wow! chicago mayor rahm emanuel says he owns it when it comes to the misconduct in the city s police department. the embattled mayor just went before the city council in a special session to talk about the problems in the city s police force. he says the police department failed laquan mcdonald and other victims. what happened on october
the case has raised larger questions about police abuse and lack of accountability to address those concerns, the mayor announced a new task force on police reform and promised to deploy more police body cameras. for some, that s not enough and way too late. nbcs stephanie goss has more on the call for the mayor to step down. his fierce critics suggest city officials kept the video from the public for over a year for political reasons basing a claim on this time line. october 20th, 2014, mcdonald was shot 16 times by police and killed. in february 2015 mayor emanual was forced into a run off election. this as police shootings and black lives matter were grabbing headlines. emanual won a tight race for re-electi re-election. eight days later they gave the mcdonald family a $5 million
and a distraction. i have a lot of loyalty to what he has done and him, but i have a bigger loyalty to the city of chicago, its future and the strength of that future. no one person trumps my commitment and my responsibility to the city of chicago and its future. the case has raised larger questions about police abuse. and lack of accountability to address those concerns. the mayor announced a new task force on police reform and promised to deploy more police body cameras. for some, that s not enough and it s way too late. nbc s stephanie gosk has more on the calls for the mayor to step down. reporter: emanuel s fiercest critics suggest city officials kept the video from the public for over a year for political reasons, basing their claim on this time line. on october 20th, 2014, laquan mcdonald was shot 16 times by police and killed. in february of 2015, mayor emanuel was forced into a runoff
investigators are still going over the evidence, evidence that includes a multitude of weapons, handguns and rifles that the suspect allegedly brought to the scene in a duffel bag. at this point authorities are still trying to figure out why that planned parenthood was targeted. dan simon, cnn, colorado springs, colorado. chicago s mayor is expected to announce a police accountability task force tuesday. this follows the release of dash cam video of an officer fatally shooting a teenager. that officer has been charged with murder and just posted bail. cnn s kim law has details of the delay in the case. reporter: the night of october 20th, 2014, chicago police respond to calls of an erratic man with a knife. six seconds after exiting a police car officer jason vandyke fires, striking mcdonald 16 times. but this is not the story officers tell that night. the police union spokesman gives the first police account.
breaking news, jason van dyke, the chicago police officer who shot and killed a black teen, is out of jail tonight, posting bail. lots of questions about this, including this one. why did it take more than a year to charge him with murder? kyung lah is outfront. reporter: the night of october 20th, 2014, chicago police respond to calls of an erratic man with a knife. six seconds after exiting a police car, officer jason van dyke fires and strikes laquan mcdonald 16 times. the police union spokesman gives the first police account. 17-year-old mcdonald was shot once in the chest. after lunging at police. going at one of the officers, at that point the officer defends himself. reporter: an autopsy the following day shows of the 16 shots, nine entered mcdonald s