this is not an easy situation. this is a difficult day for families in los angeles. this is a difficult day for teachers who want nothing more than to teach our kids and to give hope for the future. but i want you to know that the only thing that is more important to this board of education, to our superintendant, to all of the civic leaderses that are gathered here today. the only thing that is more important than the education of our children is the safety of our children. and we will make sure that that safety is assured, working together as all of us have and want to say to the leadership of our community and labor partners that stepped up in every way and business community, we will need
school districts may have received similar threats. where else did the e-mail go if it is the same e-mail? this is a big news item and the superintendant said there is a continuing investigation going on, on the school grounds. even though the fbi may say it is not credible, they are acting on it out of an abundance of caution. for families sending their children to school, what would you say to them? this is the age we live in and the longer that we have politicians, whether state or county or federal think that the privacy concerns of people supercede the safety of a nation, this will continue. the intelligence gathering should be extreme for the people trying to do something like this
commissioner there, bill bratton who remember is a former police chief in l.a., said he believed there was a danger of overreacting and the clear implication that l.a. did just that. listen here. we have an investigation underway, it is a investigation unto a hoax. we strongly believe that the e-mail received in new york city which is similar and almost exactly the same in any locales and specifically los angeles, we do not see that has a credible terrorist threat. reporter: now, it is obviously interesting to note from the new s conference we just heard that neither mayor of l.a. nor the police chief beck would criticize the superintendant s decision. they squarely said it was his decision and his alone, and they
press conference where he announced that he requested the resignation of chicago police superintendant gary mccarthy. his removal was a partial victory for activists who demanded his resignation, mayor emanuel and cook county state attorney anita alvarez and also partial response to the calls for accountability. from the institution that the police represent. mayor emanuel addressed some of those concerns with the announcement of a police accountability task force. the expanded use of body cameras. as the chicago tribune pointed out, emanuel s narrative comes against a backdrop of decades worth of chicago police torture and corruption and infect wall practices. time and again, the police department has quickly cleared officers of allegations only to have civil litigation later
actually had that conversation with the superintendant when he granted us that interview. one of the things that struck me so far during all the protests, i ve seen people on the streets crying for laquan at this point but it seems like quite honestly this young man should have had someone as an advocate for quite some time. when you listen to the history of his life, you understand how sad and tragic it was, even before the shooting happened. when laquan mcdonald was shot and killed, his death went by with little notice. but the release of a dash cam video showing how the 17-year-old was gunned down by a police officer has propelled his case into the national spotlight. my nephew shot in the back. and all them other places, 16 times. 16 shots! 16 shot shots! reporter: 16 shots, the phrase protesters are chanting as they call for justice for laquan. mcdonald lived a hard life.