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You had a video camera from the perspective of this officer, you would be seeing something very different right now. how does that sound to you? well, that s the argument that the officer s attorney is going to make, certainly that, you know, he saw maybe, he thought he was coming toward him. but one thing that s telling in this video is you can see the white lines of the street. so you can see where laquan mcdonald is and you can see where the officer who fired 16 rounds at him is standing as well. and you can pretty well, you know, figure out that distance. and i m sure the detectives in the cook county d.a. did that. also, this is not a shoot situation. i disagree with that assessment. this man has a knife and you have distance. he s on a deserted street, and you have multiple officers. you also can get the protection of your vehicle from a man with a knife. and you do, you back off. there s a fence on the side, and you try to keep them penned in ....

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