Yesterday, the Chicago Police Department released dash-camera footage of a police officer shooting 17-year old Laquan McDonald in October 2014. The city's mayor, Rahm Emanuel claimed the video could be a tool to build peace and create a conversation among people, according to CNN, but the video spread quickly, illiciting mass-protests across the city. One attendee in the protests was Chicago native Vic Mensa, saying on Twitter "we out in downtown Chicago right now. I just got hands put on me by police. We want justice for Laquan and we want justice for our people.".@VicMensa out in the streets protesting, via his Snapchat #LaquanMcDonald pic.twitter.com/uFRDmVBijQ
— Paul Biasco (@Paul_Biasco) November 25, 2015
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— Justin Allen (@Allen_Justin) November 25, 2015
my brother @VicMensa out here for #LaquanMcDonald #stopthecops #16at17 pic.twitter.com/K5qYow1AS5— BLACK POWER ranger (@MalcolmLondon)November 25, 2015Marchers protest CPD handling of Laquan McDonald's murder https://t.co/MxA2DzRcPw pic.twitter.com/dowFYrml05
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) November 25, 2015