Officer Van Dyke's shooting trial; McDonald

The last reference to the McDonald shooting I would find was buried in a 2 year old thread.

Chicago cop's lawyer calls video 'essentially meaningless'
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chi...0lE?ocid=ientp

Quote:

Van Dyke's attorneys say he was afraid for his life and acted according to his training. Defense attorney Dan Herbert told the jury that the video doesn't tell the whole story and that it's "essentially meaningless based on the testimony" jurors heard. Herbert specifically pointed to testimony from Van Dyke's partner that night, Joseph Walsh, who said he saw McDonald raise the knife, even though the video doesn't show that. "The video is not enough," he said. He added: "It shows a perspective, but it's the wrong perspective."

This is reminding me too much of the unarmed guy who was killed over a report of pointing his air rifle out of a hotel window.

Quote:

Herbert did not note that Walsh is one of three officers charged with conspiring to cover up and lie about the circumstances of the Oct. 20, 2014, shooting to protect Van Dyke.

No kidding. I wonder if the prosecutor mentioned it.

Ranb

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