McDonald Shooting: Justifiable ? Or Not ?

[protectionist]

Everyone seems to be saying that the shooting by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke of Laquan McDonald was unjustified.
I'm not so sure about that. Reviewing the video, it looks like the the kid WAS a threat to the cop. Through the whole video, the kid has his left hand in his pocket. No one can know if he has a gun in his left hand, inside that pocket. Suddenly, he spun around and took his hand out of the pocket. That's the way shooters do it (to conceal the gun behind their body just as they shoot)

What if the kid had a gun in that left hand and fired it ? (which the cop couldn't see). We'd now have a dead cop. Let's remember the cop has only a second to think, the kid engaged in a very threatening movement, when he suddenly turned around, and his hand was still in his pocket at the time of the turnaround.

The number of shots fired, does seem to be excessive, but let's not forget the stakes involved here for the cop, as we safely watch the video, that if anything goes wrong with this. Those stakes are his life.

I would be interested to see videos of other encounters similar to this, where a suspect with hand in pocket suddenly turns about and fires a gun, killing a cop. Then everyone says the cop should have shot him.

 

[Tank]

All that matters is the cop is white and the kid is black

 

[oreo]

The video clearly shows the kid walking away from the cops. They nor anyone else was in any imminent danger. It's first degree murder for a reason. Then this cop unloaded 16 bullets into him. I can't believe it took them a year to release this video.

Just stop with the bull-shit, even cops are saying it was murder and in no way justified.

 

[ogibillm]

All that matters is the cop is white and the kid is black

and that the cop shot him 16 times, some when he was lying on the ground, without provocation. that matters the most.

 

[2aguy]

The video clearly shows the kid walking away from the cops. They nor anyone else was in any imminent danger. It's first degree murder for a reason. Then this cop unloaded 16 bullets into him. I can't believe it took them a year to release this video.

Just stop with the bull-shit, even cops are saying it was murder and in no way justified.

You can't believe it?....rahm emanuel had an election to win.....so of course they didn't release the video.....

 

[ninja007]

novel idea! MAYBE the kid should have stopped and put his hands up and obeyed the police?

 

[Neser Boha]

novel idea! MAYBE the kid should have stopped and put his hands up and obeyed the police?

Since when is killing someone for walking away from the Police justified? Where do you live? In Saudi Arabia?

Novel idea! Maybe there shouldn't be as many callous racist motherfuckers like you around for this civilisation of ours to actually work!

 

[guno]

This is a very thin line between cops and the criminals.

 

[2aguy]

This is a very thin line between cops and the criminals.

No...no there isn't.

 

[ninja007]

novel idea! MAYBE the kid should have stopped and put his hands up and obeyed the police?

Since when is killing someone for walking away from the Police justified? Where do you live? In Saudi Arabia?

Novel idea! Maybe there shouldn't be as many callous racist motherfuckers like you around for this civilisation of ours to actually work!

you are not too smart are you, lib? I said if he obeyed orders he'd be alive today.

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

The Police erased another video of the Incident because they were trying to Obstruct Justice

Burger King Confirms Chicago Police Deleted Video Of McDonald Shooting
Source: Crooks And Liars

On the heels of dashcam footage of the Laquan McDonald shooting released today, other news is coming out about how Chicago police worked to suppress video proving he was shot without justification.

According to NBC News Chicago, 86 minutes of security video was missing after the shooting, after police ran through and reviewed it but before any official investigation had been opened, and Burger King has confirmed that it was deleted by police reviewing the video.

After the shooting, according to Jay Darshane, the District Manager for Burger King, four to five police officers wearing blue and white shirts entered the restaurant and asked to view the video and were given the password to the equipment. Three hours later they left, he said.

The next day, when an investigator from the Independent Police Review Authority asked to view the security footage, it was discovered that the 86 minutes of video was missing.

Read more: Burger King Confirms Chicago Police Deleted Video Of McDonald Shooting

 

[BULLDOG]

This is a very thin line between cops and the criminals.

No...no there isn't.

In this case, you're right. There was no line.

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

If you never trust the government except when a black man ends up dead, you're going to have stop pretending your big concern is freedom.

 

[Mac1958]

Unless the cop comes up with amazing excuse - er, reason, that isn't visible on that video, I don't know how either the first shot or the rest of them can be considered justifiable.

 

[Neser Boha]

novel idea! MAYBE the kid should have stopped and put his hands up and obeyed the police?

Since when is killing someone for walking away from the Police justified? Where do you live? In Saudi Arabia?

Novel idea! Maybe there shouldn't be as many callous racist motherfuckers like you around for this civilisation of ours to actually work!

you are not too smart are you, lib? I said if he obeyed orders he'd be alive today.

You don't know that. That cop was obviously a loose cannon, who knows what he would have done even if the guy obeyed his orders.

By saying what you said you make it sound as if you were alright with the cop shooting him for not complying ... You need to revise what and how you say it.

 

[Neser Boha]

This is a very thin line between cops and the criminals.

No...no there isn't.

In some cases, definitely.

 

[Claudette]

All that matters is the cop is white and the kid is black

Yup and the cop has already been arrested for murder.

His superiors are covering their asses and could care less about what happens to him. God forbid they have a race riot in Chicago. Emanuel will shit his pants. Better to sacrifice the cop.

How many blacks kill blacks in Chicago every week?? Don't hear any of that on the news. All you hear now is a white cop killed a black.

 

[Neser Boha]

All that matters is the cop is white and the kid is black

Yup and the cop has already been arrested for murder.

His superiors are covering their asses and could care less about what happens to him. God forbid they have a race riot in Chicago. Emanuel will shit his pants. Better to sacrifice the cop.

How many blacks kill blacks in Chicago every week?? Don't hear any of that on the news. All you hear now is a white cop killed a black.

The Police are supposed to be protecting the US citizens (whether they be black, white or whatever) and are paid for it by your tax dollars. They swore to protect.

The blacks that killed other blacks that you speak of are just your run of the mill criminals. Why should your run of the mill crime be top news? It happens all the time and everywhere, however, police killing an innocent citizen is not something that should ever happen.

Wow, do you really need this spelled out to you?

 

[Claudette]

All that matters is the cop is white and the kid is black

Yup and the cop has already been arrested for murder.

His superiors are covering their asses and could care less about what happens to him. God forbid they have a race riot in Chicago. Emanuel will shit his pants. Better to sacrifice the cop.

How many blacks kill blacks in Chicago every week?? Don't hear any of that on the news. All you hear now is a white cop killed a black.

The Police are supposed to be protecting the US citizens (whether they be black, white or whatever) and are paid for it by your tax dollars. They swore to protect.

The blacks that killed other blacks that you speak of are just your run of the mill criminals. Why should your run of the mill crime be top news? It happens all the time and everywhere, however, police killing an innocent citizen is not something that should ever happen.

Wow, do you really need this spelled out to you?

Oh so the cop isn't a run of the mill criminal??

Blacks kill blacks each and every day in America and the only time you hear about a black death is if a white kills a black.

If the cop had been black you wouldn't hear word one about the killing.

Do YOU really need it speed out for you??

 

[Neser Boha]

All that matters is the cop is white and the kid is black

Yup and the cop has already been arrested for murder.

His superiors are covering their asses and could care less about what happens to him. God forbid they have a race riot in Chicago. Emanuel will shit his pants. Better to sacrifice the cop.

How many blacks kill blacks in Chicago every week?? Don't hear any of that on the news. All you hear now is a white cop killed a black.

The Police are supposed to be protecting the US citizens (whether they be black, white or whatever) and are paid for it by your tax dollars. They swore to protect.

The blacks that killed other blacks that you speak of are just your run of the mill criminals. Why should your run of the mill crime be top news? It happens all the time and everywhere, however, police killing an innocent citizen is not something that should ever happen.

Wow, do you really need this spelled out to you?

Oh so the cop isn't a run of the mill criminal??

Blacks kill blacks each and every day in America and the only time you hear about a black death is if a white kills a black.

If the cop had been black you wouldn't hear word one about the killing.

Do YOU really need it speed out for you??

No, the cop is not a run of the mill criminal. He's worse. He not only killed another human being, but he also broke his 'vow to protect' as a Police officer.

Cops usually don't kill innocent citizens - even if they're uncooperative. They swear to protect citizens, so whenever something like this DOES happen, it is huge news and it's actually worse than if your run of the mill criminal kills someone.

I'm not focusing on the fact that the cop was white and the victim is black, that is something you racists focus on.