Burger King manager told grand jury of gap in Laquan McDonald video
Source: Chicago Tribune
Minutes after McDonald was shot 16 times by Officer Jason Van Dyke on a Southwest Side street, several police officers entered a Burger King located just yards from where the teen fell, demanding to view the restaurant's password-protected surveillance video, Jay Darshane, a district manager for the fast-food chain, told the Tribune this week.
When the police left the restaurant almost two hours later, the video had an inexplicable 86-minute gap that included when McDonald was shot, according to Darshane....
...The equipment had been in perfect working order for weeks before the shooting, Darshane said. But the next morning, Burger King discovered the 86-minute gap when investigators with the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates police shootings, sought to make a DVD copy of the surveillance video. Missing was any footage from 9:13 p.m. to 10:39 p.m., Darshane said.
When the video system kicked back on, it recorded two police officers in the Burger King office who appeared to be looking at something on the monitor over and over, according to Michael Robbins, an attorney representing McDonald's family.
Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-cop-shooting-laquan-mcdonald-met-20151127-story.html
McCarthy, Alvarez's and Rahm's careers are probably toast after this
Enrique
(27,461 posts)"within minutes" of the shooting. Are officers trained to do this? If I was a cop and I wanted to tamper with surveillance video I don't think I'd know how to do it.
Cirque du So-What
(25,932 posts)but I don't think it's taught in police academies. More of an OJT sort of thing.
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)PSPS
(13,593 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,339 posts)And an hour and a half to drink coffee and surf porn, er no, cat videos.
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)I bet those Fucking PIGS who deleted the video are still working out on the streets.
Indict those mother fuckers for obstruction.
It's unbelievable what these Bastards get away with. God Damn Lies & Coverup.
They knew right fucking away that their little buddy was in deep doo doo. They didn't even give a shit about the teen when he was dead, they just wanted to help their cock sucking comrade.
sorefeet
(1,241 posts)they all cover for their fellow cop or they turn a blind eye. That makes them complicit and a bad cop.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Stuart G
(38,420 posts)One hell of a brain fuck watching it. Never forget it. I don't think anyone got caught for what happened to him...no one.
Rotegard
(29 posts)There should be several charged here along with Murder 1. Multiple conspiracy indictments are more likely to stick in a jury trial.
Sienna86
(2,149 posts)And who ordered these officers to go review/erase the tape?
7962
(11,841 posts)The cops followed little or NO procedure. Just shot him from a distance, no taser use, no trying to talk him down. He was NO threat at that time.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)That is all cops are.
ejbr
(5,856 posts)we seem to juries of their peers who don't seem to give a fuck.
summerschild
(725 posts)I had heard yesterday that the dashboard cams had video but no sound. At that time I understood them to be talking about three cars on the scene.
But today I heard them say there was no sound on any of the 8 squad cars that reported to the scene.
I've never heard of this problem before. Any idea (besides cover-up) how that could happen on 8 different squad car cameras?
Judi Lynn
(160,525 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)The cops on the scene, the mayor, D.A. etc who covered this up for a year should be fired.
jomin41
(559 posts)publicly -owned and private cameras in public streets and areas, tamper-proof of course.
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)trusting a cop to have access to your bank account, etc.
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)if the police tell you they need to look at the tape after a police shooting, tell them they need a warrant and make sure you have a copy.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,339 posts)A Burger King manager will likely cooperate fully with the cops, no questions asked.
He doesn't want the cops to "slow roll" in response to the next incident in his shop.
You want to delete some footage from the security camera? No problem, would you like fries with that?
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Thanks...
yurbud
(39,405 posts)they should have no right to confiscate your equipment, or tamper with files unless you are the one who committed the crime.
At most, they should be able to demand a copy.
The same is certainly true for cell phone video.
lark
(23,097 posts)Get him outta there.
lark
(23,097 posts)The shooter needs to be in jail for a long time, after he's gotten a fair trail and been convicted.