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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 [View all]

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 [View all] 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