donald is still an elusive dream even after a guilty verdict was handed down to ben dyke last october joining us now to discuss the implications of the recent sentencing added down in the macdonald case as well as the not guilty verdicts for the officers allegedly involved in its cover up a civil rights activist the newly elected advisory neighborhood commissioner here in washington d.c. perry read thank you for joining us today yes thank you very was a pleasure no parent to ask you know many in chicago and around the country are calling are they're calling foul over you know cook county circuit court judge vincent graham sentencing of them i mean you have a down basically a six year nine month sentence for the murder of a quad mcdonnell why do so many feel that justice has not been served in this case well i'm simply put history the history in america has shown that when law enforcement authorities execute. a life of black life in particular this is what the result looks like around and granted he was convicted and that's rare on its own. but just delimit of sentence speaks to the th

emerged more than a year later showing that mcdonald was actually walking away from the police when ben dyke first shot him and then that the teenager was on the ground prone when the officer shot him fifteen more times then dyke was finally charged with first degree murder three other chicago police officers who allegedly attempted to cover up these events surrounding the shooting were also charged now flash forward to today and many still feel that justice for look quote mcdonald is still an elusive dream even after a guilty verdict was handed down to ben dyke last october joining us now to discuss the implications of the recent sentencing and the down in the macdonald case as well as the not guilty verdicts for the officers allegedly involved in its cover up a civil rights activist the newly elected the visor it neighborhood commissioner here in washington d.c. perry read thank you perri for joining us today yes thank you very was a pleasure and up our want to ask you know many in chicago and around the country are calling are they're calling foul over you know cook county circuit court j

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