Defense attorney Dan Herbert representing Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke who fatally shot Armed Troubled Black Boy, Laquan McDonald wants the case moved out of Chicago - Cites Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's derogatory public comments on this case and the fact the video of the shooting has been played closed to a million times already on the Chicago airwaves

An attorney for a white Chicago policeman charged with murder in the shooting death of a black teenager said Friday he will seek a change of venue, arguing that comments Mayor Rahm Emanuel made jeopardize his client's chances of a fair trial.

Jason Van Dyke appeared at a preliminary court hearing Friday for the first time since a grand jury indicted him earlier this week. He faces six counts of first-degree murder and one of official misconduct in the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. The judge scheduled his arraignment for Dec. 29.

Release of a video showing Van Dyke shooting McDonald 16 times has triggered persistent protests, forced the resignation of the city's police chief and put the entire Police Department under a wide-ranging civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. A few people confronted Van Dyke as he left the court Friday, shouting profanities and pounding on the black pickup truck in which he departed.

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