UserNameless
Veteran
... so many levels.
5Ms tho...
... the struggle is real.
...too real for advocacy.
Chicago L. McDonald police shooting **video** (1st Degree Murder Charge, No Bond)
- Thread starter TheLAKid
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... so many levels.
5Ms tho...
... the struggle is real.
...too real for advocacy.
CACarot
Where is Princess Fajita
That's crazy, so literally they was going to have a murderous cop walking free ,and If it wasn't for that scooby doo meddling journalist he would never be at risk of spending life in prison.
Tanahashi Coates
Superstar
UserNameless
Veteran
Filing a FOIA request is standard procedure by journalists in this sort of situation. usually other media outlets join in to apply additional pressure. Good watchdog journalism is still a needed service even if doesn't come in the traditional, print form from the traditional outlets.
if my family took the $ and let shyt slide
i would kill them as a ghost
i would kill them as a ghost
Birnin Zana
Honorary Wakandan
Dude had to sue the city for them to release the tape. They were ignoring him and other journalists for the longest.
How a little-known, Uber-driving freelancer brought the lawsuit that forced Chicago to release a police shooting video
beenz
Rap Guerilla
if my family took the $ and let shyt slide
i would kill them as a ghost
his fam ain't shyt anyways. which is why they thought they could easily sweep it under the rug.
beenz
Rap Guerilla
yup. cuz, mccarthy couldn't have fired laquan's killer even if he wanted to due to the police union basically making it illegal to do so. there needs to be sweeping changes. someone who shot an unarmed man dead during work should NOT be allowed to continue to be on the city's payroll collecting checks for over a year later. that's fukking nonsense.
Chicago is a ridiculously segregated city, nikkas stay in the nikka community, as long as they don't go to white neighborhoods the cops could give a fukk if nikkas burn down their own neighborhood
UserNameless
Veteran
Yeah. That's standard too. But I salute a freelancer for having the moxie to do that. any governmental or quasi governmental agency worth its salt isn't gonna freely hand over video like that via a FOIA request . .. unfortunately. Usually, it takes a civil filing. I'm
that no major, traditional media outlets were on this and doggedly pursuing disclosure. 
to that freelancer. #NewJournalism
Thats sad his people took the money. Havent lived in the chi since I was 18. My people said it was worse in the 90s but im like holy shyt, it was worse than this 
@OffHalsted
The 100s LochNess
Thats sad his people took the money. Havent lived in the chi since I was 18. My people said it was worse in the 90s but im like holy shyt, it was worse than this
1994: 931
2004: 453
2014: 432
Not sure if this was posted and didn't want to open another thread, but Rahm fired the chief.
Chicago mayor asks police superintendent to resign - CNN.com
NN)Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday he has asked for the resignation of Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.
The announcement at a news conference came amid angry protests in Chicago over the way the city responded when a white police officer shot a black teenager 16 times in October 2014. Dashboard camera footage of Laquan McDonald's killing was released last week after a judge ordered it be made public.
Chicago threat suspect allegedly sought to avenge Laquan McDonald's death
"Superintendent McCarthy knows that a police officer is only as effective as when he has the trust of those he serves," said Emanuel, speaking at City Hall.
McCarthy was not at the news conference. But the mayor's office told CNN the superintendent had, in fact, resigned.
The mayor went on to describe a new task force on law enforcement accountability that will review how the city trains and oversees its police officers. It will include five Chicagoans who have been leaders in the justice system. Chicago native and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will be a senior adviser to the group, Emanuel said.
Later Tuesday, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said she sent a letter to the U.S. attorney general asking the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to open an investigation into the Chicago Police Department to see whether its practices violate the Constitution and federal law.
"Trust in the Chicago Police Department is broken," Madigan said in a statement. "Chicago cannot move ahead and rebuild trust between the police and the community without an outside, independent investigation into its police department to improve policing practices."
The turmoil in Chicago isn't unique to the city. For more than a year Black Lives Matter activists and others have tried to call attention to an assertion that some police across the country discriminate against black people. They point to cases in New York; Ferguson, Missouri; Baltimore and other cities, where they say police have used excessive and deadly force against black males.
In Chicago, the outrage has been focused on the killing of McDonald. Dashboard camera footage from October 2014 shows the 17-year-old walking in the middle of a street toward squad cars while holding a knife. He then veers away and turns his back to police, and immediately is shot multiple times.
Jason Van Dyke, the officer who shot McDonald, has been charged with first-degree murder.
Chicago releases new videos from scene of Laquan McDonald's shooting
Emanuel said Tuesday that he and the superintendent began talking about how the McDonald case had "shaken" public trust in the police. He said that in asking for McCarthy's resignation, his goal was to "confront the challenges" that face the department and "go forward" with "fresh eyes and new leadership."
The mayor was asked by reporters about why it took more than a year for the video to be made public.
It was released after a freelance journalist filed suit, arguing that the video was public record. The city went to court to prevent its being released, arguing that doing so would interfere with a federal investigation and a probe by the state's attorney. A judge sided with the journalist, and the footage was released last week.
Emanuel said Tuesday the video wasn't released earlier because to do so would have interfered with the state and federal investigations.
It's unclear how much the mayor's statements will affect how Chicagoans feel.
Protesters, including prominent African-American leaders such as U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, have rallied day after day. Last weekend, they peacefully interrupted Thanksgiving holiday shopping.
"Stop the cover-up!" they shouted, and "16 shots! 16 shots!"
Protesters have repeatedly demanded that Emanuel resign, the chief of police be fired and a federal investigation examine the behavior of public officials involved in the case.
Officer out of jail
Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder last week when the video was released.
He walked out of jail on bond Monday evening after a judge set his bail at $1.5 million. He is suspended from the Chicago Police Department.
Van Dyke had a history of complaints before he shot McDonald, and in almost every case, he was cleared. The allegations mostly involve excessive force, and at least one complaint alleges that he used a racial slur.
There appear to be no criminal proceedings against Van Dyke before last week, but a jury did award a Chicago man $350,000 after determining that Van Dyke used excessive force during a traffic stop. (The city of Chicago also gave McDonald's mother, who had not yet filed a lawsuit, $5 million in April.)
Read more about Van Dyke
Meanwhile, an online threat caused fear in the city when a man allegedly said he would shoot white men to avenge McDonald's death. Jabari Dean, 21, was arrested and accused of threatening to kill students and staff at the University of Chicago.
According to a criminal complaint, Dean posted the threat on social media this past weekend.
"This is my only warning. At 10 a.m. on Monday mourning (sic) I am going to the campus quad of the University of Chicago. I will be armed with a (sic) M-4 Carbine and 2 Desert Eagles all fully loaded. I will execute aproximately (sic) 16 white male students and or staff, which is the same number of time (sic) Mcdonald (sic) was killed," the post read.
"I then will die killing any number of white policemen that I can in the process. This is not a joke. I am to do my part to rid the world of the white devils. I expect you to do the same."
Dean is charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. He is facing up to five years in prison.
CNN's Michael Pearson, Dani Stewart and Dana Ford contributed to this report.
Chicago mayor asks police superintendent to resign - CNN.com
NN)Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday he has asked for the resignation of Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.
The announcement at a news conference came amid angry protests in Chicago over the way the city responded when a white police officer shot a black teenager 16 times in October 2014. Dashboard camera footage of Laquan McDonald's killing was released last week after a judge ordered it be made public.
Chicago threat suspect allegedly sought to avenge Laquan McDonald's death
"Superintendent McCarthy knows that a police officer is only as effective as when he has the trust of those he serves," said Emanuel, speaking at City Hall.
McCarthy was not at the news conference. But the mayor's office told CNN the superintendent had, in fact, resigned.
The mayor went on to describe a new task force on law enforcement accountability that will review how the city trains and oversees its police officers. It will include five Chicagoans who have been leaders in the justice system. Chicago native and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will be a senior adviser to the group, Emanuel said.
Later Tuesday, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said she sent a letter to the U.S. attorney general asking the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to open an investigation into the Chicago Police Department to see whether its practices violate the Constitution and federal law.
"Trust in the Chicago Police Department is broken," Madigan said in a statement. "Chicago cannot move ahead and rebuild trust between the police and the community without an outside, independent investigation into its police department to improve policing practices."
The turmoil in Chicago isn't unique to the city. For more than a year Black Lives Matter activists and others have tried to call attention to an assertion that some police across the country discriminate against black people. They point to cases in New York; Ferguson, Missouri; Baltimore and other cities, where they say police have used excessive and deadly force against black males.
In Chicago, the outrage has been focused on the killing of McDonald. Dashboard camera footage from October 2014 shows the 17-year-old walking in the middle of a street toward squad cars while holding a knife. He then veers away and turns his back to police, and immediately is shot multiple times.
Jason Van Dyke, the officer who shot McDonald, has been charged with first-degree murder.
Chicago releases new videos from scene of Laquan McDonald's shooting
Emanuel said Tuesday that he and the superintendent began talking about how the McDonald case had "shaken" public trust in the police. He said that in asking for McCarthy's resignation, his goal was to "confront the challenges" that face the department and "go forward" with "fresh eyes and new leadership."
The mayor was asked by reporters about why it took more than a year for the video to be made public.
It was released after a freelance journalist filed suit, arguing that the video was public record. The city went to court to prevent its being released, arguing that doing so would interfere with a federal investigation and a probe by the state's attorney. A judge sided with the journalist, and the footage was released last week.
Emanuel said Tuesday the video wasn't released earlier because to do so would have interfered with the state and federal investigations.
It's unclear how much the mayor's statements will affect how Chicagoans feel.
Protesters, including prominent African-American leaders such as U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, have rallied day after day. Last weekend, they peacefully interrupted Thanksgiving holiday shopping.
"Stop the cover-up!" they shouted, and "16 shots! 16 shots!"
Protesters have repeatedly demanded that Emanuel resign, the chief of police be fired and a federal investigation examine the behavior of public officials involved in the case.
Officer out of jail
Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder last week when the video was released.
He walked out of jail on bond Monday evening after a judge set his bail at $1.5 million. He is suspended from the Chicago Police Department.
Van Dyke had a history of complaints before he shot McDonald, and in almost every case, he was cleared. The allegations mostly involve excessive force, and at least one complaint alleges that he used a racial slur.
There appear to be no criminal proceedings against Van Dyke before last week, but a jury did award a Chicago man $350,000 after determining that Van Dyke used excessive force during a traffic stop. (The city of Chicago also gave McDonald's mother, who had not yet filed a lawsuit, $5 million in April.)
Read more about Van Dyke
Meanwhile, an online threat caused fear in the city when a man allegedly said he would shoot white men to avenge McDonald's death. Jabari Dean, 21, was arrested and accused of threatening to kill students and staff at the University of Chicago.
According to a criminal complaint, Dean posted the threat on social media this past weekend.
"This is my only warning. At 10 a.m. on Monday mourning (sic) I am going to the campus quad of the University of Chicago. I will be armed with a (sic) M-4 Carbine and 2 Desert Eagles all fully loaded. I will execute aproximately (sic) 16 white male students and or staff, which is the same number of time (sic) Mcdonald (sic) was killed," the post read.
"I then will die killing any number of white policemen that I can in the process. This is not a joke. I am to do my part to rid the world of the white devils. I expect you to do the same."
Dean is charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. He is facing up to five years in prison.
CNN's Michael Pearson, Dani Stewart and Dana Ford contributed to this report.
Tanahashi Coates
Superstar
CHICAGO -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan called for the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to investigate the Chicago Police Department. Madigan wants the USDOJ to determine whether practices by the Chicago police violate the Constitution and federal law.
In a statement, her office called an independent investigation by USDOJ "necessary and appropriate."

In the letter, Madigan suggests investigators look at the Chicago Police Department's use of force; adequacy of reviews and investigation into officer's use of force and misconduct; training, equipment and supervision of officers; and if there is a pattern of discriminatory policing.
"The shocking death of Laquan McDonald is the latest tragedy in our city that highlights serious questions about the use of unlawful and excessive force by Chicago police officers and the lack of accountability for such abuse. Trust in the Chicago Police Department is broken," Madigan said through a statement. "I know the vast majority of officers in the Chicago Police Department serve with bravery, honor and integrity. The children in all of Chicago's communities deserve to grow up in a city in which they are protected and served by the police."
Madigan sent the letter to US Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the day Garry McCarthy resigned from the Chicago Police Department at the request of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Madigan calls for U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Chicago Police Department
In a statement, her office called an independent investigation by USDOJ "necessary and appropriate."

In the letter, Madigan suggests investigators look at the Chicago Police Department's use of force; adequacy of reviews and investigation into officer's use of force and misconduct; training, equipment and supervision of officers; and if there is a pattern of discriminatory policing.
"The shocking death of Laquan McDonald is the latest tragedy in our city that highlights serious questions about the use of unlawful and excessive force by Chicago police officers and the lack of accountability for such abuse. Trust in the Chicago Police Department is broken," Madigan said through a statement. "I know the vast majority of officers in the Chicago Police Department serve with bravery, honor and integrity. The children in all of Chicago's communities deserve to grow up in a city in which they are protected and served by the police."
Madigan sent the letter to US Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the day Garry McCarthy resigned from the Chicago Police Department at the request of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Madigan calls for U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Chicago Police Department
Man ppl dont understand how deep that rabbit hole goes, am break some stuff down
Police unions in large cities like that literally RUN the city , they been around for decades and get organized QUICK, when elections come around they pull in TENS OF THOUSANDS of votes even in a large city that is a substantial amount , there also connected to other unions
Police unions ----- fire fighters union --- teachers union --- factory workers unions = $$$$ & votes which is what makes this country go round
You want security goin right at your club? want a break in at your restaurant investigated? want your spot to be known as somewhere safe? want to keep the blacks and browns out your neighborhoods? You go to the police unions
You want all the benefits on being part of these organizations? You pay your dues every month no questions. Those dues go into the war chest of each of these organization which they use to influence EVERYTHING that goes on in the city
A lot people think its the city or states that protect these cops NOPE its these unions they are the largest gangs in the country with deep pockets and plenty of professional killers on payroll