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Chicago officer's bond set at $1.5 million in killing of black teen
Source: Reuters
US | Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:47pm EST
Chicago officer's bond set at $1.5 million in killing of black teen
CHICAGO | BY MARY WISNIEWSKI
A judge on Monday set a $1.5 million bond for a white Chicago police officer charged with murder after a patrol car's dashboard camera video showed him shooting a black teenager 16 times.
Officer Jason Van Dyke, who appeared in shackles, must post 10 percent of the total amount. The police union president said after the hearing that union members can help Van Dyke's family meet the amount.
Last week Van Dyke was denied bail and prosecutors had asked that ruling to stand, but Van Dyke's lawyer Daniel Herbert said his client posed no flight risk. Herbert said he did not know when Van Dyke might post bond.
There have been several days of protests in Chicago following the release last Tuesday of the video, which showed Van Dyke gunning down 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in the middle of the street on Oct. 20, 2014 as he was walking away from police who had confronted him. Van Dyke, 37, was charged with first-degree murder.
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Chicago officer's bond set at $1.5 million in killing of black teen
CHICAGO | BY MARY WISNIEWSKI
A judge on Monday set a $1.5 million bond for a white Chicago police officer charged with murder after a patrol car's dashboard camera video showed him shooting a black teenager 16 times.
Officer Jason Van Dyke, who appeared in shackles, must post 10 percent of the total amount. The police union president said after the hearing that union members can help Van Dyke's family meet the amount.
Last week Van Dyke was denied bail and prosecutors had asked that ruling to stand, but Van Dyke's lawyer Daniel Herbert said his client posed no flight risk. Herbert said he did not know when Van Dyke might post bond.
There have been several days of protests in Chicago following the release last Tuesday of the video, which showed Van Dyke gunning down 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in the middle of the street on Oct. 20, 2014 as he was walking away from police who had confronted him. Van Dyke, 37, was charged with first-degree murder.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/30/us-usa-race-chicago-idUSKBN0TJ1OQ20151130
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Beginning of last week, I believe the cops' video of this crime was to be released on Wednesday. Wednesday came and went and I don't recall the video reaching the public.
Was it released? 
