incident, they concluded that it was a bad shooting and they stripped officer van dyke of his police powers. the officer was then assigned to desk duty where he has remained for the last year until today. he was suspended without pay for dash ca many junior. there is no sound on this video of the murder of laquan mcdonald. there is no sound on this video. it is very graphic. you should be warned about that. if you choose to watch it, you will see mcdonald armed with a knife. and you will see him trying to get away from police officers who were then closing in on him. here is that video. this is laquan mcdonald in the middle of the road there. the officers will approach from his left. you can see him hit there. 16 shots in total were fired. there was a pause, according to witnesses after the first shots and before the second shots were fired. that s an officer kicking the knife out of laquan mcdonald s hands there. and those blurs that occurred were nbc standards, blurring mom
night. most of those protests were peaceful, although at least two people were arrested including one man charged with striking a police officer. here is a graphic video that sparked the protests. it begins with a patrol car racing through the streets of the city s southwest side responding to a report of a man with a knife trying to break into cars. the video shows 17-year-old laquan mcdonald walking in the middle of the road. there you see him, knife in hand. prosecutor says he took the drug pcp that night. officer jason van diyke approac with their weapons drawn. within seconds they start shooting. he stumbles. 16 rounds fired, the majority striking the teenager as he lays on the ground. officer van dyke ordered held without bail after prosecutors charge him with first degree murder. his attorney says the shooting was justified because the officer feared for his life. i m joined by independent journalingist brandon smith whose lawsuit forced the release of the video. thank
boarding? you bet your ass ida prove it. you bet your ass. in a heart beat. tonight, the grave importance of 2016 s first 3:00 a.m. moment. and the new polling on donald trump s brand-new threat in iowa. i do not like them sam, i am. i do not like green eggs and ham. ted cruz makes his move. i m a big fan of donald trump s but i m not a fan of government registries of american citizens. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. breaking news tonight out of chicago. where officials just released video of the shooting death of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald who was killed by a chicago police officer on october 20th, 2014, 13 months ago. that officer has just been arrested and indicted for first degree murder. the first time in recent memory that a chicago police officer has been charged with a criminal offense for shooting while on duty. video of the shooting which we will broadcast in a moment was to be released no later than tomorrow
stripped officer van dyke of his police powers. the officer was then assigned to desk duty where he has remained for the last year until today. he was suspended without pay for dash ca many junior. there is no sound on this video of the murder of laquan mcdonald. there is no sound on this video. it is very graphic. you should be warned about that. if you choose to watch it, you will see mcdonald armed with a knife. and you will see him trying to get away from police officers who were then closing in on him. here is that video. this is laquan mcdonald in the middle of the road there. the officers will approach from his left. you can see him hit there. 16 shots in total were fired. there was a pause, according to witnesses after the first shots and before the second shots were fired. that s an officer kicking the knife out of laquan mcdonald s hands there. and those blurs that occurred were nbc standards, blurring moments there where there appears to be puffs of smoke. some peo
understanding and the bridges of understanding together. and with that, obviously, we ll take some questions. [ inaudible question ] mark, if i could, i don t think you didn t say it explicitly, but let me say it implicitly in the question. we have been doing that, but we have to dedicate ourself, because there s no doubt there s a gulf that exists and we have to continue to work with that. [ inaudible question ] would you like to take that? so at the end of the day, we re obviously always planning for the worst-case scenario and expecting the best. and in this case, we re in that same position. this is an incident that happened in october of 2014. you know, i could spout statistics that are meaningless at this point about how much better we re doing at police shootings, regarding policy and supervision and discipline. but at the end of the day, we knew this day was coming, and, you know, honestly, it would have, in my book, been better if it happened after whatever hap