the officer comes up behind here after he s struck. lastly, i want to address statements that have been made by a private civil attorney who is suing the city of chicago for monetary damages in this particular case. this attorney has alleged that mr. johnson did not have a gun that night and that the gun was recovered, that has been recovered after mr. johnson was shot was planted by either officer hernandez or other chicago police personnel. this allegation is not supported by any of the evidence in this case, as assistant state s attorney mccarthy has just outlined. all the evidence that we have points to the fact that mr. johnson did indeed have a gun that evening and the police witness accounts also support
he wants that flexibility. he wants some kind of system to as sort of an interim thing to be more transparent with people about what they re thinking. the challenge of course is what are people supposed to do based on these warnings. it s one thing to tell the police and the government officials to do something, but what about everybody else, what about all the rest of us, what are we supposed to do. i think that s where the subtlety comes in. he said he would be announcing this new system within a matter of days. something to keep an eye on. closer to home on your usual day job beat, the supreme court not going to take up a case regarding an assault weapons ban in chicago. president obama making gun control a central piece of his terror fighting strategy here at home. is this significant for that? well, i think it is. this is from suburban chicago, highland park, to be specific. in 2013 a ban, one of the toughest in the country on assault weapons. it had been challenged and the
captures relevant events as they unfolded very quickly that night. before we give you that video presentation, there are a couple of points that i need to make. first of all, the investigation into this shooting was conducted by chicago s independent police review authority. ipra investigates these police shootings. we are then asked to review cases. ipra is the investigative agency on this case. to be clear, ipra is an independent entity and i have no authority over their process or their pace of their investigations. the dash-cam video we will show you shortly was initially presented by ipra to my office on october 31st, 2014. along with some initial reports and documents relating to this investigation. ipra ultimately provided all
washington park towards another police unit. at that time, officer hernandez began pursuit of mr. johnson and then fired five shots. two of those shots struck mr. johnson, one in the back of his right knee, the second shot entered just below mr. johnson s right armpit and exited the body near the left eye socket. mr. johnson was pronounced dead soon after being transported to the hospital from the scene. my office has prepared a detailed written analysis of this case which we will provide to all of you here today as well as to the public. this analysis provides specific facts and details of this investigation as well as a legal analysis that goes into a charging decision in a case of this nature. we have also compiled a video presentation that includes 911 calls, chicago police radio traffic exchanges and the dash-cam video footage that
today it declined which leaves lower court rulings in place that said states and the cities can ban assault weapons. two of the justices, thomas and alito, said the court should have taken the case, that letting the appeals court rulings stay on the books relegates the second amendment to second class status. but it s kind of a green light here now for other localities to pursue these bans because there doesn t at least at this point appear to be a constitutional block to them. now, when the supreme court declines to take a case, it doesn t mean they are endorsing the logic of the lower courts, but it does leave those rulings intact. interesting. we ll see what happens in some democratic strongholds after that. pete williams, thank you so much for your time. appreciate it. president obama is facing criticism today for last night s prime time oval office address. the president s overarching message was to stay the course in the fight against isis while trying to reassure americans h