▁history ▁of ▁compla ints ▁in ▁his ▁police ▁career ▁but ▁was ▁cleared ▁in ▁most ▁cases . ▁After ▁the ▁ar ra ignment , ▁Herbert ▁said ▁he ▁was ▁looking ▁for ▁evidence ▁to ▁clear ▁his ▁client ' s ▁name . ▁ ▁On ▁January ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Herbert ▁accused ▁Chicago ' s ▁mayor ▁of ▁t ain ting ▁possible ▁jur ors , ▁as ▁he ▁considered ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁move ▁the ▁trial ▁outside ▁of ▁Cook ▁county : ▁ ▁It ' s ▁been ▁do z ens ▁and ▁do z ens ▁of ▁comments ▁where ▁[ R ah m ▁E manuel ] ▁essentially ▁ind icted ▁my ▁client . ▁He ' s ▁character ized ▁my ▁client ' s ▁actions ▁as ▁being ▁he in ous ▁without ▁even ▁seeing ▁the ▁vide ot ape . ▁So ▁when ▁the ▁mayor ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁pool ▁of ▁jur ors ▁is ▁drawn ▁from ▁has ▁taken ▁such ▁an ▁ad am ant ▁st ance , ▁it ▁makes ▁it ▁extremely ▁difficult ▁for ▁us ▁to ▁get ▁a ▁jur or ▁in ▁here ▁who ▁is ▁not ▁pre dis posed ▁to ▁a ▁finding ▁of ▁gu ilt . ▁ ▁If ▁conv icted ▁of ▁first - deg ree ▁murder , ▁Van ▁Dy ke ▁would ▁have ▁faced ▁a ▁prison ▁sentence ▁of ▁ 2 0 ▁years ▁to ▁life . ▁The ▁case ▁marked ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁nearly ▁ 3 5 ▁years ▁that ▁a ▁Chicago ▁police ▁officer ▁has ▁been ▁charged ▁with ▁first - deg ree ▁murder ▁for ▁an ▁on - d ut y ▁fatal ity . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 2 3 ,