CHICAGO, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Attorneys for the Chicago Police officer accused in the shooting death of a 17-year-old are asking for the trial to be moved to a different location.
Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke's attorney, Daniel Herbert, said his client is receiving death threats, as well as threats to his family, after his charge was announced in the 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald. Herbert said it may be impossible to successfully assemble an unbiased jury after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel publicly condemned the officer.