Tuesday, November 24, 2015

LAQUAN McDONALD MURDER: POLICE FICTION versus DASH CAM VIDEO

Feeling Rebloggy


Police Officer Jason VanDyke "has been charged with murder for the death of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager who was shot 16 times after being stopped by officers on a Chicago street."
~BBC.COM







Here is how the police union described the shooting to the Chicago Tribune for 
an article published on October 21 2014:

...[Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Pat] Camden said of the teen. “[He] walked up to a car and stabbed the tire of the car and kept walking.”
Officers remained in their car and followed McDonald as he walked south on Pulaski Road. More officers arrived and police tried to box the teen in with two squad cars, Camden said. McDonald punctured one of the squad car’s front passenger-side tires and damaged the front windshield, police and Camden said.
Officers got out of their car and began approaching McDonald, again telling him to drop the knife, Camden said. The boy allegedly lunged at police, and one of the officers opened fire."
from thinkprogress.org 
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/11/24/3725699/what-police-said-about-the-killing-of-laquan-mcdonald-before-the-video-showed-what-really-happened/



In the link below, a second by second account of the murder
if you don't want to watch McDonald's murder in the video below     
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34917287








Is anybody investigating the officers responsible for the multi-level cover-up?

After the shooting, according to Jay Darshane, the District Manager for Burger King, four to five police officers wearing blue and white shirts entered the restaurant and asked to view the video and were given the password to the equipment. Three hours later they left, he said.

The next day, when an investigator from the Independent Police Review Authority asked to view the security footage, it was discovered that the 86 minutes of video was missing. 
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/burger-king-confirms-chicago-police


On McDonald's 16 wounds
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-laquan-mcdonalds-wounds-20150414-htmlstory.html

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