[chris37]

I am understanding that the dude was high on PCP. That’s a real dangerous situation.

That being said, I’m not exactly sure why they shit him at the time they shot him.

I cannot see that anyone’s life was in imminent danger, or that anyone was in danger of great bodily harm at the time of the shooting.

I also do not see the elements of 1st degree murder, but I am not sure exactly what Illinois law requires for that charge.

Anyway, I’m glad I’m not a cop, and I’m glad I don’t live in Chicago, and I don’t have any plans to use PCP and then play with knives in public.

[Alberta's Child]

The prosecutor may have "over-charged" in this case in order to make it easier for an acquittal. In an ideal scenario the cop gets fired, he doesn't go to prison, and the legal authorities have a ready-made defense against the professional malcontents:

"We charged him with first degree murder. What more could we possibly have done?"

[RitaOK]

PCP. Wasn’t that what Rodney King was on, in Los Angeles, where he became a gorilla against the officers?

Cops may have reason to believe he was on PCP. If so, a cop doesn’t dare give a guy time to arrive at nose to nose.

But, I didn’t see the video. 16 shots seems insane, or sheer panic, or both.