--- description: City has until Nov. 25 to appeal title: Judge Orders Release of Laquan McDonald Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Judge Rules Video of Laquan McDonald's Shooting Can Be Made Public by [Josh Sanburn](/author/josh-sanburn/) ## Josh Sanburn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 19, 2015 9:26 PM CUT by [Josh Sanburn](/author/josh-sanburn/) ## Josh Sanburn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 19, 2015 9:26 PM CUT The [video](http://time.com/4112268/laquan-mcdonald-shooting-video-chicago-police/ "undefined") showing Chicago police shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times could be released following a judge’s ruling Thursday saying the city could not prove the video’s release would undermine an ongoing investigation into the incident. According to the Chicago [_Tribune_](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-judge-orders-release-of-video-showing-fatal-shooting-by-police-officer-20151119-story.html "undefined"), the city immediately asked Cook County Judge Franklin Valderrama to stay his decision. The judge set a deadline of Nov. 25 to release the video, allowing the city to appeal the decision in front of the Illinois Appellate Court. The video of the Oct. 20, 2014, incident was taken from a Chicago police car dash cam and is being sought by a freelance journalist through a Freedom of Information Act request. Two attorneys who have seen the video say it shows McDonald, a black teenager, being shot [16 times](http://time.com/4112268/laquan-mcdonald-shooting-video-chicago-police/ "undefined") by Jason Van Dyke, a white officer. Police say McDonald had PCP in his system and lunged at officers after refusing to drop a knife he was carrying. Lawyers who have viewed the video say McDonald was walking away from police when he was shot. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4121116/judge-rules-video-of-laquan-mcdonalds-shooting-can-be-made-public/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4121116/judge-rules-video-of-laquan-mcdonalds-shooting-can-be-made-public/"},"headline":"Judge Rules Video of Laquan McDonald's Shooting Can Be Made Public","datePublished":"2015-11-19T21:26:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:47:28.113Z","description":"Chicago police shot the 17-year-old 16 times","url":"https://time.com/4121116/judge-rules-video-of-laquan-mcdonalds-shooting-can-be-made-public/","keywords":["Crime","police","Race","chicago"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Josh Sanburn","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/josh-sanburn/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4121116/judge-rules-video-of-laquan-mcdonalds-shooting-can-be-made-public/","name":"Judge Rules Video of Laquan McDonald's Shooting Can Be Made Public"}}]}] ```