The supervisor was one of about a dozen Chicago cops who shared their concerns with a Tribune reporter about what could happen in the city when a verdict is reached in the divisive case. Some worry that if Van Dyke is acquitted, there could be rioting and violence in some predominantly African-American communities of the city, many of which already have a deeply rooted distrust of the police after years of mistreatment and abuse. If he’s convicted, other officers wondered if police would become even more hesitant to do aggressive police work out of fear of being sued, indicted or fired.