Public criticism of the way authorities handled this case resulted in the firing of Chicago’s police superintendent, and a public apology from Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
The officer involved in that shooting, Jason Van Dyke, was charged with his murder and has pleaded not guilty. The video showed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being hit 16 times. A retrial is set for next June, after the other five officers are tried.Ĭhicago police also came under scrutiny for alleged misuse of force this year after footage of an October 2014 fatal shooting by police was released in November of this year following a court order. The first officer’s trial just concluded with a hung jury. After Gray’s death was ruled a homicide on May 1, six police officers were charged in connection to his death. Protests, some of them violent, erupted across Baltimore. He suffered spinal injuries during the ride, which led to his death. Just over a week later, in Baltimore, a man named Freddie Gray was picked up by police and put in a police transport vehicle without being properly strapped in.
Freddie Gray, 25, seen in this undated file photo.
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