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to lead that. >> harry, i've got to say, you saw the police spokesman soon after that shooting coming out and saying the officer was, you know -- laquan mcdonald lunged at the officer. the video certainly doesn't bear that out at all. >> no. i mean, i spoke about this before also. i think that officer acted improperly in the laquan mcdonald shooting. that officer is going to pay the price. >> but the fact that this lasted for a year -- >> well, that's a question. i've investigated a lot of shootings like that. dozens of them. all right? two weeks, it should be over. >> when you worked for internal affairs? >> no, when i was a detective. when there were gunfight and they shot people. we would investigate those. two weeks, that case is over. you're not looking for a perp here on a case like that. so you know, it should be even a shorter period of time. the fact that this video took a year to come out, i'm sure that was not on the police department. because if that mayor wanted that video out, he would have told the commissioner or the
it's just not the answer. more has to be done. >> those are three moms i talked to recently in chicago, all of whom have lost their children. more has to be done, she said. a clear dissatisfaction with the police you heard there, but there are certainly different views about what mayor rahm emanuel did today and what's the best way to move forward with all this to try to keep chicago safe. keeping chicagoans safe from bad policing as well. cnn law enforcement analyst harry houke joins us. he's a veteran of the nypd. also van jones, a former senior adviser to president obama. you heard those moms in chicago. each of them have lost a child. they say putting more police officers on the streets isn't enough and that more has to be done. what also needs to happen in your opinion? >> well, first of all, i just want to say that rahm emanuel as mayor has to be asked tough questions. what did rahm emanuel know and when did he know it? >> about this video?
you're assigned to a detective. and the detective i had, he works nights. and when you call and call, you get no answer. when you finally do get someone, they take a message and say he's not in, he's on the street. no one calls back. no one calls back. it's no justice. and that's what i'm looking for today, for justice. >> they have to show that they care. just saying you care is not enough. just put more police officers. it's just not the answer. more has to be done. >> those are three moms i talked to recently, all of whom have lost their children. more has to be done, she said. a clear dissatisfaction with the police you heard there, but there are certainly different views about what mayor rahm emanuel did today and what's the best way to move forward with all this to try to keep chicago safe. keeping chicagoans safe from bad policing as well. cnn law enforcement analyst harry houke joins us. you heard those moms in chicago. each of them have lost a child.
there are mothers across that city who could tell you the same story. the police either don't protect or they abuse. you have communities that are not feeling every single day that the police do a good job of punishing, a bad job of protecting. they can cover up their own crimes, but they can't solve crimes in the neighborhood. and this mayor may not be able to lead that. >> harry, i've got to say, you saw the police spokesman soon after that shooting coming out and saying the officer was, you know -- laquan mcdonald lunged at the officer. the video certainly doesn't bear that out at all. >> no. i mean, i spoke about this before also. i think that officer acted improperly in the laquan mcdonald shooting. that officer is going to pay the price. >> but the fact that this lasted for a year -- >> well, that's a question. i've investigated a lot of shootings like that. dozens of them. two weeks, it should be over. when i was a detective.