who was fired by rahm emanuel, citywide protests and scandals led to that. he is challenging his foe, officially announcing a pro police campaign. matt finn joins us with the story. shannon, this is sure to make for some fiery political theater. chicago s former top cop garry mccarthy is now fighting back against the man who fired him, chicago mayor rahm emanuel, president obama s former chief of staff. garry mccarthy just released a video short while ago in which he suggests he is the perfect law and order candidate to fight chicago s crime. mccarthy s pro police, limited spending campaign is opposite of mayor rahm emanuel who was considered very liberal. currently fighting the trump administration to defend his sanctuary city status. here is more of what mccarthy had to stay in this video. i know firsthand how strong and proud and welcoming chicagoans really are. that s why it s so painful to see that under this mayor, we
we have reports they l.a.p.d. is a package they are looking at, sent to a home via fedex. the package states it s from austin, texas. there is a woman there who says she was not expecting a package. she does not know the sender. we are told the bomb squad is keeping an eye on it. obviously they got live monitoring. if we learn anything new on the, it s awfully dark, i believe you can see the bomb squad is on the scene. this package sent to los angeles with an austin return address. the person in the home say they do not recognize. everybody on high alert after what s been happening in austin. law enforcement has been wanting just because the bomber is gone doesn t necessarily mean the packages were things he may have been involved with are as well. abundance of caution in los angeles tonight. we will keep tracking the situation. former chicago police superintendent garry mccarthy
moments ago a spokesperson for mayor rahm emanuel s campaign responded to fox news and this video, writing in part mccarthy does not make the minimum requirements to run for mayor and even after he was fired at one point, mccarthy made clear the mayor did not have control of that video. in relation to that video, illinois attorney general and groups like black lives matter and the aclu sued the city of chicago saying that the police to vermin engages in racism and brutality. now the city of chicago says the aclu and black lives matter can have a seat at the table as the city of chicago determines how it s going to overhaul its police department if those groups are willing to freeze their lawsuits. shannon: okay, very interesting. matt finn, thank you very much. we want to take you to los angeles where we are watching breaking news. a package that was sent via fedex to a home, a woman says she wasn t expecting it, doesn t recognize the sender and has identified it as coming from
are awash in higher taxes, corruption, school closings, violent crime. we don t have to live like this. the reason mccarthy s announcement is so explosive is because of a chicago police dashcam video that captured a police officer shooting and killing a 17-year-old black teen 16 times. rahm emanuel is accused of attempting to keep that video under wraps to secure his reelection. a judge eventually ruled the tape to be released to the public. when the tape was released, the graphic video caused extreme unrest and protest in chicago on widespread demands for rahm emanuel to resign which he denies the allegations he covered it up. at first rahm emanuel defended mccarthy over the tape and then fired him. mccarthy said he was thrown under the bus and now he s back. he tells fox news where the biggest pieces of his campaign will be asking mayor rahm emanuel to publicly detail exactly what his role was in that alleged cover-up.
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