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Ep 1:The Night Of

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WBEZ & the Chicago Tribune

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4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The police shooting of Laquan McDonald forces Chicago to prepare for potential riots. We piece together details from McDonald’s too-short life and hear from Officer Jason Van Dyke in his first interview since the shooting.

Transcript

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The following podcast contains language and subject matter that some listeners may find disturbing.

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Listener discretion is advised.

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I got a call from the mayor's black preacher liaison person and I was surprised to get the call. Marshall Hatch Sr. is the pastor of New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

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on Chicago's West Side.

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He was one of about 25 black preachers called down a city Hall near the end of 2015 for a meeting with

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Chicago Mayor Ram Emanuel.

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I thought it was very unusual because after kind of a brief talk or so the mayor opened it up. I mean I

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never known him to open the floor up and give much of a hoots about what the black pastors thought.

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It was normally a monologue, not a dialogue that I was accustomed to.

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The meeting was three days before Thanksgiving. The next day, the city would release a police dash cam video.

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It showed white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting black teenager

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Laquon McDonald 16 times. They were very concerned about rioting. The message to

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the preachers was you know if you all don't help me to keep a lid on all of this

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don't come downtown asking me for anything anymore if things go up and smoke.

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Hatch says during the smoke.

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Hatch says during the meeting, it came out that McDonald had been in foster care,

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taken from his mom as a toddler by Illinois Child Welfare Agency.

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I mean, that's when I knew we had moved into a real spiritual realm with this piece.

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I honestly that and as a pastor you know to me that's divine poetry.

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Because he was a throwaway person if they ever was one.

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That would have to be the one that God would have to put in the center the name that somebody else thinks is worth throwing away

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And it was pretty explosive after that as As ministers kind of said, you know, look, we're not making any guarantees.

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