escalation training, rolling out body cameras, and adopting you ve been watching a news conference from chicago where u.s. attorney general loretta lynch announced the results of a 1-month investigation into the chicago police department. they found that the chicago police department had a pattern of excessive force, exhibited a pattern of excessive force, and, importantly, the chicago police department has agreed the city of chicago will enter a consent decree with the justice department going forward. the minority community in chicago has been disproportionately hit by this use of excessive force. this stemmed from the video released over a year ago by laquan mcdonald being shot and killed by a police officer. paul, this was an interesting news conference right there. this was a 13-month civil rights investigation. they did find a pattern of excessive force. they did announce a consent
winter with the release of the video of laquan mcdonald being shot 16 times by police by a police officer who s now facing first-degree murder charges. now, both sides say that these videos, the videos, by the way, are not dashcam videos. they re surveillance videos. one from one of those police observation points. others from security around a high school, around a liquor store. they say they aren t as dramatic. they re not as clear as the mcdonald case, but it s going to be more fuel for the fire. jose? john yang, thank you very much. thank you. a second u.n. relief convoy will deliver aid to three syrian towns today. 44 trucks from the u.n. world food program are heading into the rebel town of madaya which has been under siege by pro-assad forces. the u.n. says 4.5 million syrians were living in besieged or hard-to-reach areas with civilians prevented from leaving. and aid workers blocked from bringing in food, medicine, fuel and other supplies.
i m going to quote here. it says, i m concerned that the city may erupt when and if the video gets out. again, this is laquan mcdonald shooting video that shows laquan mcdonald being shot and killed by a police officer. i m going to continue here. what if the mayor and some community leaders such as father pfleger lead a peaceful demonstration with 100 plus african-american youth wearing red mortar boards to symbolize education as a solution while also invoking the image of laquan mcdonald in a positive manner. we do know a lot of protests did happen. we covered these protests for weeks. now, here s the statement from the city of chicago i received this morning. and it reads, we made the decision to release e-mails from the mayor s office, the law department and top officials in the police department in the interest of transparency. and being as open as possible. we even opted to waive the right to withhold attorney/client
confrontations, would direct officers to use the least amount of force necessary, and look to improve communication between officers and suspects during confrontations and it would double the number of officers with tasers by june of 2016. today the chicago police department is owning, embracing and publishing one of most meaningful changes in their history. obviously, we as a city have a lot of work to do. and the change won t be overnight. these policies are not the end of the challenge, they are the beginning of a challenge that chicago has faced for decades. emanuel has faced calls to resign since a dash cam video was released last month showing a 17-year-old laquan mcdonald being shot 16 times. the officer is charged with first-degree murder. he pleaded not guilty this weak. emanuel publicly apologized for mcdonald s death earlier this month. i am the mayor.
his band mates saying that this is simply a good sign they believe. sam a 9-year-old labrador was found by oklahoma officials. he was guarding the body of strickland s friend and hunting buddy chase morland. morland had joined strickland on a weekend duck hunting trip when their both capsized in choppy water in severe weather. rescue crews will resume their search later this morning and we are praying for their family today. the chicago police officer charged with killing a black teenager last year pleading not guilty in court. jason van dyke offering no comment as he arrived in court where he was arraigned on six counts of murder. dash cam footage released last month shows 17-year-old laquan mcdonald being shot 16 times as he appeared to walk away. officers say he was armed with a knife. van dyke has been out on bond but is off the police payroll. big brother listening listen to this one a new report revealing the nsa obtained private conversations between members of congress, and