, is being investigated by the FBI for shooting a teen 16 times, he broke into tears.
"It just makes me so sad because it shouldn't have happened," Nance said. "He shouldn't have been on the street in the first place after my incident."
The Tribune has learned that it was Van Dyke who was on patrol in the Chicago Lawn District on Oct. 20 when he was called to the 4100 block of South Pulaski Road, where 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was acting erratically and refusing police commands to drop a 4-inch folding knife.
Within moments of arriving, Van Dyke jumped out of his squad car with his gun drawn and opened fire on McDonald, killing him, authorities have said. Lawyers for the McDonald family said the officer emptied his semi-automatic. None of the five other officers there fired a shot, according to authorities.
Earlier this month the U.S. attorney's office announced a criminal probe into the shooting, which was captured on a dashboard camera from another police vehicle. The news of the investigation broke as the Chicago City Council voted unanimously to approve a $5 million settlement with McDonald's family even before a lawsuit was filed.
"It just makes me so sad because it shouldn't have happened," Nance said. "He shouldn't have been on the street in the first place after my incident."
The Tribune has learned that it was Van Dyke who was on patrol in the Chicago Lawn District on Oct. 20 when he was called to the 4100 block of South Pulaski Road, where 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was acting erratically and refusing police commands to drop a 4-inch folding knife.
Within moments of arriving, Van Dyke jumped out of his squad car with his gun drawn and opened fire on McDonald, killing him, authorities have said. Lawyers for the McDonald family said the officer emptied his semi-automatic. None of the five other officers there fired a shot, according to authorities.
Earlier this month the U.S. attorney's office announced a criminal probe into the shooting, which was captured on a dashboard camera from another police vehicle. The news of the investigation broke as the Chicago City Council voted unanimously to approve a $5 million settlement with McDonald's family even before a lawsuit was filed.
full: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-police-shooting-16-shots-04---met-20150425-story.html
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