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Ep 21: The Defense Rests

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WBEZ & the Chicago Tribune

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4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We examine the defense’s case and hear about what Chicago police officers are saying about the trial.




Transcript

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0:00.0

Tell ladies and gentlemen the jury your name please display your last name for the court clerk.

0:06.6

Jason Van Dyke.

0:08.1

V-A-N-D-Y-K-E.

0:10.9

Did you ever have occasion to draw your gun?

0:15.0

Unfortunately, I've had to.

0:18.0

And how many times did you say you had to draw your gun?

0:22.0

I don't know. Would it be more than 10? Yes. More than 20? Probably.

0:30.1

Any time from 2001 until October 20th to 2014 did you ever fired your weather?

0:37.0

No and I'm very proud of that.

0:42.0

What was LeQua McDonald doing?

0:45.0

Advancing on me.

0:47.0

He did not look at us.

0:50.0

He did not look towards our direction.

0:52.0

He just kept looking straight ahead he looked deranged

0:56.5

this is clinical evidence of rage, violent person.

1:03.0

That is in my opinion, caused by the PCP that they had used.

1:08.0

I was yelling at him, dropped the knife.

1:10.0

I yelled, I don't know how many times, but that's all I yelled.

1:15.0

And did he keep advancing toward you?

1:18.0

He never stopped.

1:19.0

My opinion is that on 10, 2014, Officer Jason Van Dyke responded to what he perceived was a deadly threat

1:27.4

and responded in a way that based on his training was designed to neutralize that

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