they are demonstrating against problems directly to blame for the shooting of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald. and dash cam video is raising fresh questions about the killing. it shows mcdonald running through a parking lot but like the first video released, the footage lacks any discernible audio. in terms of the protests coming up in a couple of hours, what do they have planned today? reporter: they re calling for economic justice, alex. they want chicagoans to feel their pain, making their way down the busy shopping district today. they ve got a lot of questions about that video you just showed, the shooting of laquan
october. mcdonald s family attorney spoke earlier to msnbc about laquan s mother and her desire to shield the video from the public. she did not want to see and has not seen the video of her son s execution and what mother would want to see that replayed on the news constantly. secondly, the family is from the west side of chicago and there was a real concern of public reaction if the video went viral. so the family did not want it released. five people were arrested during demonstrations last night that were triggered by the release of that video. as for the tape itself, nbc has blurred out portions of the graphic footage. the video shows officers responding to a call. mcdonald running, then walking in the middle of the street with a knife in his hand. eight officers arrive on the scene including officer jason van dyke and his partner, then seconds later, van dyke starts shooting, firing a total of 16
general election. president obama is more popular with women voters but since ann romney was accused by a strategist of never working a day in her life she has become a huge g.o.p. asset. defending the decision to raise her five sons. some people didn t think i didn t work but those were things i was very busy doing. the gallup national tracking poll shows romney leading shows unabomber up b showsobama up by 7 points. tim pawlenty points out he was short-listed and background checked in 2008. i was honored to be considered in that process. i m not going down that road this time. i ve taken my name off the list. i can help romney in other ways. mcdonald running positive tv ads about his accomplishment but the term limited so can t seek re-election so he is
october. mcdonald s family attorney spoke to msnbc about laquan s mother and her desire to shield the video from the public. she did not want to see and has not seen the video of her son s execution. and what mother would want to see that replayed on the news constantly? secondly, the family is from the west side of chicago, and there was a real concern about public reaction if the video went viral. so the family did not want it released. five people were arrested during demonstrations last night that were triggered by the release of that video. as for the tape itself, nbc has blurred out portions of the graphic footage. the video shows officers responding to a call. mcdonald running and walking in the middle of the street with a knife in his hand. eight officers arrive on the scene, including officer van dyke and his partner. seconds later, van dyke shoots