Why Did Authorities Say Laquan McDonald Lunged At Chicago Police Officers?

And which flag do they wave?

Alan: In what percentage of cases that "look like" police brutality (or police lethality) do cops brazenly lie about what happened? The percentage seems much higher than flagwavers would have us believe. 

Why did authorities say Laquan McDonald lunged at Chicago police officers?

Washington Post

After a Chicago police officer shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald last year, the initial information reported in local media outlets was fairly limited: A teenager armed with a knife he would not drop was shot and killed while approaching or ...

'We Cannot Go on Like This': Hillary Clinton Weighs In on Laquan McDonald Case

NBCNews.com 

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