Dashcam Video of Chicago Law Enforcement Shooting Teen

"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
siftbotsays...

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bobknight33says...

Looks like he pulled a knife out when the cop or was he just fixing his pants and had it in his hands along?

If I'm not mistaken cops like to keep a safety zone of 21 feet of space. The kid clearly was within that zone.


As wrong as this is the kid should have complied.

newtboysays...

Clearly, from the article, not a single one, anywhere in the department, from top to bottom, "outed" this murderer, and instead they covered it up, destroyed evidence, fabricated a story and repeated the line 'he was unfortunately killed by a single gunshot to the chest' all the way up. Not one 'good cop' to be found. As I see it, anyone in the department who's hands touched this are co-conspirators after the fact, and need to be charged themselves to the fullest extent of the law. It's only because of complicity of others that cops think, correctly, that they can get away with murdering citizens and claiming self defense. That makes them as much of the problem as the murderers.
Prosecute them all...right up to and including the chief...since they all knew the self defense, single shot story was BS (they had this video) but they continued to shield him by repeating it publicly and in official legal documents.

EDIT: It should be noted that without a complaining witness coming forward, (one that was forcibly removed from the scene and NEVER interviewed, just like every other civilian witness) and without the lucky happenstance that they didn't erase the dash cam footage like they did to other footage, for example the security camera footage from nearby restaurants, there would NEVER be charges for this 'officer', since his entire force covered up the crime.

eric3579said:

Wonder how many "good cops" on the scene outed this murderer.
http://chicagoreporter.com/how-chicago-tried-to-cover-up-a-police-execution/

articiansays...

What's great that no one seems to have touched on in the media yet is that under most common day laws pretty much every cop could technically be convicted of being complicit in murder, an accessory to a hate crime, et al. Silence and solidarity didn't used to be tolerated from criminals.

Lawdeedawsays...

As can any citizen who knows the no snitch code. I for one don't agree with keeping quiet, so I am glad certain justices are being followed up upon. 25 years ago this wouldn't have been prosecuted for lack of evidence. But body cameras and dashboard cameras are doing their job, which makes me happy.

I remember a retarded sifter, I forget who, once said that dashcams are FOR the cops...I laughed and wondered what shit he/she was on...of course they are not for the cops, as they rarely exonerate them, but often condemn them. This change was done on purpose, so be glad for that and hope for more change.

articiansaid:

What's great that no one seems to have touched on in the media yet is that under most common day laws pretty much every cop could technically be convicted of being complicit in murder, an accessory to a hate crime, et al. Silence and solidarity didn't used to be tolerated from criminals.

articiansays...

I am also happy at the positive changes. I hope the culture changes as well; that will be harder.

Also, I can kind of see where that sifter might have been coming from, maybe, because I first assumed the patrol car cameras (and especially the body cams) were under the control of the officers. Once I learned it's mostly not under their control, and seeing case after case of their positive affect on officer behavior, I changed my mind pretty quick.

I used to be more of a pessimist about a lot of these things, but I've seen some sweeping changes in society over the last 10 years that have really changed me around.

Lawdeedawsaid:

But body cameras and dashboard cameras are doing their job, which makes me happy.

I forget who, once said that dashcams are FOR the cops...

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