The cop was on scene less than 20 seconds before he opened fire on McDonald who appeared to be walking away from police.
Crowds beginning to gather and march in Chicago..............
We still don’t know exactly what happened and what threats may have been made in that 20 seconds. We do know that it was a bad enough situation, so much so, the LEO feared for his life.
Yes, he was walking away, high on PCP and with a knife. Let’s say the cop doesn’t shoot him and he gets away and stabs a bystander to death. Cops would have been criticized.
On the flip side, the cop continued to pump bullets into him after he hit the deck. Bad career move.
The way it should have played out is, one of the cops should have used a taser on him, with the second cop ready to fire his gun in the event the taser didn’t do the job and the perp charged them.
“The video does not support or condemn the 16 shots fired claim being made.”
I’d have to agree. It might be murder, but I’d think pretty hard to prove first degree.
It absolutely condemns more than 1 or 2 shots. Whether he was there for 20 secs or hours the suspect was down, no need to continue to shoot.
Hard to tell from the dash cam video and without audio or witness statements, but it appears to me the perp was striding briskly toward the cops, knife visible in his right hand. At the moment just prior to the shooting, he turns face on to them, as if to threaten. Doesn’t look like murder 1 or 2. In a different era, not even manslaughter.
The word you were looking for was inconclusive, dummy.