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The officer comes up behind here after he's struck. lastly, i want to address statements that have been made by a private civil attorney who is suing the city of chicago for monetary damages in this particular case. this attorney has alleged that mr. johnson did not have a gun that night and that the gun was recovered, that has been recovered after mr. johnson was shot was planted by either officer hernandez or other chicago police personnel. this allegation is not supported by any of the evidence in this case, as assistant state's attorney mccarthy has just outlined. all the evidence that we ...

He wants that flexibility. he wants some kind of system to -- as sort of an interim thing to be more transparent with people about what they're thinking. the challenge of course is what are people supposed to do based on these warnings. it's one thing to tell the police and the government officials to do something, but what about everybody else, what about all the rest of us, what are we supposed to do. i think that's where the subtlety comes in. he said he would be announcing this new system within a matter of days. >> something to keep an eye on. closer to home on your usual day job beat, th...

Captures relevant events as they unfolded very quickly that night. before we give you that video presentation, there are a couple of points that i need to make. first of all, the investigation into this shooting was conducted by chicago's independent police review authority. ipra investigates these police shootings. we are then asked to review cases. ipra is the investigative agency on this case. to be clear, ipra is an independent entity and i have no authority over their process or their pace of their investigations. the dash-cam video we will show you shortly was initially presented by ipra...

Washington park towards another police unit. at that time, officer hernandez began pursuit of mr. johnson and then fired five shots. two of those shots struck mr. johnson, one in the back of his right knee, the second shot entered just below mr. johnson's right armpit and exited the body near the left eye socket. mr. johnson was pronounced dead soon after being transported to the hospital from the scene. my office has prepared a detailed written analysis of this case which we will provide to all of you here today as well as to the public. this analysis provides specific facts and details of th...

Grass stuck in portions of the weapon. this would indicate that the weapon was in his hand at the time he fell in the grass, that a photo of that was taken from the grass area where he fell after he was struck. additionally, after the weapon was placed in the vehicle, at the time it was placed in the sergeant's vehicle, there was a live round of ammunition. the weapon is in the slide lock position. when it's placed in the slide lock, it's normal for the cartridge to be ejected. that did not happen in this case. as you can see, the cartridge is still in there. that's just another piece of infor...