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CHICAGO mdash; Prosecutors on Monday showed jurors video of a white Chicago police officer opening fire on black teenager Laquan McDonald, saying the 2014 fatal shooting was completely unnecessary. The video shows Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting McDonald 16 times as the 17-year-old, carrying a small knife in one hand, walks away from officers.Special prosecutor Joseph McMahon told jurors that not a single shot was necessary or justified before showing them the video 15 minutes into his opening statement as the trial got underway. But defense attorney Daniel Her air force 1 bert argued that Van Dyke is not a murderer. ... He is a scared police officer who was fearful for his life and the life of others and acted as he was trained to do. Herbert painted a picture of McDonald as a crazed young man who had attacked a truck driver and a squad car and had tried to get into two restaurants. He said McDonald had flicked his folding knife open again when Van Dyke pulled up. McD jordan onald was planning to attack again, Herbert said. He s not trying to escape. He and McMahon both noted McDonald had the hallucinogenic drug PCP in his system. But McMahon said Van Dyke didn t know that mdash; or anything else about McDonald s background. Yet Van Dyke opened fire just six seconds after getting out of his squad car, McMahon said. What he did see was a black boy walking down a street with a cha adidas og in link fence with the audacity to ignore the police, McMahon