Jason Van Dyke, the police officer who shot a black Chicago teen 16 times has been charged with murder and jailed. The graphic video of the slaying has been made public. And in the hours after the footage was released, protesters seemed to honor pleas for restraint.
Dean Angelo the President of the Chicago FOP joined John Howell with reaction to the release of the video and indictment of Jason Van Dyke.
Jason Meisner the Federal Court Reporter for the Chicago Tribune joined John with reaction to the indictment.
Cook County Board member Richard Boykin also joined John Howell with reaction to the indictment of officer Jason Van Dyke and the city’s reaction.
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez says she decided weeks ago to charge Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke with murder. She was waiting for the Feds to be done with their part of the investigation, but decided to speed things up when it was ruled that the video had to be released.
CPS has come up with a “toolkit” to help kids who see the Laquan McDonald video process what they’re seeing. They sent parents an email saying that the video won’t be shown in school, but the information is available to them anyway, should their kids see the video and be disturbed by it.
Russia ramped up the threat of a military confrontation between Turkey and Moscow this morning – a day after a Russian warplane was shot down by Turkey – by announcing that a state-of-the-art air defense missile system will be deployed at a Russian air base in Syria and that all its bombers will now be escorted by fighter jets on their missions. Fox News National Security Analyst K.T. McFarland joined John Howell with reaction to the situation in Turkey.
Lee Filas with the Daily Herald has been following the Lt. Glineiwicz story since the beginning. He joined John Howell to talk about his new piece on how Glineiwicz fell from grace so quickly.
