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'My focus was just on that knife': Chicago police officer who killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald testifies in own defense
The Chicago Police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014 became emotional when he took the stand in his own defense Tuesday, wiping away tears as he recalled details from the fatal shooting.
Jason Van Dyke, 40, testified about the crucial moments of the Oct.
20, 2014, encounter with McDonald, telling defense attorney Randy Rueckert that he believed the 17-year-old was coming towards him with a knife in his hand.
"We never lost eye contact.
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His eyes were bugging out of his face," Van Dyke said. "His face was expressionless. He turned his torso towards me."
Van Dyke said he told McDonald to drop the knife, but "he never dropped it."
At times, Van Dyke appeared nervous, struggling to answer prosecutor's questions and stumbling over his answers during cross-examination
When prosecutor Jody Gle