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REASONS MOST CHICAGOANS OWE#LaQuanMcDonald An Apology! (PCH) PLEASE SHARE THIS if you agree!! #PrayForChicago
* If Mayor Rahm Emanuel led a “cover up” of this heinous crime in order to save his candidacy to be re-elected…
* If Supt. McCarthy was in on a police cover up and knows information was tampered with...
* If the Aldermen (City Council) voted on a $5 Million settlement in hopes of “hushing” this situation for whatever reasons and now say they were "misled" but voted without doing proper due diligence knowing a black youth was executed by a police officer (particularly a white police) during an already tumultuous time with community/police tensions…
* If the Black Caucus allowed this to happen on their watch and participated in the settlement vote without due diligence or demanding to see the video before a settlement…
* If we all rush to judgment regarding the caucus and all city leaders involved without asking the necessary questions in order to get facts...
* If Faith, Civic and Community leaders or “activist" knew LaQuan was shot 16 times LAST YEAR but are just now “expressing outrage”…
* If any of us waited “to see” the video before we felt a black man being shot 16 times was flat out WRONG…
* If there is a Burger King video that was “edited by police” and the Manager & Staff are just now saying something about it one year later…
* If any of us didn’t even know this situation ever took place, we are clearly "out of the loop" and our ears aren’t connected to our own community enough to address these kinds of injustices…
* If it took us 400 days to FINALLY go and "pay tribute” at the site where LaQuan was killed…
* If the so called “outraged” Faith & Community Leaders are now chasing the media cameras to talk about “injustice” but knew about this case BEFORE this video was released…
* If people (especially black) leaders, preachers, politicians, residents, citizens, etc., knew this tape existed but sat back while a “white" reporter fought to get it released and few to no blacks helped him…
* If we try to stop young, passionate, angry young people from marching wherever they want to march and protest who SHOULD be angry and SHOULD demonstrate, in peaceful and non-destructive ways…
* If the older generation of Chicagoans have not taught the younger generation how to properly protest AND effect change through policy, legislation and voting…
* If we are ONLY "social media activist" and commentators who only “like" or post comments and “share” fact or fictional snippets who say “they SHOULD protest” but won’t join in…
* If those who didn’t VOTE, still won’t vote…
* If the church and the black community is going to continue to ignore #MentalHealth in our community...
* If we are going to blame ALL police for what a few bad police do...
* If we preachers have in fact become media whores but don't open our churches to provide life saving programs and Safe Havens (especially when no money is involved)...
* If Anita Alvarez and the States Attorney's office didn’t do their job, purposely delayed the video release or was part of a cover up…
* If any reporters knew about this incident, (especially black reporters) and didn’t make it a priority to tell this story continually BEFORE now, you know, kinda like#CarolMarin did (another WHITE reporter)…
* If those of us who stood during the Video Release Press Conference don’t work to ensure that City Leaders are accountable and won’t be allowed to let this happen in the future…
* If police officers who were on the scene, etc., stayed quiet, altered evidence and have not called this action wrong publicly, they too owe LaQuan and every gang banger and apology because they too have a “no snitching” oath that they operate by...
* If none of us are asking why LaQuan had PCP in his system, what led to this, and how to prevent other youth from going down this same road…
* If Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations are not working diligently to strengthen programs and find resources to save our youth…
* If black and non-black people still don’t see why Community & Police Relations are still strained…
* If non-black people don't yet understand the pain of the African American community and don't care enough to try and find out...
* If we allow racist idiots to pour gasoline on this fire with their social media comments and make racial tensions even worse...
* If those who don’t live in poverty stricken, resource limited and violent neighborhoods don’t get involved…
* If the media only reports on the negative things in black communities and not the positive things that happen more often...
* If you are mad about who killed a black youth but are not helping to keep other black youth alive by mentoring or sowing into programs…
* If the Governor and legislators of Illinois don’t realize every “program they cut” represents 150 programs we will have to print, these are called "OBITUARIES"…
* If my black community is only going to get mad when a black person is killed by whites but not be just as angry when blacks kill other blacks...
* If the government, philanthropist, the wealthy community and corporate America won't invest into underserved communities...
* If black people are going to go into debt this week for Thanksgiving and #BlackFriday Shopping but won't spend a dime to invest in youth programs for young black people... which is such a damn shame.....
If ANY of us fit ANY of the above categories, then NONE of us should be casting stones and ALL of use need to be held accountable!!! Clearly more than this video is 400 DAYS LATE and we ALL owe LaQuan and this generation an apology. And even after we all apologize, we owe this generation and the next A PROMISE OF CHANGE that won’t allow this to happen again! Now if you won’t help make that happen, KEEP YOUR APOLOGY, because you ARE SORRY and you’ll be sorry again, when the next LaQuan situation happens and is exposed.
I’ll start by saying, LaQuan, please forgive me. Humbly Submitted, Pastor Chris Harris Sr., who now recommits himself to building the#BronzevilleDreamCenter and strengthening#BrightStarCommunityOutrea
— with David Swanson, LaVel Little Hardy, Patricia Harris and 43 others at Bright Star Community Outreach, Inc. (BSCO).* If Mayor Rahm Emanuel led a “cover up” of this heinous crime in order to save his candidacy to be re-elected…
* If Supt. McCarthy was in on a police cover up and knows information was tampered with...
* If the Aldermen (City Council) voted on a $5 Million settlement in hopes of “hushing” this situation for whatever reasons and now say they were "misled" but voted without doing proper due diligence knowing a black youth was executed by a police officer (particularly a white police) during an already tumultuous time with community/police tensions…
* If the Black Caucus allowed this to happen on their watch and participated in the settlement vote without due diligence or demanding to see the video before a settlement…
* If we all rush to judgment regarding the caucus and all city leaders involved without asking the necessary questions in order to get facts...
* If Faith, Civic and Community leaders or “activist" knew LaQuan was shot 16 times LAST YEAR but are just now “expressing outrage”…
* If any of us waited “to see” the video before we felt a black man being shot 16 times was flat out WRONG…
* If there is a Burger King video that was “edited by police” and the Manager & Staff are just now saying something about it one year later…
* If any of us didn’t even know this situation ever took place, we are clearly "out of the loop" and our ears aren’t connected to our own community enough to address these kinds of injustices…
* If it took us 400 days to FINALLY go and "pay tribute” at the site where LaQuan was killed…
* If the so called “outraged” Faith & Community Leaders are now chasing the media cameras to talk about “injustice” but knew about this case BEFORE this video was released…
* If people (especially black) leaders, preachers, politicians, residents, citizens, etc., knew this tape existed but sat back while a “white" reporter fought to get it released and few to no blacks helped him…
* If we try to stop young, passionate, angry young people from marching wherever they want to march and protest who SHOULD be angry and SHOULD demonstrate, in peaceful and non-destructive ways…
* If the older generation of Chicagoans have not taught the younger generation how to properly protest AND effect change through policy, legislation and voting…
* If we are ONLY "social media activist" and commentators who only “like" or post comments and “share” fact or fictional snippets who say “they SHOULD protest” but won’t join in…
* If those who didn’t VOTE, still won’t vote…
* If the church and the black community is going to continue to ignore #MentalHealth in our community...
* If we are going to blame ALL police for what a few bad police do...
* If we preachers have in fact become media whores but don't open our churches to provide life saving programs and Safe Havens (especially when no money is involved)...
* If Anita Alvarez and the States Attorney's office didn’t do their job, purposely delayed the video release or was part of a cover up…
* If any reporters knew about this incident, (especially black reporters) and didn’t make it a priority to tell this story continually BEFORE now, you know, kinda like#CarolMarin did (another WHITE reporter)…
* If those of us who stood during the Video Release Press Conference don’t work to ensure that City Leaders are accountable and won’t be allowed to let this happen in the future…
* If police officers who were on the scene, etc., stayed quiet, altered evidence and have not called this action wrong publicly, they too owe LaQuan and every gang banger and apology because they too have a “no snitching” oath that they operate by...
* If none of us are asking why LaQuan had PCP in his system, what led to this, and how to prevent other youth from going down this same road…
* If Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations are not working diligently to strengthen programs and find resources to save our youth…
* If black and non-black people still don’t see why Community & Police Relations are still strained…
* If non-black people don't yet understand the pain of the African American community and don't care enough to try and find out...
* If we allow racist idiots to pour gasoline on this fire with their social media comments and make racial tensions even worse...
* If those who don’t live in poverty stricken, resource limited and violent neighborhoods don’t get involved…
* If the media only reports on the negative things in black communities and not the positive things that happen more often...
* If you are mad about who killed a black youth but are not helping to keep other black youth alive by mentoring or sowing into programs…
* If the Governor and legislators of Illinois don’t realize every “program they cut” represents 150 programs we will have to print, these are called "OBITUARIES"…
* If my black community is only going to get mad when a black person is killed by whites but not be just as angry when blacks kill other blacks...
* If the government, philanthropist, the wealthy community and corporate America won't invest into underserved communities...
* If black people are going to go into debt this week for Thanksgiving and #BlackFriday Shopping but won't spend a dime to invest in youth programs for young black people... which is such a damn shame.....
If ANY of us fit ANY of the above categories, then NONE of us should be casting stones and ALL of use need to be held accountable!!! Clearly more than this video is 400 DAYS LATE and we ALL owe LaQuan and this generation an apology. And even after we all apologize, we owe this generation and the next A PROMISE OF CHANGE that won’t allow this to happen again! Now if you won’t help make that happen, KEEP YOUR APOLOGY, because you ARE SORRY and you’ll be sorry again, when the next LaQuan situation happens and is exposed.
I’ll start by saying, LaQuan, please forgive me. Humbly Submitted, Pastor Chris Harris Sr., who now recommits himself to building the#BronzevilleDreamCenter and strengthening#BrightStarCommunityOutrea
