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Process, the internal police department that reviews these things cleared the officers and that s been an area of some controversy. but we should note there are two lawsuits, the one you just mentioned, the wrongful death suit from the family member and a wrongful termination suit from a chicago officer who was fired because when he was working in that very internal review department on this case among others, he put forward that there might have been wrong doing, there might have been disciplinary action. that conclusion wasn t held and not based on this new video but was based on the totality of their review. we get a new video like this, obviously to some degree a bigger news story because rahm emanuel and the city of chicago fought so hard to have it held secret. but this is thot the only piece of evidence. the other evidence, of course, you see on the scene. and we can show it potentially eventually a fire truck pulls up and folks gather around the 17-year-old s body and then he s ....
Chicago, thanks very much. as promised, we want to go to the other angle on this, the legal angle. want to talk to chief legal correspondent ari melber about this. we hear about the two officers, the names being kevin frye and lou toth, these are the responding officers in this, but the kid just 17 years old. so explain what the primary dispute is for the family s case. 17 years old, and according to everyone, unarmed. this is a question about whether this video which we now expect to get today, we will be showing it to viewers after we review it and get it, shows him basically holding a case his lawyers say was an iphone case which officers wrongly thought they say was a weapon. that leads to his family filing this wrongful termination suit. they allege deadly force used against chapman, against circumstances when he quote, posed no threat of death or serious bodily harm. s want to tell you that they say there s a coverup which goes to what you and mr. yang were talking about. how d ....
Allegations, and it reads, in part, we do not fn it s legitimate or if it has been altered. mr. sterling is emphatic that what is reflect odd that recording is not consistent with nor does it reflect his views, beliefs, or feelings. in 2009, sterling, who made billions largely in real estate, settled a housing discrimination suit without admission of guilt with the department of justice. at issue? allegations he discriminated against hispanic and african-american renters. one year later, the former gm of the clippers, hall of famer elgin baylor filed a wrongful termination suit against the organization. a jury found in favor of sterling. baylor referred to sterling s plantation mentality in his suit. owe also quoted sterling saying i would like to have a white southern coach coaching poor black players. ....
But don t put it so the world has to see so they call me. and don t bring him to my games, okay? reporter: sterling s wife told tmz her husband is not a racist, saying it s not true, also saying the tape recordings were, old. he s long been thought to be somewhat of a bigot, but the issue now is the fact that everybody around the country knows. reporter: sterling, the son of jewish immigrants, started his career in the early 60s as an attorney before transitioning to real estate, developing a track record of legal problems involving discrimination. in 2009, clippers former general manager elgin baylor filed a wrongful termination suit against sterling for what he called sterling s pervasive and ongoing racist attitude, alleging sterling wanted the clippers to be poor black boys from the south and a whitehead coach. sterling denied the allegations and baylor dropped the racial discrimination suit. also in 2009, sterling paid what was at the time the largest housing discriminat ....
Nbc s stephanie stanton has more from los angeles. reporter: this burned-out truck belonging to murder suspect christopher dornor was found thursday afternoon two hours east of los angeles. dornor himself is nowhere to be found. he s considered armed and extremely dangerous. reporter: a former navy reservist and expert marksman, dornor posted a manifesto on facebook, detailing threats against two companies police officers he intended to kill. he claimed he was treated unfairly when fired from the l.a. police department in 2008 for making false statements. he filed a wrongful termination suit against the lapd but lost the case. the people with whom he had agreements were fair game, and so were their families, so were any other police officers on or off duty. reporter: the killing spree began sunday with a double homicide in orange county. the daughter of the lapd captain who represented dornor in his suit was killed along with her fiance. thursday morning police say he ....