The Latest: Chicago police review board leader resigns
CHICAGO (AP) - These are the latest developments in the case involving the 2014 killing of a black teenager by a white police officer who shot him 16 times (all times local).
8:45 p.m.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office says the head of the city's police review board has resigned and will be replaced with a former federal prosecutor, a move that comes amid protests over the fatal shooting of a black 17-year-old by a white police officer.
The mayor's office said in a press release Sunday night that Scott Ando, the chief administrator of the Independent Police Review Authority, had resigned effective immediately.
The statement says Sharon Fairly, general counsel and first deputy of the city's Office of the Inspector General, will take over Ando's role. Fairly previously served for eight years as an assistant U.S. attorney
The statement says "new leadership is required as we rededicate ourselves to dramatically improving our system of police accountability and rebuilding trust in that process."
Fairly's appointment is among several changes implemented in Chicago since Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times. Van Dyke was charged just hours before city officials released video of the incident.
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4 p.m.
The U.S. Justice Department is expected to announce this week a civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department similar to probes of police departments in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri.
The decision to investigate was confirmed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the decision who wasn't authorized to discuss the investigation publicly because it has not yet been announced. The person said an announcement is expected this week.
The investigation would come as the police force is under intense scrutiny since the recent release of a video showing white police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting black teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times.
Prosecutors have charged Van Dyke with first-degree murder in the 2014 shooting, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel forced Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy to resign.
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2:50 p.m.
About 200 protesters are demonstrating in downtown Chicago following the release of documents showing that police officers' accounts of the 2014 killing of a black teen differed greatly from what was captured on dashcam video.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he hopes the sight of protesters holding a disciplined and non-violent march will prompt the city to "dispense justice and fairness all across the city."
The protesters walking in the business district known as The Loop are counting to 16 to signify the number of times that Officer Jason Van Dyke shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. They also called for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign.
Police fought for months to keep the public from seeing the dashcam video but released it last month facing a court deadline and only hours after Van Dyke was charged with murder.
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11:45 a.m.
The Chicago Police Department's interim superintendent is warning officers they face discipline if they don't make sure both the video and the audio of their squad car dashboard cameras are working.
The department was harshly criticized when it reported that the audio was not functioning on the dashcam that recorded the October 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by officer Jason Van Dyke. Days later, the city released four more dashcam videos from other squad cars at the scene - none of which included audio.
Escalante told the Chicago Tribune (http://trib.in/1NAsbLk ) that he's sent inspectors to do random checks of dashcams. He says that when they've found technical problems preventing them from working they are disciplining officers who did not report those problems to their supervisors.
Information from: Chicago Tribune, http://www.chicagotribune.com
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3 a.m.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a march through downtown Chicago in response to newly released police reports about last year's shooting of a black teenager 16 times by a white officer.
Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition has called for a rally at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at State and Van Buren streets. Demonstrators will march to the Thompson Center.
Jackson says the newly released documents show police "misrepresenting" what happened the night of Laquan McDonald's death. Jackson has reiterated his call for "a full, thorough investigation with subpoena power" and says it's time to escalate the protests.
The city Friday released hundreds of pages of documents related to the October 2014 killing of McDonald by Jason Van Dyke, a white police officer. Van Dyke has been charged with first-degree murder.