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The Chicago Police Department has released the dashcam video footage of Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald on Oct. 20, 2014. Officer Van Dyke shot, who shot McDonald 16 times, and was charged on Tuesday with first degree murder ahead of the video release.
The Chicago Police Department has put all officers on mandatory standby in anticipation of public outrage and possible riots. Officials issued the order after the same actors and activists that organized responses in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland, which resulted in racially-charged protests, began pouring into the Windy City.
Van Dyke is the first on-duty Chicago police officer to be charged with first degree murder.
