Thank goodness for Brandon Smith's tenacity!
Meanwhile, the cop collected his salary & pension for another year.
Rahm has a lot more explaining to do along with the DA. They stalled this & tried to sweep it under the rug.
Imagine if there wasn't any video... This cop would still be on the streets. He has a bunch of prior complaints, some still pending.
Eight other cops were on the scene & NOT one of them shot their gun.
I am concerned about a capital murder #1 charge, some jurors have trouble convicting a cop of murder #1.
Maybe they should be offered more choices?
The Tribune reported that McDonald had been "shot in the chest and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:42 p.m." After obtaining McDonald's autopsy report, reporter Jamie Kalven found he had actually been shot 16 times. Van Dyke has been charged with first-degree murder.
The police narrative of the killing may have gone unchallenged, were it not for Kalven, freelance journalist Brandon Smith, and Smith's attorney, Craig Futterman, who pushed for the release of the video after a whistleblower alerted them it existed.
Smith sued for the video's release under the Freedom of Information Act in August. After a judge ruled in his favor, city officials released the video on Tuesday.
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