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Fire For Effect
Nov. 25th, 2015 11:25 amHere in the Chicago area, the Chicago PD, under heavy legal pressure, released the video of Laquan McDonald getting shot 16 times by Officer Jason Van Dyke. The shooting happened 14 months ago, but we're just now seeing it. The video is all over the Internet - Google it if you want to see it.
I'll tell you what it shows. It shows an execution. Van Dyke fired 10 seconds after arriving on scene, and was in no way threatened. The various governing bodies of the City of Chicago, who've had this video for over a year, knew that almost immediately, and paid $5 million of city taxpayer funds to the McDonald family before a lawsuit was filed.
There is clearly a problem, and not just in Chicago, but nationwide, over how we as a society deal with over-aggressive police.
I'll tell you what it shows. It shows an execution. Van Dyke fired 10 seconds after arriving on scene, and was in no way threatened. The various governing bodies of the City of Chicago, who've had this video for over a year, knew that almost immediately, and paid $5 million of city taxpayer funds to the McDonald family before a lawsuit was filed.
There is clearly a problem, and not just in Chicago, but nationwide, over how we as a society deal with over-aggressive police.
