Mayor tries to keep Chicago from boiling over

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Washington Examiner:

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel urged Windy City residents to protest peacefully after a police officer was charged on Tuesday with the fatal shooting of a teenager last year.

"I understand that the people will be upset and will want to protest when they see this video. We as a city must rise to this moment," Emanuel said.

 

Following today's arraignment, dash-camera video from the October 24, 2014 incident was released to the public. The video shows Laquan McDonald, a black teenager, walking in the middle of the street with a knife in his right hand when he was shot 16 times by Jason Van Dyke, a white police officer.

 

Van Dyke turned himself into authorities on Tuesday and was charged with first-degree murder. He is being held without bond.