Statement on Video of Chicago Police Shooting

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2014. University of Chicago Law Professor Craig Futterman and writer Jamie Kalven issued a statement today calling on the City of Chicago to release video footage of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald, a 17-year-old black youth, on October 20.

On the basis of their investigation of the incident, Futterman and Kalven say that there is strong evidence that the shooting was not justified.

Laquan McDonald was shot and killed by a police…