Thursday, January 7, 2016

Exclusive: Lawyers Went to Rahm Emanuel, Then Quashed the Laquan McDonald Video - The Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/06/exclusive-lawyers-went-to-rahm-then-quashed-the-laquan-mcdonald-video.html?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning

Emanuel had maintained since McDonald's death that he has never seen the dash-cam video, but the emails prove the mayor knew exactly what the footage showed when city lawyers negotiated a deal that would at least delay the video's release. Attorneys for McDonald's estate sent Platt screenshots of the video and a detailed description:

"After Laquan immediately spun to the ground, graphic puffs of smoke from ricochet shots establishes that Officer Van Dyke continued to fire his weapon for approximately 16 seconds after Mr. McDonald laid helplessly in the street."

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