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Contributor seema iger, a former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. let me get your reaction. it took more than a year for us to see this. >> its horrifying. it simply put an execution. the officer seems to immediately get out of his car and just stop shooting and even after this young man is dead, he continues to shoot. thats what it looks like to me. >> yeah. lets talk a little bit about that. because the fact of the matter is that there was a young man in the street with a knife. but a...

That is it. >> then the other question is, the prosecutor is charging with officer with first degree murder. thats a little unusual, isnt it? >> yes. ive had a few first degree murder cases and most of my cases are murder in the second degree because it is so rare. but heres why. number one, if you overcharge you show confidence in your case and the public is concerned with the fact that she took so long to prosecute. so now shes being overly competent, shes compensating. thats number one. the o...

night. most of those protests were peaceful, although at least two people were arrested including one man charged with striking a police officer. here is a graphic video that sparked the protests. it begins with a patrol car racing through the streets of the citys southwest side responding to a report of a man with a knife trying to break into cars. the video shows 17-year-old laquan mcdonald walking in the middle of the road. there you see him, knife in hand. prosecutor says he took t...