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One was a rabid dog in need of being put down and the
other was a human being who needed to be talked down out of
jay walking and carrying a four-inch knife.
One was a danger to the neighbors and the other one was a
danger, at that time, only to himself and not to the
arriving fleet of police cars.
One was shot one time and the other was shot 16 times.
Even the rabid dog got better treatment than the 17-year old
teen.
You wonder how could a cop whose job is to protect and to
serve could so wantonly and without conscience shoot a kid
16 times when the kid posed no threat to that cop or his
fellow officers in blue.
What type of depraved mind set can even remotely shoot
a non-attacking teen 16 times and with 14 of those shots
being while the teen was lying on the ground.
If you saw the video, you would see that after the first
two shots felled the teen, the other 14 shots were pummeled
into the teen while he was prostrate on the street...no
visible means of posing any threat to anyone.
None. But for this craven police officer who had a history
of 18-20 prior civilian complaints about his conduct while
on the police force, two deadly shots were not sufficient.
For this cop wanted more. Those additional 14 shots
blasting into the limp body of the dying teen, those
fourteen shots manifested a twisted and sick mind that
bordered on pure rage and hatred.
Do not believe the public relations hype being put out
by the lawyer for the shooting cop that somehow the viewers
missed from their angle what was really happening with the
cop and the kid.
The Chicago Police Department would have to you
believe, tongue in cheek, that somehow that carnage was
justifiable and according to policy.
That somehow this teen, who was veering away from the
arriving police officers, posed an imminent threat to the
arriving officers and this shooting officer had fear of
grave bodily harm to himself or to his fellow officers.
Why did it take that police department 400 days to
release that video and save for a journalist making a demand
under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), it is not sure
when that video would have seen the light of day.
It is a sure bet to say that they did not want this
video released immediately after the murder of this kid
because of the outrage it would cause in the city and
justifiably so.
And yet people wonder why #BlackLivesMatter is needed
and necessary in the light of the plethora of so many
shootings involving black males and white police officers.
It appears to be a policy of whenever you confront a
black male and regardless of the situation, you use deadly
force and worry about the consequences later. Don't try to
de-escalate the situation by a two way conversation or the
use of a Taser or a Billy club but rather, use a gun and get
it over with.
When that officer shot that kid a total of sixteen times
without justification, here is what each bullet said on
behalf of the shooting officer:
bullet one:
I' am the law here, how dare you!
bullet two:
Now, see who is the boss here.
bullet three:
Now say something...I dare you!
bullet four:
Yeah, I am all into you.
bullet five:
How is this for #BlackLivesMatter?
bullet six:
Lights out kid!
bullet seven:
Who's your daddy now?
bullet eight:
Got somewhere to go kid, too bad, not today!
bullet nine:
Easier than shooting fish in a barrel!
bullet 10:
I hope your Mamma has burial insurance.
bullet 11:
What kind of name is Laquan?
bullet 12:
Are we having fun yet?
bullet 13:
Wait till I tell the fellas back at the precinct how this
body jumped!
bullet 14:
Is my wife making meat loaf tonight or is it pot roast?
bullet 15:
My finger sure is tired from pulling this trigger so much.
bullet 16:
Finally! Now let me reload and get some more target practice
in.
So, a kid is gunned down without a trifle of a thought
going into it and the
shooter stays on the job with full pay and benefits in spite
of the video.
The mayor of Chicago stayed silent for 400 days and did not
chastise the shooter nor did he ask for his removal from the
department.
So much for the power of the black vote in Chicago and
its inability to show its voter strength and demand
immediate changes in the police culture that would tolerate
such a shooting and only under duress, release this shocking
video.
Chicago is now averaging a daily shooting death and the
overwhelming majority are those of "us" killing "us.”
With that lack of respect for each other, it is no
wonder that this shooting cop could take his cue and gun
down this kid with a devil may care attitude because he has
seen it repeatedly done and he probably thought, "Hey, one
less black male to worry about later."
Contact Lafe Tolliver, Attorney at Tolliver@Juno.com
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