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La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 11:13 AM Aug 2016

Finally some possible justice regarding Laquan Mcdonald

CHICAGO — Chicago’s police superintendent called for the firing of seven officers for their response to a colleague’s fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in 2014, a case that incited widespread protests here and led to accusations of a cover-up.

The decision by Superintendent Eddie Johnson, announced Thursday morning by a Police Department spokesman, comes nearly two years after Officer Jason Van Dyke fired 16 shots at Mr. McDonald, who was 17 and African-American.


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/us/laquan-mcdonald-chicago-police.html?_r=0


Also some details of the cover up from if folks have forgotten the extent of it. I, for one, did not remember the burger king cover up.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/11/laquan-mcdonald-chicago-police-shooting-video-explainer
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Finally some possible justice regarding Laquan Mcdonald (Original Post) La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2016 OP
16 shots into someone many of them while he's laying on the ground... that's rage... not just fear uponit7771 Aug 2016 #1

uponit7771

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1. 16 shots into someone many of them while he's laying on the ground... that's rage... not just fear
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 06:44 PM
Aug 2016

... and most likely he's not the only one in Chi town like that.

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