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this is sad

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why was his first thought kill him he could have used a taser instead of his gun :(

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I agree

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i think the police officer should have been fired because there was no need to shoot and kill a 17 year old boy when he could of lived the rest of his life

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I agree with Bradly. Because why did he kill the black teen he just had a knife and he was not even using it and he did not do anything to harm the city.

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I do not agree that the police sheef should of got fired i think the police that shot the black teen should of got fired and put away for a long time in jail.

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That was messed up cause i saw the video it was so crazy what happened he was walking near where he was not suppose to go to cause he interfered the with the police job

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thats messed up he should not of killed

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I completely agree that both should of been fired because the chief didn't fire the police that shot the 17 year old, so that makes you start to wounder if he even cares.

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i agree with briah this is pretty messed up i think they need to check twice how is getting hired and fired :0

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I agree that the chief should have been fired because he stood by and watched him get shoot they shot him while he was on the ground so he deserved to get fired

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That's STUPID!!! Why would the police men shoot him, just because he's black!? I don't trust police men any more !

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I think this was a wrong thing for the police to kill the young african-american. I AGREE WITH MORGAN

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i agree that he he should be fired why would you kill a young bro like that

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i agree that it was wrong and bad because he should have never shot him

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BLACK LIVES MATTER!

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He dropped the knife and backed up and they still shot him :(

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You know am glad the cop got fired

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he could have tried to reason with the boy and not use so much violence. Why did the officer shoot him so much i don't agree with him shooti

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I think that the police officer should have got fired because he don't have the right to shoot him

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i think the cop should think before he acts

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He should have been Fired because he Shot the guy 16 times and having the intelligence of a peanut.

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I agree with @ Luis B] becuase It is wrong to do tHAT

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I agree with what he did and disagree because he shot someone and it was out of line but I agree with him because he walked away. but i think he should of tazzed him or something instead of shooting him

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why did he kill him he could have tazed him or tell him to put the gun down

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I agree with Ann because the chef should know more than other cops

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My opinion is that I think that he deserved to be fired cause he is in charge of the guy who shot him and the least he can do is get fierd for takeing someone eltis life.They could have handeld tyhat better and he was not armed and also lied anout the hole story to evry one even the polece

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I think we need to give the cop just 1550 volt tasers instead of a weapon that kills so I think it was a bad situation

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i don't agree that he shot a black teen for no reason what if some one comes and shoots him when he was a teen

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I think he shouldn't gotten shot because they could have just tazed him intead of killing him

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I think he should be fired because they held the video until now

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I think he should of been fired because he lied to everyone about what happened, Laquan was just young and he shouldn't of killed him. The chief should of handled the situation in a better way.

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I agree with the decision the kid put the knife down and was walking the opposite way of the officer from what the video said. i think its coming to a point where the police aren't helping black people there killing them.

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i thought that it was fair for the police officer to get fired because he shot the 17 year old boy and all the boy did was walk away from the police officer!

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he had a knife so he did right i think

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In my opinion I think he should be fired. He could have handled it in a better way that didn't mean a life being lost. I seen this on the news and when he was on the ground they kept shooting him. He needs to think before putting more people to death.Why couldn't they just handcuff him, use your brains people teens shouldn't have to die for what they did. They need a consequence but I don't think death would be that consequence .

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he shouldn't have shot him. He should have been fired. He deserved it. He murdered someone.

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I think that the officer should have got fired because the officer did not have to shoot a kid just like us.

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yah he didnt have a taser with him

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I agree with Ann because they they shouldn't keep shooting him if he was already on the ground. That is not fair!

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I think the police chief should have been fired because he was becoming a distraction and delaying.

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I agree with Briah. THAT IS MESSED UP! The only harm that they should have done would be handcuffing! He was a teenager thats INSANE

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The police chief wasn't the one who shot the teenager

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but he could've tased him

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This is messed up, dont kill a teenager. The police should have more control of himself. He was shot 16 TIMES. THATS INSANE

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I agreee with Montana they shot him even when he was on the ground. They shouldn't have kept shooting. He wouldn't be dead if they ddn't keep shooting!

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I think he should not be fired because he did not tell the police officer to shoot him and the mayor said that he was doing a good job.

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the police officer could of ran towards Laquan because he was walking and not looking

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I politely disagree with Nathan because he lied to the community, he lost the people's trust. And how was he saving and protecting the city if McDonald never did anything to harm the police or anybody else?

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I think he should not have been fired because he had no control of the police officer that shot the teenager. You can't control someone else's actions.

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protect? he was on the ground and shot him

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so tea i respectfully disagree cs i have seen the video and it shows that he does not put the knife down and it shows that he was kinda walking to the way of the officers and he was fearing the lives of his and other officers lives!!!!

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Yes he should be fired because in a picture i saw on cnn he had nothing in his hands and once he was on the ground couldnt and wouldnt move so it wasnt really to protect his crew because he was just walking down the road and going across the road to the other side

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I kind of disagree with Nate, because it was false that the teen was having a knife so he didn't do anything to harm the city.

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I think that he should have been fired because he lied to the community about what happened and he lost the community's trust so they did the right thing by firing him

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I completely agree , I've seen the video and they shot him when hes on the ground , the chief is the one that's allowed him to be apart of the team and for that hes given false accusations & shot the young kid while on the ground !

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I think he should not be fired at because he was trying to protect himself the police officer should have been killed though. The police should have handcuffed him not killed him that's messed up! If they would have handcuffed him none of this rioting would have happened!

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I think that the police chief should've been fired because he could've handled the situation better, he also lied about McDonald swinging the knife. He lost all of the communicates trust and now he couldn't get it back.