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Graphic Video Shows Chicago Police Shooting of 17-Year Old
Bonnie King Salem-News.comWARNING: This video contains graphic violence.
 17-year old Laquan McDonald before he was fatally shot, 16 times. Photo: from video |
(CHICAGO) - ILLINOIS: 17-year old Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer in October 2014 and the police dashcam video was released Tuesday.
A judge had ordered the city to release the disturbing video by Wednesday, but a version was leaded to ABC7 Chicago Eyewitness News on Tuesday morning, so the Chicago police moved up the scheduled release.
ABC7 Chicago Eyewitness News did not air the video until it was officially released due to their concern for public safety. The full video, unedited, is almost 6-minutes long. A short version is below.
Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with First degree murder. He is being held without bail.
The video was made available via a request of the Freedom of Information Act, filed by a freelance journalist.
The victim's family did not want the video to be released. A statement from the McDonald's said, "This is a difficult time for us. As we have said in the past, while we would prefer that the video not be released we understand that a court has ordered otherwise..."
"We ask for calm in Chicago. No one understands the anger more than us but if you choose to speak out, we urge you to be peaceful. Don't resort to violence in Laquan's name. Let his legacy be better than that," McDonald's family said.
Chicago officials have voiced concern about the possibility of civil unrest, and in keeping with that real possibility, the McDonald family called for peaceful protests.
Tuesday, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez described the video in court: "At 9:57:36, McDonald has crossed over the white lane divider away from the officers, and Officer Van Dyke has taken at least one step towards McDonald with his weapon drawn.
"The officer then opened fire on Laquan, whose arm jerks, his body spins around and he falls to the ground. While Laquan is falling to the ground the defendant takes at least one more step towards him, at which point the angle of the dash camera changes and we can no longer see the officer in the frame of the video.
"Two seconds later, Laquan McDonald is lying on the street on his right side, and the video captures what appears to be two puffs of smoke coming from the ground near his body. These puffs of smoke were later identified as clouds of debris caused by the fired bullets. At 9:57:51, McDonald is still lying on the street and the last visible shot is fired."
Then, there is a pause as Van Dyke reloads his gun. His partner tells him to hold fire and then walks over to McDonald and kicks away the teenager's knife.
In court documents, Anita Alvarez said Van Dyke acted "without legal justification and with the intent to kill or do great bodily harm, Jason D. Van Dyke personally discharged a firearm that proximately cause the death of LaQuan McDonald."
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIOLENCE: The entire video is available here: GRAPHIC VIDEO OF POLICE SHOOTING
Sources: abc7chicago; Chicago Police Department; CBSN; other sources
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jeremy December 9, 2015 10:27 am (Pacific time)
it never ceases to amaze how all the mouth flapping idiots in this country for some reason blame obama for everything bad that happens and is happening. Why is this? Is it just too much fox news watching? Or are people really that dumb and short- sighted now? Sad day for america. Obama is just another powerless figurehead, who is only around to give people the illusion that they have some choice over who rules them. Guess what? you don't. The real rulers are behind the scenes directing traffic. They throw sensational unimportant tidbits out now and again, to give all the mouth breathers something to gnash and wail about, so they won't see the bars of the prison being built around them until it is too late. As far as the shooting goes, so just because it happened last year, it is no longer of any importance? BS! It is just sad that the crooked govt of chicago(headed by that sellout dual- citizen rahm emanuel) was able to suppress the story for so long.
Anonymous December 4, 2015 7:03 am (Pacific time)
That shooting happened last year. These scumbag politicians got their marching orders from Obama to released it to start the riots again. The riots are not about justice. It's about rioting, burning stuff, harass people, insult the police. The should be all recognized as a terrorist organization. Obama made this happen, that what he wants. Gives him a reason to take our guns and that's what he wants. Obama should be arrested for many crimes and misdemeanors. He is dividing our country like no other president in history. And he was not even born in the US and I don't even think that he is an American citizen
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