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October 20th, 2014, chicago police respond to calls of an erratic man with a knife. six seconds after exiting a police car officer jason van dyke fires, striking mcdonald 16 times. but this is not the story officers tell that night. the police union spokesman gives the first police account. 17-year-old mcdonald was shot once in the chest after lunging after police. going at one of the officers. at this point the officer defends himself. reporter: an autopsy the following day shows of the 16 shots, 9 entered mcdonald s back. officer van dyke, the only cop who fired goes on paid desk duty. van dyke has 20 complaints against him, 10 of them use of force complaints. all of this goes unreported as the public accepts the police police explanation and the dash cam video is sealed. all of this as mayor rahm emanuel is in the middle of the most contentious chicago mayoral ....

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