Alysa discusses the police shooting of 17-year-old, Laquan McDonald, in Chicago 2014 including the events, the suppressed dash cam footage, political firestorm, and cover-up. All sources are located in show notes and any images will be posted on Instagram.

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Sources from this Episode!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Laquan_McDonald

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/laquan-mcdonald/ct-graphics-laquan-mcdonald-officers-fired-timeline-htmlstory.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/19/laquan-mcdonald-4-chicago-cops-fired-over-teens-fatal-shooting/1775352001/

https://neiuindependent.org/16875/news/examining-chicagos-history-of-police-brutality-the-laquan-mcdonald-cover-up/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/us/chicago-inspector-general-laquan-mcdonald-shooting/index.html

https://www.insider.com/16-chicago-officers-involved-2014-laquan-mcdonald-cover-up-2019-10

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/us/chicago-police-fired-laquan-mcdonald.html

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-chicago-laquan-mcdonald-20180916-story.html

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwe784/heres-how-chicago-cops-really-covered-up-the-murder-of-laquan-mcdonald

https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/2239-laquan-mcdonald

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chicagos-rotten-system/2015/11/25/500dcaa6-93b1-11e5-a2d6-f57908580b1f_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-lessons-we-have-to-learn-from-the-laquan-mcdonald-verdict/2018/10/06/a8966896-c990-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/10/20908387/laquan-mcdonald-inspector-general-report-jason-van-dyke

https://apnews.com/6bbd38bec6ff4f8e9e54c43fe7a16300

https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-cop-shooting-video-release-laquan-mcdonald-20151124-story.html

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/city-records-show-officer-in-laquan-mcdonald-shooting-had-previous-complaints/1989540/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/18/us/chicago-police-complaints.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/us/few-complaints-against-chicago-police-result-in-discipline-data-shows.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/chi-chicago-shootings-violence-20141021-story.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/shot-laquan-mcdonald-emotionless-court-arrival-article-1.2445077

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34917287

https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/30/opinions/louis-rahm-emanuel-chicago-shooting/

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/02/laquan-mcdonald-shooting-a-recently-obtained-autopsy-report-on-the-dead-teen-complicates-the-chicago-police-departments-story.html

https://invisible.institute/news/2014/laquan-mcdonald

https://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-jason-van-dyke-indictment-document-20151216-htmlstory.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-laquan-mcdonald-documentary-jason-van-dyke-showtime-20190613-story.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/takeaways-scathing-department-justice-report-chicago-policing/story?id=44757551

https://www.npr.org/2017/01/13/509722770/doj-report-on-chicago-police-finds-pattern-of-excessive-force

https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-cop-charged-in-laquan-mcdonald-murder-tied-to-another-police-involved-shooting/

http://inthesetimes.com/article/18729/laquan-mcdonald-rahm-emanuel-emails-foia

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-kadner-chicago-tasers-st-1211-20151210-column.html

https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2015/11/27/rahm-couldve-been-the-hero-in-the-mcdonald-shooting

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2019/Kim-Foxx-Wants-to-Tell-You-a-Story/

https://www.salon.com/control/2015/12/02/rahm_emanuels_nixon_moment/

https://genius.com/Vic-mensa-16-shots-lyrics

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-university-of-chicago-gun-threat-met-20151130-story.html

https://news.wttw.com/2019/11/27/jason-van-dyke-being-held-maryland-facility