Summary: Leaders in Chicago are calling for calm ahead of the expected release of a video that reportedly shows a white police officer shooting a black teenager sixteen times. On Thursday, a judge in Chicago ordered the city to release by this Wednesday the police dashcam video that shows the shooting. Initially Chicago city officials tried to prevent the release of the video.The officer who shot McDonald, Jason Van Dyke, has not faced charges and still works for the police department in a "limited duty position."
Analysis: Since we are now talking about slavery and inadvertently racism, I thought this would be a good article to write on. Anti-black sentiments have been around for a long time now. Back then we it was more common for people to cover up their wrongdoings against blacks, whether they be slaves or free. Fugitive slave laws allowed this and now more injustice is happening because laws and their job allow them to do such things.
Sources: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/23/us/laquan-mcdonald-chicago-dashcam-video/index.html
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