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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. >> it's 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. that's what it looks like to me. >> yeah. let's 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 at no time -- at least the video that we're seeing, at no time does he lunge towards the police. h...

That is it. >> then the other question is, the prosecutor is charging with officer with first degree murder. that's a little unusual, isn't it? >> yes. i've had a few first degree murder cases and most of my cases are murder in the second degree because it is so rare. but here's 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 she's being overly competent, she's compensating. that's number one. the other issue is that if you overcharge sometimes it will help in me bargaining in terms of mayb...

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 city's 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 the drug pcp that night. officer jason van diyke approac with their weapons drawn. within seconds th...