The video of the shooting of
17-year-old Laquan McDonald
(pictured inset) has been released and it's chilling. The dashcam
footage shows a white police officer,
Jason Van Dyke, (pictured inset right) shooting Laquan dead on the
streets of Chicago. He shot Laquan 16 times at point blank range for 13
seconds as the young man
laid motionless on the ground with smoke rising from his back.
The police officer claimed he felt
threatened by the teenager and that was why he used his gun but he has
since been charged with first-degree murder.
Yesterday, hundreds
of protesters took to the streets after watching the video of the
shooting which was released last night. They chanted '16 shots' and
formed human blockades across roads in Chicago. Other demonstrators
gathered outside police stations
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Laquan McDonald (right) is carrying a small knife but can be seen walking away from police officers as they approach him
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Dashcam footage shows McDonald after being shot by Van Dyke and falling to the ground
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Van Dyke later walks up to McDonald's dead body on the street and kicks the knife he was holding out of his hand
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Van Dyke continued to shoot even as he
lay motionless on the ground
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