Lee's wisdom ignored by McDonald, Van Dyke, colleagues, Chief, States Attorney, Mayor

It's ironic the killing of Laquan McDonald by police officer James Van Dyke came to a head the week Spike Lee's movie of Chicago violence, 'Chiraq' débuted. Lee's presence reminds me of his profound 1989 flick 'Do The Right Thing' which, 26 years later, still resonates with me every day of my life. That's because Lee showed the consequences of folks not doing the right thing, in which a hot day, hot tempers and no turning back from confrontation led to the senseless death of a man and wanton destruction of a neighborhood. After 400 days we're learning tragic details of how virtually no one involved in the McDonald shooting, including McDonald himself, did the right thing. Ingesting PCP and roaming a main thoroughfare with a knife led McDonald to violence prone, trigger-happy cop Van Dyke, who pumped 16 slugs into a non-threatening McDonald. Fellow cops on the scene did nothing except stop Van Dyke from reloading, then likely corroborated Van Dyke's false narrative McDonald was in a death charge against him. Public officials from Police Chief McCarthy, States Attorney Alverez and Mayor Emmanuel all bear scrutiny as likely obfuscating the investigation for political concerns, such as delaying the inevitable day of reckoning and facilitating a re-election campaign. Every political official, every cop; indeed every citizen would be wise to view 'Do The Right Thing' for the wisdom it imparts to navigate the problematic society we inhabit and hopefully lead to more... 'doing the right thing.'