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Ep 25: Benedictions

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WBEZ & the Chicago Tribune

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4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On the Sunday after the verdict, we go to two Chicago churches in very different neighborhoods and hear their very different takes on Van Dyke, the shooting and the trial. We hear from Laquan’s friends and are surprised at what we find when we go back to the scene of the shooting at 41st and Pulaski.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:06.0

Listener discretion is advised.

0:09.0

I'm standing at 41st and Pulaski.

0:12.0

This is where Lequon McDonald was shot 16 times.

0:17.6

I've probably watched the video of that incident over a hundred times in the course of covering this trial.

0:25.0

On the night, Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of murdering Lacquon

0:28.9

Macdonald. One of our reporters, Shannon Heffernan, went to 41st in Pulaski.

0:34.8

It was raining and the intersection was bathed in flashing blue lights again.

0:40.3

Four police cars surrounded a man at the bus stop.

0:43.6

After a few minutes they drove away.

0:46.3

When Shannon approached him, he seemed a bit rattled.

0:49.2

At first he was hesitant to be recorded, but then he agreed.

0:53.0

I just got pulled over by four cops for no reason sitting here and they told me,

1:00.0

oh we pulled you over because you're trespassing,

1:03.1

walking on the sidewalk.

1:05.2

Four of them.

1:06.5

They didn't look happy.

1:08.0

I asked him if he had heard about the Van Dyke verdict.

1:10.2

He had, and he was glad.

1:12.2

I think what he did was excessive, and he was glad. I think what he did was excessive and he deserves everything he gets.

1:16.0

That's my opinion.

1:20.0

So do you think having this guilty verdict means that the culture around policing has changed in Chicago?

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