Chicago Police Union Hires Officer Charged With Killing Black Teen

Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke, right, charged with murder in the 2014 videotaped shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald, sits in court with his attorney, Dan Herbert, at the Leighton Criminal Court ... Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke, right, charged with murder in the 2014 videotaped shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald, sits in court with his attorney, Dan Herbert, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, for a status hearing in his case. A judge gave prosecutors until May 5 to respond to a petition requesting that a special prosecutor take over in the case. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool) MORE LESS
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago police union says it has hired as a janitor the officer charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a black teenager.

Dean Angelo, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Chicago, says the union hired Jason Van Dyke about three weeks ago.

Van Dyke is accused of shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times in 2014. The shooting was captured on squad-car video and has prompted investigations, including a federal civil rights probe of the Chicago PoliceDepartment.

Angelo says Van Dyke, who has been suspended from the department, is in a “very difficult situation, financially.” Angelo says the union would do the same for any Chicago officer.

The union says Van Dyke has lost other jobs due to publicity and that threats closed his wife’s business.

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  1. The Police Union went on the say, “We need men like Dean Angelo! And he received a nice fat hiring bonus as well! For the family of the victim? Fuck them, they’re just a bunch of n–CLANG anyway!”

  2. nice…

    providing work experience for his new job in the slam… will they also teach him how to make weapons out of toilet paper too?

  3. Finally! A real, live union thug. And I thought they were a myth.

  4. I’m sure that Union is full of Cops with a “:lock em up” and “fuck em if they get raped” attitude when it comes to the people they are sworn to protect and serve. But why are the personal consequences of criminal acts always mitigating and in need of repair when a Cop is the perp but just “what goes around” when its you or me? We have to live with it ( you can bet your ass that Union would not bail you out ) but we are to feel sorry for them.

    The Union should not be allowed to do this. I’m sure it isn’t popular with the people of Chicago and taking action would entail no political risk. That Union is not all powerful and should be shown that. If necessary and emergency act to defund pay to him should be made. Let the Union pay his sorry ass.

  5. Avatar for sadie sadie says:

    This shit makes unions look terrible, and that infuriates me.

    Oh, he’s having financial troubles because no one wants to hire him? Yeah, that tends to be a side effect when you kill someone in cold blood.

    You may be broke, Van Dyke, but you at least still have your life, and that’s more than one can say for Laquan.

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