Nov. 25, 2015
By now, millions of people have witnessed the violent end of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald’s brief, troubled life.
Through dark, grainy video, they watched him twist and writhe and crumble to the ground beneath a wave of police bullets. They watched him jerk with each shot – 16 in all – that tore into his head, neck, chest, back and every limb of his black body. Most of those bullets struck him as he lay prone on the pavement.