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Yet another modest proposal 

The Black Lives Matter movement has been criticized for failing to advance concrete proposals to deal with the issues it’s raising. Here’s a suggestion that should, but won’t, give the critics pause. The group should demand the appointment of a special prosecutor in Chicago to pursue the murder prosecution of the cop who gunned down Lacquan McDonald. The elected DA, Anita Alvarez, has proven beyond reasonable doubt that she is in the tank for the cops, and will do what needs doing to secure an acquittal. If you’ve watched the video you know that it shouldn’t have taken her a year to bring charges. Once the identify of the shooter was established (and that was never in question) no reasonable person would take more than 5 minutes to make the decision it took her a year to make, and then only because a judge ordered the release of the video. The community should have some degree of confidence that the person in charge of the prosecution is actually interested in securing a conviction. The Black Lives Matter folks should really push to get Alvarez off the case.

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