Chicago officer, charged with murdering black teen, posts bond

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Chicago officer, charged with murdering black teen, posts bond
Reuters
By Mary Wisniewski and Justin Madden
9 hours ago

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A white Chicago police officer, charged with murdering a black teenager, posted bond on Monday afternoon as protests continued over a patrol car's dashboard camera video that showed the officer shooting the teen 16 times.

Protesters including NAACP President Cornell William Brooks were arrested on Monday, according to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Demonstrators have objected strongly to the 13-month delay in releasing the video and charging the officer for the 2014 shooting.

Police officer Jason Van Dyke appeared in shackles at Monday's hearing, where Cook County Criminal Court Associate Judge Donald Panarese, Jr. set bail at $1.5 million, of which 10 percent had to be posted.

The police union president said union members were helping Van Dyke's family raise the amount needed for Van Dyke to get out of jail.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-police-officer-charged-killing-black-teen-appear-142450563.html

[williesgirl]

1. How can you post bond on a MURDER charge?

[Igel]

2. Don't you mean, "How can they set bail on a murder charge?"

Once bail's set, posting bond becomes a matter of numbers.


It doesn't strike me as strange, setting bail for a murder charge. All depends on how the judge evaluates his flight risk. If the guy had no family or connections, if there were multiple murders of a particularly heinous manner, if the guy was at high risk of flight then "no bail".