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Raw Video: Chicago Police dashcam video of Laquan McDonald shooting
You Tube ^ | 11/24/2015

Posted on 11/24/2015 5:03:03 PM PST by hole_n_one

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To: hole_n_one

FIRST DEGREE...?

There ARE some questions, here, sure, but I’m to believe the cop PREMEDITATED this..?

That’s ridiculous, and it sounds like a prosecutor trying to kiss BLM a$s.

SMELLS LIKE FERGUSON.


21 posted on 11/24/2015 5:19:42 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Ronald_Magnus

Does a taser work on PCP guys?

I’ll tell you this. I don’t want to get in taser range of a guy on PCP with a knife to find out.

I don’t want to do that at all.


22 posted on 11/24/2015 5:19:44 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: kingu

Fear for his life with the first shot or two. After that, we don’t know what he was thinking.


23 posted on 11/24/2015 5:19:54 PM PST by Timpanagos1
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To: chris37
The prosecutor may have "over-charged" in this case in order to make it easier for an acquittal. In an ideal scenario the cop gets fired, he doesn't go to prison, and the legal authorities have a ready-made defense against the professional malcontents:

"We charged him with first degree murder. What more could we possibly have done?"

24 posted on 11/24/2015 5:21:05 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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To: Fai Mao

Maybe they’ll burn down Grove Parc Plaza.


25 posted on 11/24/2015 5:22:51 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: cripplecreek

I only became familiar with this today when a breaking news flash announced the video release. But, in the video you can see some apparent evidence that shots hit the road surface in front of the guy’s by then prone body. If he had a knife and went down after a few shots, it would seem reasonable to stop at that point. Dunno, just glad it’s not me confronting street thugs.

I admit I know few of the facts and will wait to see what emerges as evidence and not as speculation.

Now in general, consider a thought experiment where the race roles are reversed. Large urban underclass of hyper violent white males who present a constant challenge to a largely black police force. Is there any reason to assume you would have either more or less incidents like this?

Discuss among yourselves.


26 posted on 11/24/2015 5:22:59 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Fai Mao

No, please no, my granddaughter and her husband live and work there. She loves it. Well, did.


27 posted on 11/24/2015 5:23:52 PM PST by Aliska
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To: hole_n_one

I see that their are protests on Michigan avenue on CNN right now.
Mark my words, there will not be violence or looting anywhere near the magnificent mile or the loop. Maybe somewhere in the projects, but not Michigan Ave. Folks won’t put up with it.


28 posted on 11/24/2015 5:23:53 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: Timpanagos1
We do know that it was a bad enough situation, so much so, the LEO feared for his life.

The dash-cam shows no credible threat to any of the of the officers.

29 posted on 11/24/2015 5:24:00 PM PST by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: Theoria

Must be hard to hire cops in Chicago.


30 posted on 11/24/2015 5:24:33 PM PST by Jedidah
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To: chris37

Exactly, and that’s why the second cop should be ready to blast the perp if the taser is ineffective because of the PCP.

Also this:

“The law enforcement model, Taser X-26, has a maximum effective range of 25 feet and fires a 5-second cycle.”


31 posted on 11/24/2015 5:25:07 PM PST by Ronald_Magnus
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To: Alberta's Child

Well, that is a valid point, but what if the cop is found guilty of 1st degree murder, and the conviction is upheld?

I don’t think I would have fired. But I don’t know. A person can close the gap real quick with a knife, and then you are in real trouble even with a gun.

And I have no idea how fast someone on PCP can move, or if such a person will even notice that they got shot.

This seems like a problematic shooting, but PCP kind changes it into a really volatile situation.

Did the cop who shot know the guy was on PCP?

I don’t know.


32 posted on 11/24/2015 5:26:37 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: Alberta's Child
The prosecutor may have "over-charged" in this case

There is no forethought and malice that I can detect form the video. First degree is an overreach if there is not much more evidence.

33 posted on 11/24/2015 5:26:44 PM PST by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: Jedidah

First degree murder has to be pre planed..????


34 posted on 11/24/2015 5:28:17 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: forgotten man
"We are not Africans. Those people are not Africans. They don't know a thing about Africa, with names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap. And all of them are in jail." --- Bill Cosby, in his infamous speech to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court

It's a little disappointing that "Laquan" didn't make Cosby's list.

35 posted on 11/24/2015 5:28:28 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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To: cripplecreek

Once you look at the video you might agree with the charge. It is hard to tell though from the video if there is a pause in the gunfire. It has been said the officer shot the victim a couple of times. Then paused. Then unloaded the rest of the clip.
It is interesting to note that if video did not exist, the officer would still be on the force.


36 posted on 11/24/2015 5:28:49 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: RetiredTexasVet

LOL! And this isn’t funny, but lol.


37 posted on 11/24/2015 5:29:20 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: hole_n_one

If true, he shot this guy 16 times...he deserves prison. If it were you or I, we’d be facing charges as well. 1..2..3 the suspect prolly wouldn’t be getting up. If he did...4.


38 posted on 11/24/2015 5:29:48 PM PST by servantboy777
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To: 2banana

Not knowing the case...

What was it, besides brandishing a knife and not following orders, was Loquan supposed to have done?

What precipitated the police being called?

Seems kind of harsh to unload on the guy when there were more than enough police on the scene to take him into custody without shooting him.


39 posted on 11/24/2015 5:30:00 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Ronald_Magnus

Personally, I think they probably should have tried something else before open firing.

I don’t know what that would be, maybe bean bag gun or something.

I certainly wouldn’t want a dog sent in, because I love dogs, even police dogs, and I wouldn’t want one stabbed by some PCPed out demon.

But seems like they shoulda tried something.

All I can say is that i am really glad this is not my job.

Holy Heck.


40 posted on 11/24/2015 5:30:01 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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