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 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 s repo
establishment that they that the republican establishment doesn t share their views fundamentally on immigration and trade. and donald trump, and this is what we re seeing and why i think why he s grown in strength after paris, no one can the normal kinds of political gravity that operate on actors in this situation, which is shame, which is worrying worrying about politeness. the party. all those things. none of those are operating. so you re just getting that pure id and that s being channeled. and you re going to see when and if gravity reasserts itself. michael steele, sam seder, always great to have you guys on. bye now. coming up, news of a possible indictment as chicago prepares for the release of dash cam footage showing the officer-involved shooting death of laquan mcdonald. we will have the latest ahead.
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 ask is if you re going to bring
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 ask is if you re going to bring charges on tomorrow why couldn t these charges have been br
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