16 Shots: A podcast about the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald

74 Seconds

Minnesota Public Radio

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🗓️ 31 August 2018

⏱️ 5 minutes

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The events we covered in 74 Seconds were only a piece of a larger national conversation on policing and justice. A new podcast from WBEZ and The Chicago Tribune examines a case still unfolding in Chicago.

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0:00.0	The first trial of the former officers charged in the killing of George Floyd is underway.
0:06.0	Police officers are rarely prosecuted in such cases and the world will be watching.
0:11.0	The Minnesota Public Radio Newsroom which has followed this
0:14.3	case in detail from the beginning will bring listeners updates on this
0:18.3	monumental trial and the consequences it holds for the city and the country.
0:24.0	Listen to in front of our eyes, wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:30.0	This is John Collins, and this is is rehab Fisher from 74 seconds.
0:33.7	We wanted to tell you about a new podcast from our colleagues at W.B.E.Z.
0:39.1	in the Chicago Tribune.
0:40.5	It's called 16 shots and it's a look at the troubled relationship between the city's
0:45.1	black community and the Chicago Police Department. It tells the story of the
0:49.1	fatal shooting of Lequonald in 2014 and the fallout after the police department was forced to release
0:55.2	video of the shooting and it's going to cover the trial of the officer who killed McDonald as it happens.
1:01.0	The events we covered in 74 seconds were only a piece of a larger
1:04.8	national conversation about policing and justice and 16 shots adds even more to
1:10.2	the discussion. The first episode of 16 shots just dropped. You can find it
1:14.7	anywhere you get your podcast. Here's the trailer.
1:17.6	On October 20th, 2014, a call came into Chicago police about someone breaking into trucks and stealing radios on the city south side.
1:31.0	They found a black teenager named LeQua McDonald.
1:36.3	He was holding a knife.
1:38.6	Back up was called.
1:39.6	Anybody have a taser?
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