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16 Shots

Ep 13: The Prosecution Rests

16 Shots

WBEZ & the Chicago Tribune

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4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

An expert on police use of deadly force testified that Jason Van Dyke didn’t need to shoot Laquan McDonald.

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My assessment of the situation was that the risk posed by Mr. McDonald did not rise to the necessity of using deadly force to stop it.

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From W.B. E. Z. Chicago and the Chicago Tribune, this is 16 shots, the police shooting of

0:27.7

Lacwan McDonald. Today, prosecutors wrapped up their case against Jason Van Dyke.

0:33.0

At this time, the people of the state of Illinois arrest.

0:36.0

W.B. E. Z. Shannon, Hafernan and Patrick Smith are at the courthouse.

0:40.0

Patrick, we're going to analyze the prosecution's entire case with experts tomorrow, but first I want to talk about what happened in court today.

0:48.0

The first witness today was a ballistics expert from the FBI. His name is Scott Patterson. He testified about the

0:54.2

moments of the actual shooting. What were prosecutors trying to show with

0:57.6

his testimony? I think the main thing that they were trying to show was just

1:01.9

how long Laquon McDonald was on the ground during the

1:06.1

shooting. You know Patterson today testified that Jason Van Dyke was shooting

1:10.5

for about 14 seconds and that Laquoix

1:13.7

McDonald was on the ground for 12.6 seconds of that entire thing.

1:18.1

So the vast majority of it.

1:20.7

Patterson was using slowed down video to show when the first and last shot happened,

1:25.8

although he did say he didn't know exactly when the last shot hit.

1:29.0

So I think the main thing was how long the shooting took and how much of it was aimed at

1:34.5

at Laquan while he was laying on the ground.

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Why is the amount of time

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Laquoane was on the ground as opposed to the amount of time he was standing significant?

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Well I think the reason it's significant is because you know

1:46.4

Officer Van Dyke's defense is that he was in fear for his life or in fear for

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