Nicholas Robertson, a 28-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by a pair of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies as he crawled away from them Saturday (Dec. 12) morning. The officers claim that Robertson was armed, and fired off shots from a handgun before arriving at the scene.
On the night of October 16 in Columbus, Mississippi a very sketchy scenario transpired during a traffic stop that led to the death of 26-year-old Ricky Ball.
The two Cleveland police officers who were involved in the gunning down of 12-year-old Tamir Rice have released statements regarding the case. Officer Timothy Loehman claims that he ordered the boy to show his hands ahead of firing his service weapon.
Lawyers for the family of Laquan McDonald have been adamant that responding Chicago police officers deleted surveillance video footage from the nearby Burger King on the dreadful night of October 20, 2014 when he was gunned down by rogue cop, Jason Van Dyke.
The 2014 death of Tamir Rice remains as one of the most tragic events of the several that have occurred between white police officers and a shooting victim of color. Lawyers for Rice’s family have presented two new reports from outside sources that suggest that the 12-year-old Cleveland boy’s killing was both unreasonable and preventable.
Details in the Laquan Mcdonald shooting continue to come forth, and on Wednesday a Chicago lawyer made the most pointed comments about the case yet. Craig Futterman shared in a radio interview that surveillance video inside the Burger King near where Mcdonald was killed showed a cop erasing footage of the teen ahead of his death.
While the nation continues to process the video footage of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being gunned down by Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke, new details related to the event are emerging. It appears that surveillance video that captured Mcdonald being shot was erased by the CPD according to a manager of a Burger King store.
The entire city of Chicago is on edge with several officials and community leaders praying it doesn’t turn into another Ferguson situation.
Laquan McDonald should be alive today. However, the 17-year-old boy was shot and killed within Chicago‘s Southwest Side back in October of last year. Today, justice for the McDonald family has emerged as white veteran Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder.
Last year, Chicago police pulled off an “execution style” shooting on 17-year-old Black teen Laquan McDonald as he was running away from the officers.
People are demanding answers now that Jamar Clark, the 24-year-old Black man who was shot in the head by Minneapolis (reportedly while he was detained in handcuffs) has now died.
Protestors are calling for the names of the Minneapolis police officers involved with the near-death of Jamar Clark; a twenty-something Black man who was apparently brutalized with a head shot while being detained in police custody.
