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Oversight because we need investigation of all who saw the tape and what the actions were with subpoena power. >> theres a very strong editorial run in the "new york times" yesterday in which a law professor formerly in columbia and now chicago essentially alleges that the pattern of this was a cover-up and that not only superintendent mccarthy but anita alvarez, the prosecutor who took 400 days to charge and mayor emmanuel himself that they should all lose their jobs and all step down. what do ...

Representative the night he was killed and reported widely in the media and the autopsy slowing he was shot 16 times. back in february, weified a freedom of information act request asking the chicago police department for the dashcam footage we had heard existed of the shooting. that request was rejected. an appeal was also rejected. later on an nbc chicago report surfaced over an hour of surveillance video at a burger king near the site of the shooting had been erased, something yet to be fully...

Fault in several civilian shootings. >> so are you saying that this essentially was rigged, that basically, your supervisors at ipra were determined to get a finding of justified and if your team went out and did the legwork and found it to be unjustified and came back with that, they would say no and overrule you? >> yes, thats exactly what im saying. >> in this context of all that history that those allegations that chicago mayor rahm emanuel defended his response to the shooting death of laqu...

Statement in connection with the release of the video that said in effect, theres one person accountable for what happened to laquan mcdamaged. jason van dyke the officer who shot him. today the language was very different. he was talking about long-standing systemic problems. he was talking about the structural institutional conditions that breed abuse and shield it. its only a beginning but it is a beginning. i agree with reverend jackson that the firing of garry mccarthy is not reform in itse...

Donors who are fed up and fearful of trump. >> theres only one way you get to the top. >> when "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from new york. im chris hayes. today just one week after the release of dashcam video showing the fatal police shooting of laquan mcdonald, the mayor of the third largest city in america announced he was firing the citys top cop. as late as 8:00 a.m. this morning local time, police superintendent garry mccarthy was doing his normal rounds of media interviews. ...

And i mean its very poignant that it emerges out of the almost holy negative example of how the city responded to the shooting of laquan mcdonald. >> the mayor has announced a task force. you mention aid task force, deval patrick among others who was born in chicago, hasnt lived there for a while. the mayor made this defense when you talk about the handling. i think part of the reason theres anger and frustration or skepticism, look, this happened 400 days ago. people knew this tape was around a...

Finding of justified and if your team went out and did the legwork and found it to be unjustified and came back with that, they would say no and overrule you? >> yes, thats exactly what im saying. >> in this context of all that history that those allegations that chicago mayor rahm emanuel defended his response to the shooting death of laquan mcdonald and because of that history for many the firing is not enough. i spoke to reverend jesse jackson founder of the rainbow/push coalition and asked h...

Mayor, the chicago police department to being accountable and transparent? >> not confident, reggie but somewhat encouraged. i think a step was taken today. a week ago, the mayor made a statement in connection with the release of the video that said in effect, theres one person accountable for what happened to laquan mcdonald. jason van dyke the officer who shot him. today the language was very different. he was talking about long-standing systemic problems. he was talking about the structural i...

Handling of the case of laquan mcdonald shot and killed last october by a chicago police officer. an officer who was only charged with murder over a year later after a judge ordered the release of dashcam footage showing mcdonalds death. instead, the mayor said he was firing police superintendent garry mccarthy because he had become a distraction. >> this morning, i formally asked for his resignation. at this point in this juncture for the city, given what were working on, he has become an issue...

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