Could of been less. Cops are mad they are being filmed. Makes them more angry. Imagine someone filming every move you make every day. It could drive you mad.
No one is filming the cops in their locker rooms or on the toilet, and even in public it only happens when there is some type of confrontation.
The cop pulls up and 7 seconds after his door opens he is shooting someone clearly moving away from him. Then he unloads the entire clip, loads another clip and continues firing with the guy on the ground. 16 shots. Murder plain and simple. I've heard cops have a "20 feet" rule regarding people with knives brandished (in their hand with the blade visible). That is, they shoot anyone brandishing a knife within 20 feet who is not exhibiting signs of complete compliance with verbal commands. This looks to me to be the rule this cop acted on. Its murder nonetheless. The thinking is that a knife wielding assailant can reach you from 20 feet in a couple of seconds. Of course, if I was to amble down the middle of the street in LA with a knife in my hand disregarding police commands I would be shot pretty much just the same way so its not all that shocking. Interesting that the city paid the family to sign an NDA and withheld the video until Rahm was reelected. That has to be illegal, right?
I agree with everything else in your post, but this last tidbit even shocked my usually cynical self...It's actually remarkably stupid that the mayor would ever put something like this out there...
Police Chief gets fired. http://news.yahoo.com/u-chicago-threat-came-amid-072016297.html# McCarthy was a detached from reality dope anyway, so good riddens. Might appease the mob, but they'll want more heads to roll. They always do.