attorney declined to press charges on monday. as we speak, in two courtrooms in chicago, there is a in the city courtroom, a county courtroom, rather, there is a highly praised commander praised by the past police superintendent gary mccarthy and praised by this mayor rahm emanuel who s on trial for brutality charges. it is alleged that he stuck a gun down the throat of a suspect and jammed a taser into his groin and threatened him if he didn t give him certain information. in federal court, another long-standing policeman, a retired now, he was a horse mounted policeman, is on trial or is facing a lawsuit for allegations that while off duty, while on his way home from working the gay pride parade here in chicago, he beat up three women motorists in a road rage incident on the expressway.
person being held, and then being dragged out of the cell, sort of limp down the hallway, he was taken to the hospital. he later died because of an allergic reaction to a drug he was given, but we have just today, going on as mayor emanuel was speaking, in county court, a highly praised supervisor, commander, is on trial for brutality charges. he s alleged to have stuck a gun in the mouth of a suspect and a taser in his groin. in federal court there s a lawsuit against another policeman who s alleged to have beaten up three women in a road rage incident. so this is just examples of why this anger has boiled over with the la quaun mcdonald case. craig? john yang, who has called chicago home for a very long time, thank for you that perspective, sir.
this morning on world news now getting ready for the duel in denver. we ll see how both candidates are preparing for the first presidential debate coming up tomorrow night. it is tuesday, october 2nd. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everybody. i m rob nelson. good to have you back from new orleans. good to be back. you can tell me stories during commercial break. oh, yeah. i have some good ones. they always are. and i am paula faris on this tuesday. we ll get the latest from denver with debate practice in a moment. and then caught on tape, a police lieutenant punching a woman in the head. now, the veteran of a big city force is facing brutality charges. that s hard to watch. yes.