TYT: Chicago Cop Charged With Murder After Shooting Footage Released [View all]

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Officer Jason Van Dyke has been charged with murder over a year after shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. A judge ruled that footage of the shooting be released. The footage showed that the officer’s claim of the victim lunging at him was a lie. Cenk Uygur, hosts of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"After a prolonged legal battle, Chicago police released a video of one of their officers, Jason Van Dyke, shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times Wednesday.
The video shows McDonald carrying a small knife, walking away from Van Dyke before the officer opens fire. The entire shooting took about 15 seconds, and McDonald was lying on the ground for 13 of them. An officer appears to kick at McDonald’s body after shooting him.
Van Dyke was finally charged with first degree murder more than a year after the shooting. Though State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez has had the video for a year, the charges came days after a judge ordered the police to release the damning footage. City leaders quickly started scrambling to do damage control ahead of the release, realizing the video’s contents would inflame longstanding rage against Chicago PD’s rampant abuses. Chicago police killed more people than any other comparably sized police departments from 2010 to 2014.”*

Read more here: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/11/24/3725633/laquan-mcdonald-shooting-video/