--- description: The video will show the shooting of a 25-year-old family lawyers say was unarmed, despite police insistence that he had a gun title: Chicago Will Release Another Video Showing Police Shooting Black Man image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5252dc2c01b3e73/698873c1cf40a85a7fc40eba/rahm-emanuel2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chicago Will Release Another Video Showing Police Shooting Black Man by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2015 11:53 PM CUT  Rahm Emanuel speaks to the media in Chicago on Dec. 3, 2015. Rahm Emanuel speaks to the media in Chicago on Dec. 3, 2015.M. Spencer Green—AP by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2015 11:53 PM CUT Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will support the [release of a video](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-ronald-johnson-video-1204-20151203-story.html "undefined") showing a police officer shooting a 25-year-old black man in 2014, the mayor said Thursday. The decision is a reversal for the city which has long opposed the video’s release. The family of Ronald Johnson III, who died a week before officers shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, have battled with the city release of the video of his killing, the Chicago _Tribune_ reports. An attorney for the Johnson family insists that the 25-year-old was running and unarmed when he was shot by police, but police insist that he had turned toward officers with a gun in his hand. The video comes on the heels of [protests that erupted](http://time.com/4128090/chicago-protest-laquan-mcdonald-black-friday-march/ "undefined") in response to the release of a video depicting McDonald’s death, showing police officers shooting the young man as he appeared to move away from them. Last week, a Chicago police officer was charged with first degree murder for McDonald’s death and on Tuesday Mayor Emanuel [fired Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy](http://time.com/4131089/garry-mcarthy-chicago-police-fired/ "undefined") for his handling of the situation. The Mayor has also facing scrutiny for the city’s delayed response to the teen’s death. The Illinois [Attorney General Lisa Madigan](http://time.com/4132137/illinois-attorney-general-asks-for-federal-investigation-of-chicago-police/ "undefined") is asking the Department of Justice to investigate the Chicago police department. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4135870/chicago-will-release-another-video-showing-police-shooting-black-man/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4135870/chicago-will-release-another-video-showing-police-shooting-black-man/"},"headline":"Chicago Will Release Another Video Showing Police Shooting Black Man","datePublished":"2015-12-03T23:53:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:06:35.682Z","description":"It will show the shooting of a 25-year-old who family lawyers say was unarmed","url":"https://time.com/4135870/chicago-will-release-another-video-showing-police-shooting-black-man/","keywords":["police","chicago","rahm emanuel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5252dc2c01b3e73/698873c1cf40a85a7fc40eba/rahm-emanuel2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5252dc2c01b3e73/698873c1cf40a85a7fc40eba/rahm-emanuel2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rahm Emanuel","caption":"Rahm Emanuel","creditText":"M. Spencer Green—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4135870/chicago-will-release-another-video-showing-police-shooting-black-man/","name":"Chicago Will Release Another Video Showing Police Shooting Black Man"}}]}] ```