Chicago police shooting case just the last trouble in Van Dyke's career
When Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and his partner stopped Edward Nance's car on the South Side eight years ago because he didn't have a front license plate, things went bad quickly.
Nance asked why the officers pulled him over and Van Dyke's partner told him to "get the f- out" of the car. The partner allegedly slammed Nance's head on the hood of his car.
Then Van Dyke violently handcuffed Nance and tossed him into the back seat of their squad car, according to a lawsuit Nance filed against the city.
A federal jury awarded Nance $350,000 for injuries to his shoulders that kept him from working at Comcast and at his part-time job as a referee for the Illinois High School Association. But Van Dyke and his partner - members of the now-disbanded Tactical Response Unit that patrolled high-crime areas - were never disciplined.
The case is one of several instances of trouble that have marked the career of Van Dyke, who was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the October 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald.
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