october. mcdonald's family attorney spoke earlier to msnbc about laquan's mother and her desire to shield the video from the public. >> she did not want to see and has not seen the video of her son's execution and what mother would want to see that replayed on the news constantly. secondly, the family is from the west side of chicago and there was a real concern of public reaction if the video went viral. so the family did not want it released. >> five people were arrested during demonstrations last night that were triggered by the release of that video. as for the tape itself, nbc has blurred out portions of the graphic footage. the video shows officers responding to a call. mcdonald running, then walking in the middle of the street with a knife in his hand. eight officers arrive on the scene including officer jason van dyke and his partner, then seconds later, van dyke starts shooting, firing a total of 16