Every single person who is on any jury will call this murder.
The person shot was acting violently and erratically.
He refused to follow police commands.
He had a knife in his hand.
The number of rounds is almost irrelevant - they were fired very rapidly.
This is the first I have heard the “slim jim” reference. Can you post a source?
It might be manslaughter or negligent homicide. Murder is highly unlikely.
You just don’t get it. Here is the law and the expectations of society. Not reacting to a police officer is not grounds for him to kill you. Having a knife 15 feet away from an officer is not grounds for him to kill you. Acting violently and erratically is not grounds for him to kill you. But him shooting this man is grounds for murder.
You are a very confused person. If this person was a threat to someone else the officer could shoot to protect someone even himself. That was not the case. This person was in an empty street. There were about ten cops there with guns. The cop was in no danger. nobody else was in any danger. If the guy was a total loon and did not answer anything the cop said he is still not allowed to shoot.
So lets say this guy did lunge at the cop with a knife. The cop could shoot. But when the guy is down after two shots. He is again, in no danger to anyone. Now the next 14 shots are also murder, not manslaughter, but murder.
The reality is that this cop is a thug. He is not doing police work. He shot the first, using lethal force when not required for the safety of anyone, even with a knife.
Then the cops, everyone at the scene, lied and covered it up. THEY KNEW IT WAS WRONG. They hid the video. They paid off the family. There is nobody acting like this is the right thing to do. Nobody in Chicago is standing behind this cop except his family and lawyer.