The Right-wing echo chamber and conservatives have been wondering “Why do Black Lives Matter?”
The answer is readily apparent.
A 17-year-old African American named Laquan McDonald was killed by a white Chicago police officer named Jason Van Dyke in October 2014. Van Dyke shot McDonald 16 times. As shown from the police dashboard camera, McDonald was no threat to Van Dyke. McDonald was armed with a three-inch knife. He was walking away from Van Dyke. The 17-year-old teenager was no threat.
McDonald was repeatedly shot, turning away from, while falling down, and apparently while lying on the ground dying. It took only 30 seconds from Van Dyke’s arrival on the scene for him to shoot Laquan McDonald to death. One year later, the city of Chicago finally decided to charge Jason Van Dyke with first degree murder. McDonald’s family was paid $5 million dollars by the city of Chicago.