Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy appear at a news conference Nov. 24 to announce the first degree murder charge against police officer Jason Van Dyke in the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald, 17. Mayor Emanuel on Tuesday asked Mr. McCarthy to resign.
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Police chief out amid protests of teen’s murder in Chicago
Chicago’s police chief was ousted on Tuesday following days of unrest over video footage showing the police shooting of a black teenager and the subsequent filing of murder charges against a white police officer in the young man’s death. The white officer, Jason Van Dyke, was charged Nov. 24 with first-degree murder in the killing of Laquan McDonald, 17, who was shot 16 times. The video of the killing was released on the day the former officer was charged.
