No decision about jailing Chicago officer over interviews
Source: Associated Press
No decision about jailing Chicago officer over interviews
Updated 2:53 pm CDT, Saturday, September 1, 2018
CHICAGO (AP) A judge has declined to immediately decide whether a Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald should have his bail revoked or increased because he talked to the media .
Judge Vincent Gaughan held a hearing Saturday and told both sides to return to court Thursday.
Jason Van Dyke gave interviews just days before jury selection is set to begin Wednesday. Prosecutors accused Van Dyke of violating the judge's longstanding order prohibiting all parties from talking about the case outside of court.
Defense attorney Daniel Herbert says Van Dyke has free-speech rights. He says Van Dyke feels threatened and is "scared to death" that the public won't know his "personal feelings" about being charged with murder.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Fight-over-Chicago-officer-s-media-interviews-13198705.php
rpannier
(24,338 posts)Jusge said no talking about the case. He talked about it.
As a policeman he should know he violated the law
former9thward
(32,077 posts)I did. He did not talk about the case. He talked about personal issues and feelings.
Nitram
(22,877 posts)"Personal feelings: could include his feeling that he is not guilty, his feeling that the trial won't be fair, or a host of other "feelings" that could influence the jurors.
former9thward
(32,077 posts)Which they have been doing with leaks to friendly reporters and media outlets in Chicago resulting in thousands of negative stories. I would support revoking bail only if the prosecutors were also imprisoned for their blatant contempt for the court order.
Nitram
(22,877 posts)or just sharing his personal feelings about being charged with a crime. Absent that, I will assume the judge made the right call.