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Raw Video: Chicago Police dashcam video of Laquan McDonald shooting
You Tube ^ | 11/24/2015

Posted on 11/24/2015 5:03:03 PM PST by hole_n_one

McDonald runs towards one police cruiser while brandishing a knife, a 2nd cruiser rolls up, cop steps out walks towards McDonald and proceeds to shoot him 16 times.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: badcopnodonut; chicagaopd; chicago; goodriddance; illinois; laquanmcdonald; lookwhohatescops; thugcops
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To: Impy

well said, imp ... pretty much nails it


121 posted on 11/25/2015 7:38:46 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: hole_n_one

Save yourself some time...nothing happens until 5:30 on the tape.


122 posted on 11/25/2015 8:05:45 AM PST by patriot08 (4th geneneration Texan (girl type))
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To: sickoflibs

It’s horrible Sick - the cop needs to go to prison with other common killers. Just because he’s wearing a uniform doesn’t mean he’s not a criminal on the inside.


123 posted on 11/25/2015 9:12:14 AM PST by GOPJ ("Why does global warming only turn Muslims into terrorists?" - - Erick Erickson)
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To: USNBandit

I want to see how they get first degree murder out of that. Is first degree still premeditated in Illinois?

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In this case first degree murder is being used as anti riot insurance, the same as the $5 million payout to the family.


124 posted on 11/25/2015 9:18:24 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: PLMerite

You know the money that comes into Chicago that week. It’s not the rad techs... It’s the radiologists wives shopping on Michigan Ave.


125 posted on 11/25/2015 9:55:57 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Moonman62

No riot now. Does Illinois allow juries to convict of lesser charges? Attempted murder acquittal got us the Rodney King riots.


126 posted on 11/25/2015 9:57:40 AM PST by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: ctdonath2
You back that claim up.

Here is the backup. You do your own search (I did) and you will find MANY cities have the policy to empty their gun once they begin firing; and I think it IS a good policy! Type in Google search "officers trained to unload guns".

127 posted on 11/25/2015 3:12:37 PM PST by celmak (GO TED CRUZ !!!)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; PhilCollins; SJackson

Maybe charging 1st. Degree Murder is a way of getting a plea bargain or getting the perp to plead to 2nd degree murder.

The cop was trigger happy.


128 posted on 11/25/2015 5:30:26 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (The barbarians are inside because there are no gaits)
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To: sickoflibs

“Who can support this?”

A few chuckleheads it looks like.

Like I said I’m not unhappy the thug is dead but from what I see on the tape it’s hard to claim this as a justified shooting.


129 posted on 11/25/2015 5:35:41 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

More likely an attempt to head off civil unrest and political reprecussions. They’ve had it for a year, and they decide to overcharge within a day or two of the dashcam tapes release, I don’t buy it. Though the shooting appears to be problematical in the video, I don’t buy 1st degree murder, and if there aren’t lesser charges filed, they’re asking for an acquittal. Of course none of this know what other evidence there is, but it’s reasonable to assume if it was compelling, charges would have been brought long ago.


130 posted on 11/26/2015 7:11:41 AM PST by SJackson (Everybody has a plan until they get hit. Mike Tyson)
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To: Impy
Like I said I’m not unhappy the thug is dead but from what I see on the tape it’s hard to claim this as a justified shooting.

While I share part of your feelings, what if he'd stopped after two shots. Suspect acting strangely, refusing to stop, brandishing a knife, didn't react to a taser. Can you shoot him twice in those circumstances? Three or four rounds? Justified? I think so, and since the first two shots were likely fatal, whatever offence the next 14 might constitute, some apparently fired when he was on the ground, it would take a lot to convince me it was murder at all, much less 1st degree. Of course there may be more we don't know

131 posted on 11/26/2015 7:16:31 AM PST by SJackson (Everybody has a plan until they get hit. Mike Tyson)
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