Being a cop is tough. It is suppposed to be.

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1. pandora says:

   November 25, 2015 at 9:48 am

   It’s the blatant lying that gets me. Here’s the Medical examiner and the video:

   An analysis of the video establishes that 14 to 15 seconds passed from the time defendant fired his first shot to clear visual evidence of a final shot. For approximately 13 of those seconds, McDonald is lying on the ground. Of the eight or more officers on the scene, only defendant fired his weapon.

   […]

   According to the Cook County Medical Examiner, McDonald was shot 16 times and that the multiple gunshot wounds caused his death. He suffered wounds to his scalp, neck, left chest, right chest, left elbow (2), left forearm, right upper arm (4), right hand, right upper leg (2), left upper back, and right lower back. Toxicology test results showed that there was PCP in his system.

   Only two of these wounds can be definitively linked to the time when McDonald was standing: the right lower back, and one of the right upper leg shots. Only the shot to McDonald’s right hand can definitively be linked to the time when McDonald was on the ground. Two of the shots would have been rapidly fatal, although none was immediately fatal. The Medical Examiner determined that the manner of McDonald’s death was homicide.

   Defendant was on the scene for less than 30 seconds before he started shooting, in addition to the fact that he starts shooting approximately six seconds after having gotten out of his car.

   […]

   The video clearly does not show McDonald advancing on defendant. None of the officers have reported that they saw anything substantially different from what the video shows at the time of the first shot. None of the officers observed McDonald attempt to throw his knife at defendant, jump or lunge toward Van Dyke, raise his knife as if to stab defendant, or did anything that was obviously threatening toward defendant beyond what was depicted in the video and not responding to commands while carrying a knife.

   And here’s the Fraternal Order of Police account:

   “He’s got a 100-yard stare. He’s staring blankly,” Camden said of the teen. “[He] walked up to a car and stabbed the tire of the car and kept walking.”

   Officers remained in their car and followed McDonald as he walked south on Pulaski Road. More officers arrived and police tried to box the teen in with two squad cars, Camden said. McDonald punctured one of the squad car’s front passenger-side tires and damaged the front windshield, police and Camden said.

   Officers got out of their car and began approaching McDonald, again telling him to drop the knife, Camden said. The boy allegedly lunged at police, and one of the officers opened fire.

   McDonald was shot in the chest and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:42 p.m. He lived in the 500 block of North Springfield Avenue, about 5 miles from where he was shot.

   Camden said a knife was recovered from the scene. A statement from Police News Affairs said no officers were injured.

   Camden said none of the officers who responded had a Taser to use on the teen and were trying to detain him long enough for one to arrive. He said officers were forced to defend themselves.

   “When police tell you to drop a weapon, all you have to do is drop it,” Camden said.

   There are also eyewitness accounts that contradict the FOP telling. This has got to stop. There has to be severe consequences for lying like this.

2. Geezer says:

   November 25, 2015 at 10:00 am

   Agreed. What Black Lives Matter has exposed is that police departments expect kid-glove treatment and operate as if they are immune from the law.

3. donviti says:

   November 25, 2015 at 1:17 pm

   Disappointed in Chicagoans. They had a perfect chance to perpetuate the stereotype as degenerate, jobless rioters and looters, thereby lighting up facebook with racist memes. Sigh, now we’ll never hear about their choice to not react violently

4. SussexAnon says:

   November 25, 2015 at 3:35 pm

   Police are highly skilled and trained. Not so sure about the screening. The last guy you want as a cop is a guy that actually wants to BE a cop.

   The police need to spend more time on how to de-escalate situations and not go all “respect mah authoratay” on everyone.

5. AQC says:

   November 25, 2015 at 4:47 pm

   Here in Delaware our state police would just like to keep out “brown” refugees
   http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/11/25/delaware-police-groups-wary-syrian-refugees/76379588/ .

6. Tom Kline says:

   November 25, 2015 at 7:46 pm

   How many black on black killings in MurderTown occurred so far this week? We should be focusing on our own issues and trying to resolve them before concerning ourselves with a bad cop in another dying city. Focus people.

7. Delawarelefty says:

   November 25, 2015 at 8:24 pm

   Tom Kline, ” Pay no mind to the murderous white cop in Chicago, worry about the black on black killings in Wilmington”. So you are too lame to multiprocess, then go ahead and buy a clue! Better yet, take your poison tea back to DP.

8. Geezer says:

   November 26, 2015 at 10:51 am

   @Tom Kline: When people tell me to change the subject, I always wonder why they won’t talk about the current one. Got any ideas on that?