some of the facts from the case were spoken to us. so we do know some of the details. one of the things that we do know is that a young man was shot 16 times and that we believe when a lot of people see this not to rush to judgment but when a lot of people see this it s going to cause a lot of damage. it s going to bring a lot of potential anger out of a lot of young people and we need to be prepared for that. let me ask you this. for 14 months the city has been essentially stonewalling about all of this. there s been no official comment. they have fought tooth and nail the release of that video. there was this settlement passed by the city council for $5 million which is a sizable portion of money from the perspective of these kinds of things. and now all of a sudden we re going to hear that the officer s going to be indicted and the video s going to be released. what s your reaction to that timing? well, the timing is rather unusual. one of the questions we want to
people have gathered in the streets of minneapolis to protest the death of 24-year-old jamar clark, who was shot in the head by police last weekend. the police union says he was reaching for a gun. witnesses say he was handcuffed. minnesota congressman keith ellison showed up at one of the protests himself last week, one day after a picture surfaced on twitter of his son at a protest, a picture that prompted congressman ellison to tweet, photo is agonizing for me to see. my son is peacefully protesting with hands up, officer shouldering a gun. why? today keith ellison told me he was very concerned about the death of jamar clark but he s confident in a justice investigation into the shooting. all over the country and even here in minneapolis we have had difficulty getting independent thorough investigations of officer-involved shootings, particularly of african-americans. so i was sympathetic and highly concerned. but you know, we ve been in touch. we asked that the justice departme
months later the chicago city council unanimously approved a $5 million settlement to the teen s family before any suit had been filed. laquan mcdonald s family and their lawyers have agreed not to release the dash cam footage to the public while there s still ongoing joint state and federal criminal investigation into the shooting. however, one of the lawyers for the family of mcdonald, who s seen the video, described the footage to all in. when laquan is about 12 to 15 feet away from the officers, the width of an entire lane of the southbound traffic, one officer begins shooting. laquan immediately spins to the ground and the video then clearly shows that the officer continues to shoot laquan multiple times as he lays in the street. 16 seconds pass from the time laquan hits the ground until the last visible puff of smoke rises from his torso area. an officer then approaches laquan, stands over him, and
laquan mcdonald. that s the 17-year-old african-american boy who was shot and killed by a white chicago police officer last october and whose death we ve been covering for months here on this program. a source with intimate knowledge of the case tells wmaq investigative political editor carol marin the officer will be indicted tomorrow and the tape of mcdonald s death will be released on wednesday pursuant to a court order. now, at the time of the shooting all the way last october the chicago police department did not offer an official account but a spokesperson for the fraternal order of police police union said at the time the teen began walking toward pulaski road and ignored the officer s request to drop the knife. officers got out of their car and approached mcdonald again telling him to drop the knife, camden said. the boy allegedly lunged at police and one of the officers opened fire. mcdonald was shot in the chest. he was pronounced dead at nearby hospital. the medical examiner
appears to shout something as he kicks the knife out of his hand. after a judge ordered the release of the video last week, a lawyer for the officer accused of shooting 17-year-old laquan mcdonald urged the public not to rush to judgment. we re confident that my client s actions were not only lawful but also within department policy and within his training. we ask that everyone please refrain from prejudging this incident solely on the video alone. the city now says it will publish the video by the end of day wednesday. today in anticipation of that release mayor rahm emanuel spoke with community leaders in chicago urging a peaceful response to the footage. join meg now pastor corey brooks who met with rahm emanuel earlier today. and pastor, can you tell us what that meeting was like? it seems like a somewhat strange kind of situation we found ourselves in now with this case. yeah.