5 takeaways from the second day of the Jason Van Dyke trial

Chicago Tribune ^ | 9/18/2018 | Christy Gutowski, Jason Meisner, Stacy St. Clair and Megan CrepeauContact Reporters

[KeyLargo]

The long-awaited murder trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke continued Tuesday with key testimony from Van Dyke’s partner and other eyewitnesses in a racially fraught case that has roiled the city for nearly three years. Here are five takeaways from the second day of the trial:

4. " In a setback for the prosecution, Judge Vincent Gaughan tossed out the entire testimony of one prosecution witness. FBI forensic examiner Mark Messick made a slowed-down version of the dashcam video with arrows pointing to where he believed the bullets hit. But later he said on the stand he was not an expert in ballistics and that the arrows could only really indicate where he saw puffs of smoke. After a tense cross-examination, Gaughan ordered that his testimony be stricken from the record, so that jurors cannot consider it as evidence at all. “He has no background in what the smoke means,” Gaughan said."

[KeyLargo]

The Leftist Tribune had to report that the FBI make crap up.

"Gee, an FBI "expert" making up evidence and explanations as they go along? Passing off "enhanced" video as actual bullet impacts? Being unable to tell puffs of "smoke" from the "debris clouds" that occur when bullets ricochet off pavement?"

http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/

[arrogantsob]

If Van Dyke HIT the little thug with all 17 shots, give him a Gold Star.