Jason Van Dyke
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Fault Lines Links – Atlanta To Pay $2M In Police Use Of Force Case
Apr 1, 2016(Comments: 0)Apr. 1, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Happy Friday people, your links this morning: Atlanta City Council is set to approve a $2 million payout to settle a lawsuit brought by Will King over former Officer Kylema Jackson unlawful use... -
Fault Lines Links – Chicago Cop Gave Conflicting Accounts of Quintonio LeGrier’s Death
Mar 21, 2016(Comments: 0)Mar. 21, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Welcome to Monday, here’s what you need to know this morning: It emerged that Chicago Officer Robert Rialmo, who shot dead Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones on New Year’s Eve,... -
Fault Lines Links – Execution Set For Kevn Cooper Following CA Moratorium
Feb 1, 2016(Comments: 2)Feb. 1, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Morning people. Here are your links: Kevin Cooper is set to be the first person to be executed since California’s moratorium on executions ended in November. Cooper was convicted of the brutal murder... -
Fault Lines Links – Video Contradicts Police Account Of 2013 Shooting Of Shaun Mouzon
Jan 18, 2016(Comments: 1)Jan. 18, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, here’s what you need to this morning: Video of the 2013 fatal shooting of unarmed Shaun Mouzon reportedly contradicts Baltimore PD’s account of events. The officers claim that Mouzon failed to follow verbal... -
Fault Lines Links – Chicago PD Accused Of Threatening Witnesses Of Laquan McDonald Shooting
Jan 11, 2016(Comments: 1)Jan. 11, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Welcome to Monday folks, here’s what’s been happening: Recently released documents allege that Chicago PD threatened witness and falsified their accounts in connection with the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by Officer... -
Crappy Police Transparency Is Why Laquan McDonald’s Killer Still Had a Gun
Dec 18, 2015(Comments: 0)Dec. 18, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Over the course of his career, Officer Jason Van Dyke amassed at least twenty complaints, mostly for excessive force and racial slurs. Not one resulted in discipline. And so when... -
Fault Lines Links – Another Chicago PD Cover Up Alleged In Death Of Emmanuel Lopez
Dec 16, 2015(Comments: 0)Dec. 16, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Morning folks, here’s what we’re watching: Allegations of another cover up by Chicago PD have surfaced in the police shooting death of Emmanuel Lopez in 2005. Officers fired over 40 shots at Lopez after... -
Fault Lines Links – First Baltimore Officer Goes On Trial In Death Of Freddy Gray
Nov 30, 2015(Comments: 0)Nov. 30, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Welcome back folks, here’s what we’re watching: The trial of Baltimore Officer William Porter in the death of Freddie Gray will start today. Porter is the first of six officers to be... -
Laquan McDonald: Murder and the Power of Video
Nov 25, 2015(Comments: 6)Nov. 25, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — It was more than a year ago that Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke put 16 bullets into the body of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Yet, few outside of a small... -
Fault Lines Links – Fullerton, CA, Reaches $4.9M Settlement With Father Of Kelly Thomas
Nov 25, 2015(Comments: 0)Nov. 25, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, your links this morning: The city of Fullerton, CA, reached a $4.9 million settlement with the father of Kelly Thomas, just moments before his wrongful death suit was set to...