IL officer charged in shooting teen leaves court
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(2 Oct 2018) Chicago Officer Jason Van Dyke adamantly stuck to his version of events Tuesday even when confronted with video that showed a different scene in the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald. In a clear but sometimes halting voice, at times fighting back tears, Van Dyke described arriving in his police SUV to find McDonald in a city street, carrying a small knife. Van Dyke later turned defiant under questioning by prosecutors who pointed out that video of the shooting didn't match his account, telling jurors: "The video doesn't show my perspective." About 10 other officers were on the scene. Prosecutors have stressed that none of them opened fire. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/470c1256377dd67ad12c6e872c837ebf
