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
respond to what was going on. this was a huge story in the city of chicago. i want to point out one e-mail. i ll start with this one because this was an e-mail sent from a lawyer who has worked with the city before and it was sent to one of the mayor s top advisers. i m going to read it here. it says, quote, i m concerned that the city may erupt when and if the video, and this is referring to the laquan mcdonald shooting video, if the video gets out, 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 the solution while also invoking the image of laquan mcdonald in a positive manner. that was one of the e-mails. this was someone outside the city sending their concerns to