It took 400 days for the dash-cam video showing Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke gunning down 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, firing 16 shots into the teen – most of them as he lay prostrate on the ground, to be made public. The excuses offered by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and law enforcement officials for the delay were unconvincing.  But beyond the suspicion that the mayoral election last spring played a role in the city refusing to release the recording, there is other evidence from officers at the scene as well as emails and more video that has yet to see the light of day. Calls for the resignation of the police superintendent, Garry McCarthy, and the prosecutor in the case, State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, are growing louder.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced the formation of a task force to look into police procedures and make recommendations for change, but this is clearly not enough to satisfy those protesting McDonald's death as well as the...(Read Full Post)