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Chicago is bracing for the release of video showing the police killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald — which some observers fear could tear the city apart.
A judge set a Wednesday deadline for city officials to release the video — which has been described as depicting an execution — but CNN’s police expert has already made up his mind without seeing the video himself that Officer Jason Van Dyke was justified in shooting the fleeing teenager multiple times in the back.
“The fact is, this gentleman did have a knife in his hand,” said Harry Houck, a CNN contributor and former New York City police detective. “This could come down to experience, I don’t know. The fact is that apparently they followed this man for almost half a mile with a knife.”
“New Day” host Michaela Pereira reminded the contributor that McDonald was a teenager, not an adult.
“A teenager would kill me just as dead as a 30-year-old,” Houck said. “He had a knife in his hand and he was under the influence of PCP, which is a psychotic drug that makes you go crazy.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/cnn...ideo-your-claims-violate-the-laws-of-physics/
A judge set a Wednesday deadline for city officials to release the video — which has been described as depicting an execution — but CNN’s police expert has already made up his mind without seeing the video himself that Officer Jason Van Dyke was justified in shooting the fleeing teenager multiple times in the back.
“The fact is, this gentleman did have a knife in his hand,” said Harry Houck, a CNN contributor and former New York City police detective. “This could come down to experience, I don’t know. The fact is that apparently they followed this man for almost half a mile with a knife.”
“New Day” host Michaela Pereira reminded the contributor that McDonald was a teenager, not an adult.
“A teenager would kill me just as dead as a 30-year-old,” Houck said. “He had a knife in his hand and he was under the influence of PCP, which is a psychotic drug that makes you go crazy.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/cnn...ideo-your-claims-violate-the-laws-of-physics/