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Dashcam Video of Chicago Law Enforcement Shooting Teen

(MrFisk)
8 years 5 months ago

"The city of Chicago just released dash-cam footage that shows the shooting of 17-year-old African-American teen Laquan McDonald by white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the city's police department tried to keep the footage sealed for more than a year. The city settled with McDonald's family for $5 million in the months after the shooting, and, while the family's attorney saw the video, it was never made public. But last Thursday, in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by freelance journalist Brandon Smith, Cook County Judge Franklin Valderrama ordered the city to release the footage.

"I understand that people will be upset and will want to protest when they see this video," Emanuel said at a press on Tuesday before the video was released. "It's fine to be passionate, but it's essential to be peaceful."

The graphic dashboard video shows McDonald, who was carrying a knife, walking down the median of a highway in Chicago at night, parallel to several police cars stationed across the street. Van Dyke and one other officer are out of their car with guns drawn as McDonald gets closer.

Van Dyke shoots McDonald several times at close range. McDonald crumples to the pavement, and several bullets appear to hit the ground next to his body. Police then approach McDonald and kick the knife away from his hand."
https://news.vice.com/article/graphic-footage-shows-chicago-cop-facing-murder-charge-spray-teen-with-bullets