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Tomorrow, former-chicago police officer jason van dyke is set to be released from state prison in illinois after serving just over three years, only half his original sentence for murder until the shooting death of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald. now, many people expressing outrage at van tykes early release, and demanding that he face federal civil rights charges. more on this story from cnns omar jimenez. >> reporter: now, its 16 shots and an early release. former-chicago police officer jason van...

Worked for. we never asked for revenge. we ask for justice. >> reporter: the protest in 2015 centered on what was deemed a cover up. police, initially, claimed mcdonald pointed a knife at van tyke in october 2014. dash-cam video released over a year later showed something different. mcdonald moving away from van dyke, with his back turned, before being shot 16 times. do you think you would have gotten a conviction here if not for the existence of -- of that dash-cam video? >> no. the narrative w...