The Police Shooting That Rocked Chicago

[0] From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.

[1] This is The Daily.

[2] Today.

[3] It took four years for the case to make it to trial.

[4] It took less than eight hours for the jury to reach a verdict.

[5] Monica David on the police shooting that has rocked Chicago.

[6] It's Friday, October 12.

[7] On the night of October 20th of 2014, a truck driver, out on the southwest side of Chicago in this industrial area says he saw a man trying to break into trucks and a lot that he was in.

[8] So the truck driver calls 911.

[9] He said that he thought the man was trying to take radios out of the truck.

[10] He hangs up the phone with 911 and then has a confrontation with the man. The man runs off, and the truck driver's waiting for the police to come.

[11] Well, that's set off a really complicated set of events for the city.

[12] The police officers come and they talk to the truck driver, and they get a description.

[13] Mail who we caught breaking into trucks and stealing radios.

[14] Black male in a dark shirt.

[15] One -five, Robert.

[16] And they head off to look for him.

[17] Pretty soon after that, they find the guy and they tell him to stop and take his hands out of his pockets.

[18] He doesn't stop, but he does take his hands out of his pockets.

[19] And what they see is that he's got a knife.

[20] They try to get him to drop the knife, but he just keeps on walking.

[21] Anybody have a taser?

[22] How about a 401killer for 815 Robert?

[23] Looking for a taser.

[24] When he won't stop and he won't drop the knife, they call for reinforcements.

[25] I get a 12 coming.

[26] Anyone else closer?

[27] Asking for a taser for a armed defender with a night.

[28] At one point, the police car gets so close.

[29] Popped our tire on the car, what?

[30] He manages to slash the tire of one of the squad cars.

[31] Time for anybody close?

[32] Well, by now, more and more police cars are coming on the scene.

[33] 45, Robert, we're about two blocks away.

[34] Like a dozen officers out there.

[35] Lots of squad cars, lots of lights and sirens.

[36] They're more bikes.

[37] They're just trailing a guy who's walking along the road with a knife.

[38] Let me know when he's in Coast City, guys.

[39] They go through a parking lot of a Burger King.

[40] Some police cars go one way and some go around a corner a different way.

[41] But in the end, they end up on...