Post by Logan on Jan 22, 2016 19:43:36 GMT -6
CHICAGO (AP) -- Two Chicago police officers whose official accounts of a 2014 fatal shooting of a black teenager by white Officer Jason Van Dyke contradict parts of a squad-car video have been put on desk duty until investigations are complete.
Van Dyke's partner, Officer Joseph Walsh, and a detective who found the shooting justified, David March, retain their police powers but can no longer work on the street in any operational role, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Friday.
Dashcam video released Nov. 24 shows Van Dyke shooting Laquan McDonald 16 times as he walks away from police officers with a knife at his side. The footage prompted weeks of protests in Chicago, the sacking of the police superintendent and demands for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign. Van Dyke has been charged with murder in the shooting and has pleaded not guilty.
The shooting has turned a spotlight on longstanding concerns about a "code of silence" in the Chicago Police Department, in which officers stay quiet about or even cover up possible misconduct by colleagues.
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Van Dyke's partner, Officer Joseph Walsh, and a detective who found the shooting justified, David March, retain their police powers but can no longer work on the street in any operational role, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Friday.
Dashcam video released Nov. 24 shows Van Dyke shooting Laquan McDonald 16 times as he walks away from police officers with a knife at his side. The footage prompted weeks of protests in Chicago, the sacking of the police superintendent and demands for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign. Van Dyke has been charged with murder in the shooting and has pleaded not guilty.
The shooting has turned a spotlight on longstanding concerns about a "code of silence" in the Chicago Police Department, in which officers stay quiet about or even cover up possible misconduct by colleagues.
Continued at hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CHICAGO_POLICE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-01-22-19-39-39 .