In October, 2014 a teenager named Laquan McDonald was walking down the middle of the road with a knife in his hand. Police were called and they were immediately attacked by the crazed teenager.
"He's got a 100-yard stare. He's staring blankly," said Pat Camden, a spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police. Camden went on to make the following points:
- Officers remained in their car and followed McDonald as he walked.
- Police tried to box him in with two squad cars.
- The police had called for a Taser to use on McDonald
- They were trying to detain him long enough for it to arrive.
- But McDonald attacked.
- He punctured one of the squad car's tyres with his knife.
- He also damaged the front windshield of the car.
- Only then did the officers get out of their car.
- They asked him to drop the knife but he lunged towards them.
- Police had no option - they shot him - sixteen times!
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A security camera was located at a nearby Burger King restaurant and the police quickly took possession of the video. Unfortunately they had a bit of an accident and unintentionally deleted a full 86 minutes from the recording. By sheer coincidence it was those 86 minutes which would have contained pictures of the incident with Laquan McDonald.
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The coppers did not, however, delete the video from their own police cars. More than a year after the killing, the following video has been released. Watch closely as the lunatic teenager attacks the police cars, punctures the tyre, damages the windscreen, and then lunges toward the poor old policeman who could do nothing else but draw his weapon. It was a case of kill or be killed. And remember, sixteen bullets hit the body - it was that serious!
Original video here:
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