Minority Communities: Van Dyke and Police Use

minority communities: Video footage of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being shot 16 times by Van Dyke in October 2014 was released more than a year later, sparking protests and pushing the city into a national debate over police use of force, particularly in minority communities, according to CBC. The release of the video also led to the ouster of the police chief. Jason Van Dyke pleaded not guilty through his attorney in a Chicago courtroom to 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm that were issued by a grand jury on March 16 and unsealed on Thursday by a special prosecutor, local media reported. Van Dyke pleaded not guilty to murder in 2015 and is awaiting trial. He denied in court that he sought the new charges to correct what the defence has called errors in the initial charges, the Chicago Tribune reported. Special prosecutor Joseph McMahon did not give an explanation for the new charges on Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.