and has been taken off the chicago police payroll. for now he s being held without bond. van dyke s lawyer says his client feared for his life. it s truly not a murder case. and we feel that we re going to be very successful in defending this case. reporter: on the night laquan was fatally shot, investigators say mcdonald was wielding a knife with a three-inch blade which he allegedly used to slash the tire of a police car. police say when mcdonald, who had pcp in his system, ignored orders to drop the knife, van dyke fired 16 rounds. officer van dyke was on the scene for less than 30 seconds. before he started shooting. in addition to the fact that all evidence indicates that he began shooting approximately six seconds after getting out of his vehicle. reporter: city officials had been prepping for mass demonstrations in the wake of the video s release, calling for peaceful protests. this opportunity for healing begins now. reporter: late tuesday, dozens locked arms in sol
did not see did not see laquan mcdonald slashing tires or breaking into cars. all they saw was him walking down the street with a knife. and we saw that in the video. they got the, though. before they shot him, they did not give laquan laquan did not get a chance to speak to officers. so if you, brandon, had he did not respond. if you re approached by somebody with a knife, brandon, and they re within ten feet, are you going to give them a chance to talk to you? he was not approaching them. he was walking. he was not walking. he was walking parallel. did you see the video in. i ve seen the video. it doesn t matter if he walked past them. if he s within ten feet, he can turn and lunge and take your life. okay. well, let s ponder about how we move forward for this because i m certain the city of chicago this police officer has been charged with first-degree murder. prosecutors evidently think there s enough evidence to bring him to trial for this very serious