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The Chicago Police shooting black teen 16 times video...

BirdOPrey5

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LiveLeak.com - chicago cop shooting black teen 16 times


The guy had a weapon (knife) and didn't comply with the police.

I'm not concerned so much that he was shot.

I am concerned why he was shot so many times, even after being on the ground, any why no medical assistance was even attempted. That's what is damning to the police.

Even if someone walked over, felt for a pulse, and shook their head.
 

wct097

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Hard to glean much from the video, but it concerns me that he didn't appear to be threatening to the police, rather trying to escape.

Number of shots doesn't concern me, especially when there are multiple shooters.

Lack of medical attention doesn't concern me as the officers may not have any such training.
 

BirdOPrey5

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Number of shots doesn't concern me, especially when there are multiple shooters.
He was the only shooter.

He was also going to keep shooting...

At bond court, prosecutors said Van Dyke opened fire six seconds after exiting his squad car as McDonald was walking away from him at 41st Street and Pulaski Road.

Van Dyke then fired 16 rounds at McDonald in about 14 seconds and was reloading when another officer told him to hold his fire, prosecutors said at bond court.
Top prosecutor moved up announcement of charges against cop because of video - Chicago Tribune
 

wct097

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Well if the officer is being charged, I don't see why it's any different than any other shooting or even super newsworthy.
 

BirdOPrey5

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It's newsworthy because it took 14 months before the officer was charged and it seemly only happened because the video was being released.
 

wct097

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It's newsworthy because it took 14 months before the officer was charged and it seemly only happened because the video was being released.
Murder investigations take time and the video doesn't always tell the whole story. There was a local murder this last summer and the murderer is still free even though everyone knows she's guilty.

Showed up at the emergency room drunk with a self inflicted gunshot wound to the face. Police responded to her house and treated it like her husband was barricaded inside. Turns out he was dead of a non-self inflicted gunshot wound before she got to the hospital.

It takes time.....
 

Al Johnson

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Most people don't give a ****. That's why they have to march/protest/riot until most people do give a ****. Maybe you don't care about a cop shooting a black teen, but you're going to care when a thousand black people march down your town's main street.
Which is precisely what's happening in Minneapolis right now. And that ain't nothin' compared to what they did in Ferguson.

:eek::nono:
 

wct097

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Most people don't give a ****. That's why they have to march/protest/riot until most people do give a ****. Maybe you don't care about a cop shooting a black teen, but you're going to care when a thousand black people march down your town's main street.
I give even less of a shit when people start protesting. IMHO, protests of any style & size are usually precipitated by ignorance and lack of cognitive ability of the participants.
 

wct097

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It's ironic to see all the protests in the North even though Yankees claim racism is a Southern problem. :clapping:
Large amounts of ignorance up thar on both sides of the issue

edit: also, as my friend likes to say: "that's what happens when you put socialism near water". ie: NYC, Chitcago, Nawlins, etc.
 

Al Johnson

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It's ironic to see all the protests in the North even though Yankees claim racism is a Southern problem. :clapping:
This Northerner knows darn well that the problem is national, not regional. The only difference that I know of, and this might not even be true anymore, is that y'all in the South might be a bit more honest and up front about it than Northerners are. More likely to call a spade a spade, so to speak.

:jump:
 

whiskey tango

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Does anyone else just not give a ****?
In. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. One of the commenters on liveleak hit the nail on the head. It looks like suicide by cop. Even these dumbass *s have to know if you are walking around with a weapon and 6 cops are yelling at you to drop it, you're going to be shot in about 3 seconds.

I'm also not concerned with a thousand black people marching down Main Street either. They will likely be shot too.
 

Jays89YJ

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Most people don't give a ****. That's why they have to march/protest/riot until most people do give a ****. Maybe you don't care about a cop shooting a black teen, but you're going to care when a thousand black people march down your town's main street.
Uhhhhhh... There aren't even a thousand ******s in Idaho.

****** laden State Problems! jjj
 

Brock

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This Northerner knows darn well that the problem is national, not regional. The only difference that I know of, and this might not even be true anymore, is that y'all in the South might be a bit more honest and up front about it than Northerners are. More likely to call a spade a spade, so to speak.

:jump:
Ive only been called a cracker while up North jjj
 

BrandonM7

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This Northerner knows darn well that the problem is national, not regional. The only difference that I know of, and this might not even be true anymore, is that y'all in the South might be a bit more honest and up front about it than Northerners are. More likely to call a spade a spade, so to speak.

:jump:
Most of us call spades ******s :paper:
 
Most people don't give a ****. That's why they have to march/protest/riot until most people do give a ****. Maybe you don't care about a cop shooting a black teen, but you're going to care when a thousand black people march down your town's main street.
The problem with this line of thinking is how often they march/protest/riot simply because someone black was shot without regard for circumstances or justification. Rioting and looting instead of marching/protesting is counter productive, shows them to be thugs and criminals looking for an excuse. Marching/protesting before the truth comes out or when a shooting is justified causes a complete loss of credibility. NOT marching or protesting when a black person or cop kills a non-black demonstrates the inherent racism of the protesters.
 
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