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When you say the department of justice is coming in. as i say, we welcome it, skept it, and need it. were in a reflection point. laquan mcdonald situation, yes, at one level, you can say and look at it the way you just described it, is another incident. i as mayor will tell you, it cannot be just another incident. where what we do is take a step. why i think ipra was created was not considered then a half measure. but none of the measures we have taken have measured up to the serio seriousness, ...

Of his second term. and as he acknowledged in other parts of the press conference, this is not a new phenomenon. so this is really is an evolving response and trying to find something that is going to get him to look like hes in control of this issue. kate? >> i want to bring in an alderman from chicago, as an elected official very much in the spotlight right now. alderman, thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> youve been listening to the mayor, your mayor, talking about chang...

Not proactive the mayors office was and if they did appear to slow up the video, they objected -- >> mcdonald video? >> the root of a lot of this mistrust. of course, this shooting, the ronald johnson shooting happening prior to the laquan mcdonald video. they had to come out and demand that both of those videos come out. so you had on the part of the mayors office apparently what locks like an attempt to slow everything down and keep quiet in the midst of a re-election and anita alvarezs side o...

Both to preserve life and provide greater safety in our communities. i want to thank them for what they do and remind them that they have the support of a grateful city. we also want to honor their service while holding those accountable who cant meet the standards that weve come to expect and the community deserve in the city of chicago. director of ipra, the independent police review authority, which is why im so thankful that sharons agreed to step forward at this critical juncture, to take t...

Would take any recommendations from the department and implement them without contesting them, without going to court. and he said they were cooperating with the department. he didnt go so far as to say theyd take every recommendation. so sometimes at the end, there can be wrangling between the city and the justice department about what is going to take place. >> matthew miller thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> chris hayes has been reporting on chicago extensively. thanks for co...

Mayor has entrusted me with the leadership of ipra, moving forward, and i hope to be confirmed by the city council. the city is at a cross roads today, and there can be no doubt that change is in the air, is on the horizon. yet the mission of ipra will remain the same -- thorough, fair, and timely investigation of police officer misconduct. all of that is critical to restoring the trust that is essential to providing the level of public safety that all of our communities deserve. i promise you, ...

Keep in mind, rahm emanuel began that press conference before the video of laquan mcdonald shooting by saying, this is about one officer. >> to now, this is about the whole force. >> not just the whole force, but every system to keep accountability, the independent police review authority, constituted in 2007 in the wake of another police scandal. >> one of the reporters said, we heard the same press conference in 2007 promising us that changes would be made and here we are all these years later...

Escalante, how could you have approved the department of detectives report in march of this year, which cleared van dyke of any wrongdoing, cleared, closed, found to be consistent with the attack, the accounts of the witnesses, the videotape? we know now from reading those reports that the officers reports were not consistent with the videotape. you were the head of detectives back then, how could you have approved that report? and to you, mr. mayor, that report was approved and your administrat...

Were watching chicago as mayor rahm emmanuel is about to address the media as the chief of detectives resigns. and the states attorney general announced no charges today against the officer seen in a new dash cam video, shooting and killing ronald johnson. it happened one week before the fatal police killing of laquan mcdonald. lots for the mayor to talk with, so stay with us for that. our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us.