kind of war zone insulting, inaccurate, and for police superintendent eddie johnson, exasperating. it s a little frustrating at times, because i mean, that narrative doesn t really depict what s going on in chicago. certainly we have our challenges and certainly 2016 was a horrible year. but we ve made a lot of progress in 2017. based on the hard work of the police officers and the hard work of our community partners that s helping us. so it gets to be a little frustrating at times. let s talk about that. i think people the president and others have invoked the city of chicago so often with respect to this one specific aspect of the city, the number of homicides, shootings down this year 21%, murders down 14%. what is your understanding of what has changed this year? well, you know, we came off of a horrible 2016, of course. and that was off the heels of the release of the laquan mcdonald video at the end of 2015.
times, because i mean, that narrative doesn t really depict what s going on in chicago. certainly we have our challenges and certainly 2016 was a horrible year. but we ve made a lot of progress in 2017. based on the hard work of the police officers and the hard work of our community partners that s helping us. so it gets to be a little frustrating at times. let s talk about that. i think people the president and others have invoked the city of chicago so often with respect to this one specific aspect of the city, the number of homicides, shootings down this year 21%, murders down 14%. what is your understanding of what has changed this year? well, you know, we came off of a horrible 2016, of course. and that was off the heels of the release of the laquan mcdonald video at the end of 2015. going into 2017, we laid out a strategy that included making better use of data and technology to help us. that was one piece. second piece was going to springfield to ask our
frame coming down the street. that s the still. now we play the next one and you see him advancing to the right towards chapman. and you ll see this. if we slow it down and you look there, then this well, that s not the part i want to show you. this is the other part there. there it is. right now, that is the officer there advancing. this was not the officer who shot chapman but was advancing on him. the next still you see, the next thing you see is when the camera jumps, it s the automatic jump and you see what we believe to be chapman on the ground. there the black blob just to the right of that orange awning. the reason we ve cut this up having shown it fully in context before is you see in the three stills what the dispute is about. did chapman there, who is now we see fallen to the ground, did he do anything in those moments before to threaten officers or leave them to feel threatened to justify the shooting? that s the debate. the way it unfolds on this video
doesn t leave you with that actual key moment, kate, on video. as john mentioned we are processing the third camera ang angle. the judge, why did he say that he thought it might be irresponsible to release the video, but then he went ahead and let it out. look, there is a fair debate over this in general which is when you have ongoing criminal inquiry, this individual, mr. chapman, deceased, but there are cases i already mentioned plus criminal case against two other people accused of a carjacking that occurred before this incident, there s always the question of what do you put out and does it taint the jury pool and put out incriminating information. and what critics have argued is sure, that s an issue. but if police are putting out all this information about defendants who are citizens, then there shouldn t always be a double standard that something that might, might inkrim nat officers doesn t come out. indeed, and i d be interested in
on the air. but regardless, you re saying it doesn t seem like something they should have fought for so long. no, i don t see why they fought this. i mean, understand this also falls clearly on the district attorney, too, because she s responsible for releasing evidence once it s no longer in use. if this case has already been adjudicated and everything ps been cleared, then this thing should have been released a long time ago. when you watch that video as we ve been showing it, what do you see? unfortunately, i mean, the officers, they have very bad tactics. the first rule of engagement when you have to use your firearm is cover and concealment that gives you that extra second before you have to fire your weapon. that s one thing that i would encourage them to look at in their training to see why aren t these officers taking that cover. we saw that with the laquan mcdonald shooting, too. he s going right down the middle of the street. and going into that sun. the sun glaring