NP: Laquan McDonald Shooting

[Mark Kohut]

Shorter Rahm: this has nothing to do with the real Chicago Police Dept.

Ari Melber seemed to imply in careful lawyerly terms that Rahm lied when he said he hadn't (yet) seen the video. 

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> On Nov 24, 2015, at 5:34 PM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Have you guys been following this?  
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/us/chicago-officer-charged-in-death-of-black-teenager-official-says.html?_r=0
> 
> I'm in Chicago and don't really have a sense for what the response will be once the video is released. 
> 
> This part, I think, is important: 
> 
> Announcing that the city would not appeal the case after being expected to, MayorRahm Emanuel strongly condemned the officer’s actions. Officer Van Dyke “took the law into his own hands,” the mayor said after charges were filed, “and now it’s up to the justice system to hold him accountable.”
> 
> Rahm's as calculating as they come, and I'm sure that has more to do with his response than any personal/moral assessment of anything on his part. But maybe there's something positive to be taken from it nevertheless. 
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