according to a mcdonald family lawyer, 86 minutes was missing. in a statement to nbc television station in chicago, a spokesperson for ipra said we have no credible evidence at this time that would cause us to believe that cpd purged or erased any surveillance video. chicago police did not respond to our request for comment. joining me now, michael robins who is representing the family of laquan mcdonald. mr. robbins, your react to this report? well the fact that the police entered the burger king restaurant without a warrant or a subpoena accessed the system upon demanding the password and then left and that 86 minutes or so of video is missing from all 11 cameras is something that gave us a great deal of concern. now, the video would not have shown the actual shooting, but it would have shown the events leading up to the shooting and
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 appears to shout something as he kicks the knife out of his hand. the fbi, u.s. attorney, and the cook county state s attorney s office are all investigating now laquan mcdonald s death along with the independent police review authority known as ipra. now come revelations first reported by nbc television station in chicago that over an hour of surveillance footage from a burger king located less than 100 yards from where mcdonald was shot and killed is missing. according to his family s lawyer. listen so this. the footage would not have shown is actual shooting but may have shown mcdonald running through the burger king parking lot and witnesses in the parking lot. we spoke to a district manager for burger king. while he was not there the night
video still has not been made public. but the lawyers for the family of laquan mcdonald have seen it and one described the footage to all in. the client is about 12 to 150 feet away from aufsers,th of an entire lane of 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 appears to shout something as he kicks the knife out of his hand. the fbi, u.s. attorney and the cook county state s attorney s office are all investigating now laquan mcdonald s death along with the independent police review authority known as ipra.
own eyes saw that was not true, after a great deal of searching his conscience, he came forward and presented himself to ipra, the independent review police authority, and gave them a statement to tell them what actually had occurred. michael robbins, we re staying on this case, filing an appeal of the rejection of our foia. we will stay with this. thank you for joining me. really appreciate it. all right. the president of world soccer s governing body, fifa s sepp blatter is defying calls to step down amid allegations of widespread bribery and corruption in his organization. why does a prominent world leader have his back?
with groups of young people who work so hard and speak with so much heart about what s best in america even though i knew some of them must have lived under the fear of deportation. mitt romney was critical of the changes. he spoke while campaigning in new hampshire. believe the status of young people who come here through no fault of their own is an important matter to be considered and it should be solved on a long-term basis so they know what their future would be in this country. i think the action of the president he took today makes it more difficult to reach that long-term solution because an executive order is a short-term matter that can be reversed by subsequent presidents. what should the reaction be from u.s. congress? no big surprise here, it comes down along party lines. athena jones breaks that down for us. reporter: senator minority leader mitch mcconnell refused to answer shouted questions about the new immigration policy, but the reaction from other