Protests in Chicago have ramped up a notch.

LISTEN ABOVE: Zac Stafford from The Guardian joins Larry Williams to discuss what is happening in Chicago.

Hundreds of people had peacefully turned out in support of Laquan (l'CON) McDonald, a black man shot 16 times by a white police officer last year.

Now police are having to act to keep them from interrupting the city.

A trial for the officer accused of murder, Jason Van Dyke, is underway - and today police were ordered to publicly release a dash cam video of the shooting.

The Guardian's Zac Stafford said the footage shows him walking away from officers, and not being threatening or provoking at all.