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Ep 26: Bad Paper

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WBEZ & the Chicago Tribune

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4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A month and a half after Jason Van Dyke was convicted of murder, three other Chicago police officers face charges of conspiring to cover-up for him. Prosecutors say the officers’ reports exaggerated the threat Laquan McDonald posed. Defense attorneys say this was a “good case with a little bit of bad paper.

Update: The trial has been moved back one day to Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018.

Transcript

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It's been a month and a half since Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was convicted of murder for killing 17 year old Lequon McDonald.

0:12.0

He's being held in a jail three hours west of Chicago as he

0:15.0

awaits sentencing. That likely won't be until the new year. In the meantime,

0:19.6

there's been a separate criminal case moving forward, one involving three officers facing

0:24.7

trial for their actions after the shooting. Prosecutors brought the charges

0:28.8

last year. Good afternoon. I'm here to announce the indictment by a special grand jury of three current or former Chicago

0:38.5

police officers.

0:40.3

Officers Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney and Detective David March have been charged with obstruction of justice, official misconduct, and conspiracy to commit both of these offenses.

0:56.0

These charges are brought in connection with the police involved shooting

1:00.0

of Laquon

1:04.2

Quand McDonald in October of 2014.

1:06.0

This indictment alleges that these defendants lied about what occurred during a police

1:12.0

involved shooting in order to prevent

1:14.9

independent criminal investigators from learning the truth.

1:19.8

The indictment makes clear that it is unacceptable to obey an unofficial code of

1:26.4

silence.

1:28.9

Van Dyke's trial was about his decision to shoot McDonald and the moments leading up to it.

1:35.3

This trial, starting Monday, will focus on what happened in the hours after the shooting.

1:45.0

There was a machinery in the cold silence was instantly put into the cold silence was instantly put into full effect he leaves

1:52.0

them no choice at that point but to defend himself.

1:55.2

It is his tendency to ignore.

1:56.9

If you would have had officers who would have stood up

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