A month after a video was released showing Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting the 17-year-old 16 times, he entered a not-guilty plea.
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Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, entered a not-guilty plea during his arraignment Tuesday morning.
A dash-cam video of the October 2014 incident released last month by Chicago authorities shows Van Dyke shooting the black teenager 16 times in the back.
Van Dyke was indicted on six counts of murder and one count of official misconduct in the shooting of McDonald last month. He was freed from Cook County Jail after posting the necessary 10 percent of his $1.5 million bond.
The video sparked nation-wide outrage, protests, and calls for Chicago's Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, to resign.
Van Dyke's attorney, Daniel Herbert, told reporters in mid-December that he was considering asking for a change of location for the trial.
An autopsy diagram shows the location of wounds on the body of McDonald.
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