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54 - The Magnitude of Murder by Police…

Black Politics Today
Black Politics Today
Episode • Nov 30, 2015 • 57m
Murder by any other name is Criminal. And yet, over 35 unarmed black men have been shot and killed by police and none of those officers have ever been convicted of murder. Only two, were charged under the statute, and both are out walking the streets. LaQuan McDonald is dead because Jason Van Dyke, a Chicago police officer, shot him 16 times. Defenseless and non-threatening is the modus operandi for the killing of unarmed black me. Tonight we discuss the magnitude of murder by police. Why has it become okay to kill black men? Dr. E. Faye Williams, along with retired Detective. Marq Claxton and Tom Morris, Jr., with a special interview with Father Michael Pfleger, of the Saint Sabina Church in Chicago shared their views on the death of LaQuan McDonald.

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