Rep. Bobby Rush Introduces 'The Laquan McDonald Camera Act'
Photo of Laquan McDonald courtesy of Twitter.
Photo of Laquan McDonald courtesy of Twitter.
Laquan McDonald was killed in 2014.
OnTuesday(January 17th) a judge found three Chicago police officers not guiltyof covering up for the colleague who shot and killed teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014.
READ: Chicago Police Officer Who Killed Laquan McDonald Found Guilty Of Murder
In her ruling,Cook County Associate Judge Domenica Stephenson said that the state had not proven beyonda reasonable doubt that the three formerofficersThomas Gaffney, David March, and Joseph Walsh tried to sabotage a criminal investigationagainstOfficer Jason Van Dyke, who shot and killed McDonald. In 2018 Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder in McDonald's death. (He is expected to be sentenced this Friday.)
The prosecutor on the case, Patricia Brown Holmes, said while the three officers gave the same account, their details were differentthan the footage found on the dashcam. The officers claim that McDonald lunged toward them with a knife, something that the footagecontradicts.
READ:Rep. Bobby Rush Introduces The Laquan McDonald Camera Act
Brown Holmes toldWLS:
We are here because these officers and others tried to make the case against Van Dyke go away. Laquan McDonald was a human being. He deserved due process in the law and not to have police officers write false reports and shape a false narrative to justify his killing.
Reverend Marvin Hunter, McDonald's great uncle, spoke about the decisionsoon after,saying "the verdict is that if you are a police officer, you can lie, cheat and steal...to say that these men are not guilty is to say that Jason Van Dyke is not guilty."
Source: CNN
