Laquan McDonald was allegedly shot 16 times by police officerOfficial letter says police have no legal right to withhold footage Illinois’s attorney general asked Chicago police on Wednesday to release a video that allegedly shows an officer shooting a black teenager 16 times last year. The request came a day before a judge was expected to determine whether to order police to release dashboard-camera video of the fatal shooting of 17-year-outmoded Laquan McDonald. Police have said McDonald refused to drop a knife when officers confronted him while responding to a call approximately a man with a knife walking down a street on the city’s south-west side in October 2014. Related: Chicago pays $5m to family of teenager shot by police 16 times Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com