Police Brutality In Jason

Recently, in Chicago, a worldwide scene has shocked the nation. The question is determined if police brutality was used. Several police officers shot and killed the seventeen year old, Laquan McDonald. One of the police officers, Jason Van Dyke, is accused of shooting the seventeen-year-old about sixteen times to bring the suspect down. Officer Jason Van Dyke was accused and charged with first-degree murder in the month of November no longer than a month after the incident occurred. Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder right after the video was released. According to facts, the McDonalds family has been provided with five million provided by the city. During this investigation, investigators are determining if this case dealt …show more content…
Burger King said to have the footage of the whole incident but when police came to compensate the footage, there was a technical error. The manager of Burger King believes that the police wiped away an hour of the footage. She reported that the police were in the video room for over an hour doing God knows what. According to the head chief of police, there is no evidence that the footage was ever tampered with. Therefore, there is no evidence that the footage was even there. Police believe that technical difficulties were to blame for the disappearance of the evidence. This entire case happened a year ago and is still continuing to this day. Protesters have gathered in the streets to stand with others over the case of Laquan McDonald. Rants have scattered throughout the city calling that ‘Black Lives Matter’. African American p,eople that have gathered began to lye on the ground, like Laquan McDonald, and start shouting that there was no way he was moving after sixteen …show more content…
Emanuel then apologized to the whole city of Chicago about the incident. Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago, blames himself for the doing of another person because he owns the city—he feels as if it was his own fault. In my own personal opinion, I feel like this world is going to hell. Day by day, we are slowly heading deeper and deeper into hell. No matter how much we try to make this world a better place, we won’t be. The only time and hope we have, is if every single nation and person comes together as one to make the world a better place for good. There is always going to be people who cause harm, problems, and chaos but as one, we can defeat it. As you look on the news, you see something almost everyday about police brutality. Not all policemen are bad but some of them do not deserve a badge what so ever. Don’t get me wrong, Laquan McDonald was in the wrong for waving a knife at the police but he did not deserve to die nor get shot sixteen times. When the video was released and shown to the world, Laquan was walking away from the police officers when he was gunned