A 3" knife is not a weapon when its more than 20 feet away.
Indeed, going up against cop armed with a gun and a taser means the 3" knife was no weapon at all.
There were no calls for the kid to put the 3" knife down. There are no laws against a kid having a 3" knife.
It was an execution. Cop pulled up and within 30 seconds, started shooting. He could have shot him once. While that would have been way too much force under those circumstances, it certainly shows just how whacked that cop is.
The cop is supposedly trained. As such, its obvious he had no control over the situation - a kid dancing in the street, and even less control over himself.
The cop murdered a kid for jay walking.
He deserves the death penalty though I don't know if Illinois has it.
I don't know what the exact circumstances were. But the negro had a knife. All knives are dangerous. Also, if he was just J walking, what were the other police doing there. And with the other police there, what do you think they were doing. Calling out suggestions like, "I don't think you should be waving that knife around!" Also, if you feel the need to shoot somebody, it doesn't make any difference how often you shoot at them. Because when you shoot at somebody, the objective is to kill them.