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Chicago Cop Murder Trial Begins
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
10 Sep 2018
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“The one truth” in former cop Jason Van Dyke’s not guilty plea in the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald “is when he says, ‘I was doing as I was trained by the Chicago Police Department,” said author and political analyst Paul Street, a Chicago native. Jury selection began last week in Van Dyke’s first degree murder trail, four years after Van Dyke pumped 16 bullets into 17-year old McDonald.

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