On Wednesday, the wife of Bill Clinton (the 42nd President of the U.S.A) - Hillary Clinton, called for justice in the case of Laquan McDonald - a black teenager fatally shot by a police officer in Chicago last year. Quoting as evidence the Laquan McDonald incident, she cited it as an example of the need for an extensive national conversation about race and policing.
Hillary Clinton, who served as a U.S. Senator from New York, said in a statement, "The Laquan McDonald's family and the residents of Chicago deserve justice and accountability," Hillary Clinton also said, "As criminal charges proceed in this case, we also have to struggle as a country with broader questions about ensuring that all our citizens and communities are kept safe from harm and respected. The mothers I met recently in Chicago are right: we cannot go on like this."
Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer who killed Laquan McDonald (17-year-old), was charged by the court earlier this week with first-degree murder. The newly unveiled police dashcam video shows that police officer Van Dyke shot Laquan McDonald 16 times.
The police dashcam video footage, which contradicted Jason Van Dyke's accounts of the events, ignited protests in Chicago.
The American politician Hillary Clinton, along with her Democratic primary rivals, has voiced support for the international activist movement - Black Lives Matter. The former First Lady's campaign says her criminal justice platform includes more extensive federal oversight of police departments, and the campaign also involves the division that investigates potential civil rights violations.
Hillary Clinton stated, "All over America, there are police officers honorably doing their duty, demonstrating how to protect the public without resorting to unnecessary force. We need to learn from and build on those examples," Hillary Clinton added, "The loss of so many young African Americans taken too soon should reaffirm our commitment to press forward for progress."
