Officials in Chicago urged protesters to be "peaceful" as a dash-cam video showing a white Chicago police officer shooting and killing a black teenager was released Tuesday. A state prosecutor said the release prompted her to move up the announcement of the officer’s murder charge out of concern the footage would spark violence.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the first-degree murder charge against Jason Van Dyke, who shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times on Oct. 20, 2014, represented a "challenge" to the city, but that it also represented a moment of "understanding and learning."
"It is fine to be passionate, but it is essential to remain peaceful," he told reporters at a news conference late Tuesday.
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They leave out the guy was on PCP smashing police cruiser windows and slashing with a knife.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteThey leave out the guy was on PCP smashing police cruiser windows and slashing with a knife.
November 25, 2015 at 10:01 AM
even if that is true it has nothing to do with the cop murdering him
Murder is when one person deliberately attacks another without provocation, with the intent to kill him. The thug was attempting to commit murder.
DeleteTherefore, the cop didn't murder him, he defended himself with deadly force from a rabid animal.
Somebody attacks me like that, I could care less if he is white, black, or Romulan, he's getting a hot lead injection.
I don't blame the officer and I hope he gets off. That kid was a thug and anyone who sympathizes with his type are horrid people themselves. They should be elated the useless eater is gone. And don't kid yourself. He will amount to nothing other than a criminal. The way they are killing EACH other off in Chicago and every other big city the cops have every reason to not give these thugs the benefit of the doubt. The cop didn't know if he had a gun and the way he swung around was too quick to see what was in his hands. That thug who was a terrorist going around terrorizing the neighborhood is rotting in hell and so will anyone who defends him because God hates those who lay in bed with the devil. This is why blacks are killing each other like they are. God is punishing them because they have turned their backs on Him. You don't go Hallujuahing and Amening on Sunday and then take up for thugs the next day. It doesn't work that way and God is showing you it. Keep digging the graves until the immoral people straighten themselves out.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the cop supposed to do let the knife wielding nut job high on drugs go ? The cop was trigger happy but he has to deal with hostility and hatred in the work place everyday.
ReplyDeleteVideo released - cop (bad or good cop) charged with 1st Degree Murder. They still protest. For what?
ReplyDeleteThis is tantamount to everybody canceling their mail because one USPS employee goes "postal".
They just want to loot. Period.
The cop was wrong but so was the thug.
ReplyDeleteMurder is when one person deliberately attacks another without provocation, with the intent to kill him. The thug was attempting to commit murder.
ReplyDeleteTherefore, the cop didn't murder him, he defended himself with deadly force from a rabid animal.
Somebody attacks me like that, I could care less if he is white, black, or Romulan, he's getting a hot lead injection.
November 25, 2015 at 11:30 AM
thats just what the cop did. the 'thug' was walking AWAY from any cop, he was no threat to anyone. the cop just opens up on him and doesn't stop until he has 16 bullets in him, nost while he was lying on the ground.
granted, this 'thug' was no model citizen but he did not deserve that. his family has already gotten a 5 million settlement even before this goes to trial.
keep apologizing for these criminal cops. one day they will be coming at you.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteVideo released - cop (bad or good cop) charged with 1st Degree Murder. They still protest. For what?
This is tantamount to everybody canceling their mail because one USPS employee goes "postal".
They just want to loot. Period.
November 25, 2015 at 2:28 PM
they are protesting that this guy got shot 16 times. plenty of cops have been charged, but most don't get convicted. so what would a mere arrest pacify them, especailly since it took over a year to do so,AND release the dash cam? some of you just dont get it
"...they are protesting that this guy got shot 16 times...", you say?
DeleteThen forget about the hundreds of Blacks killed in Chicago this year. Forget about them.
But consider this: A Nine-year-old is brutally murdered after being lured down an alley, in retribution for his father's making a bad deal on a drug buy. How brutal? There was gunshot residue where the bastard out the gun to his head and shot.
Not a whimper of protest to this. None.
Which crime do you think is worse? One bad apple on the force - maybe with rage problems, and just goes off. Or a thug murdering an innocent child in cold blood?
You can look through your rose-colored glasses if you like, but I'm telling you that these people just want to loot and cause trouble.
5:00 You obviously didn't view the video. He was NOT merely just "walking AWAY." He was walking away but suddenly and very quickly did an about face and swung around facing the officer. He was then shot.
ReplyDeleteTo say he was "walking away" when he was shot is a falsehood.
Watch the video.
This is why he wasn't charged sooner and I think it is going to be very hard to get a conviction. The thug made a very aggressive move and who can blame the officer for shooting.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDelete5:00 You obviously didn't view the video. He was NOT merely just "walking AWAY." He was walking away but suddenly and very quickly did an about face and swung around facing the officer. He was then shot.
To say he was "walking away" when he was shot is a falsehood.
Watch the video.
This is why he wasn't charged sooner and I think it is going to be very hard to get a conviction. The thug made a very aggressive move and who can blame the officer for shooting.
November 25, 2015 at 6:01 PM
No, YOU watch it again and open your eyes and your brain this time. He SPUN around because that is when the first shot hit him.
You know what, just don't even talk to me anymore. I am so tired of the type of non-thinking comments from people like you. And you have plenty of company.
The cop did the world a service, drug addicts are a drain on society and need to be exterminated.
ReplyDeleteHe tried to kill a woman and then a cop.
ReplyDeleteYou can look through your rose-colored glasses if you like, but I'm telling you that these people just want to loot and cause trouble.
ReplyDeleteNovember 25, 2015 at 10:33 PM
Both are terrible and neither justifies the other. You are trying to equate cops killing people with criminals killing people. While cops are criminals at times they are SUPPOSED to be held to a higher standard so that comparison is nonsense.
It doesn't matter if there is a protest for one killing and no protest for another killing. If you or anyone else feels there should be a protest, go start one.
Cops represent the state (govt) and when they kill indiscriminately there is cause for alarm. Saying it's ok for cops to kill certain people, or trying to justify these killings by comparing them to criminal acts is lowering the standard for police. Ever hear the saying, 'two wrongs don't make a right'?
I don't think we should expect inner city terrorists to be any more peaceful than Islamic terrorists.
ReplyDeleteBLM and Occupy Wall street are the same group of anarchists.
ReplyDeleteNever saw the video and do not intend to go looking for it.
ReplyDeleteHowever if there was no wrongdoing then why was the video suppressed for over a year and the police force having to change stories?