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Black 17-year old shot 16 times

  • Mercedes Jackson
  • Nov 26, 2015
  • 1 min read

This past Tuesday video footage of Police officer named Jason Van Dyke shot 17-year old male 16 times. McDonald had a 3-inch knife and, according to toxicology tests, had PCP in his system. Yet he wasn't within 10 feet of anyone at the time the shots rang out. Several other officers were at the scene with Van Dyke, and none of them fired any shots. Van Dyke is to be charged with first degree murder and Mcdonald family won a $5 million settlement from the city.

The shooting happen in 2014 and the video is just not getting released is straight crazy. I just hope the riots don't begin in Chicago because I think it would be worse in Ferguson.

"Like many Americans, I was deeply disturbed by the footage of the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald," President Barack Obama said in a statement Wednesday.

"This Thanksgiving, I ask everybody to keep those who've suffered tragic loss in our thoughts and prayers, and to be thankful for the overwhelming majority of men and women in uniform who protect our communities with honor. And I'm personally grateful to the people of my hometown for keeping protests peaceful," Obama said.

Below is the video of the shooting.


 
 
 

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