FOR YOU.
MEANWHILE THIS STORY.
>> MR. GERAGOS AND THE OTHER
ATTORNEY DID NOT ACT WITH
DIGNITY DURING THE COURSE OF
THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
WE HOPE THEY FOLLOW OUR LEAD
AND ACT DIGNIFIED DURING THIS
LAWSUIT.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THE
SCORCHED EARTH LAWYERING WILL
NOT PLAY OUT IN THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT IN
CHICAGO.
>> Sandra: WE WATCHED THAT
TOGETHER MOMENTS AGO IN CHICAGO.
ATTORNEYS FOR THE TWO BROTHERS
ANNOUNCING A DEFAMATION SUIT
AGAINST THE LEGAL TEAM FOR
JUSSIE SMOLLETT.
THE BROTHERS DESERVE TO HAVE
THEIR REPUTATIONS CLEARED.
I'M SURE YOU WERE WATCHING THAT
ALONG WITH ALL OF US.
WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU SAW
THAT, NOW THE BROTHERS FILING
SUIT AGAINST SMOLLETT'S LEGAL
TEAM?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
TROUBLING IS THIS CASE NEVER
WENT TO COURT.
SO THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR
NAMES CLEARED.
THEY WANT TO SEE JUSTICE SERVED.
THEY WANT TO HAVE THE TRUTH
COME OUT SO THAT THE PEOPLE OF
CHICAGO AND THE PEOPLE OF COOK
COUNTY KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY
OCCURRED.
AND SO I KNOW JUSSIE SMOLLETT'S
ATTORNEYS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING
THEY COULD TO KEEP THIS OUT OF
THE COURTROOM.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE A PROBLEM
HERE IN COOK COUNTY BECAUSE THE
STATE'S ATTORNEY HAS DROPPED
ALL CHARGES.
LEADS TO OTHER PROBLEMS.
AND WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE
WANTING TO GET TO THE TRUTH AND
TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT OCCURRED AND THAT
CERTAINLY THE POLICE DID AN
OUTSTANDING JOB OF
INVESTIGATING THIS CASE AND
BRINGING IT FORWARD.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COURT
CASE WHERE WE CAN FIND OUT AND
THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO CAN FIND
OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Sandra: WHAT THE SUIT IS
SPECIFICALLY ALLEGING IS THAT
GERAGOS, WHO IS REPRESENTING
SMOLLETT IN ALL OF THIS AND HIS
FIRM CONTINUED TO SAY PUBLICLY
IN WIDELY REPORTED STATEMENTS
THAT THE BROTHERS LED A
CRIMINAL ATTACK AGAINST
SMOLLETT EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW
IT WASN'T TRUE.
HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT IT
TODAY, THIS IS NOT QUITE A DOWN
IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
EVERYTHING THAT TRANSPIRED
DURING THAT TIME AND DURING
THAT INVESTIGATION REVOLVING
AROUND JUSSIE SMOLLETT.
>> NO, IT HASN'T.
WE'VE GOT OTHER CASES THAT ARE
PENDING.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE
PROSECUTOR IN THIS COUNTY.
ONE OF THE -- WE'VE GOT PEOPLE
THAT THINK THAT THE LAWS ARE
NOT GOING TO BE ENFORCED.
WE HAVE ONE CASE MR. BROWN WHO
ATTACKED SEVERAL POLICE OFFICER.
HE IS SEEN WITH KIM FOXX EVEN
THOUGH HE ATTACKED SEVERAL
POLICE OFFICERS AND WE'RE
ASKING FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR.
SO THE SITUATION WITH KIM FOXX
AND THE STATE'S ATTORNEY IN
THIS COUNTY IS STILL GOING ON.
>> Sandra: I WANT TO ASK YOU
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
30 TEENAGERS WERE ARRESTED IN
THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, 200
OFFICERS IT TOOK FILLING THE
STREETS OF THE LOOP
NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS THE MAIN
BUSINESS DISTRICT IN CHICAGO.
WHAT WAS HAPPENING THAT NIGHT?
>> WELL, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS
THAT AS I ALREADY STATED, THAT
PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE LAWS
AREN'T GOING TO BE PROSECUTED.
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY HAS SAID
THAT SHE IS NOT GOING TO
PROSECUTE WHAT SHE CONSIDERS
MINOR CRIMES.
BUT POLICE OFFICERS ARE GETTING
HURT.
THEY ARE GETTING BATTERED.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A CONTRACT IN
TWO YEARS AND NO RAISE.
WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR IS THAT
THE NEW MAYOR THAT'S COMING IN
WITH BACK UP THE POLICE
OFFICERS, GET US A CONTRACT.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY.
WE WANT TO WORK TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE SAFEST
CITIES.
>> Sandra: WHAT WAS HAPPENING,
THOUGH?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AREAS LIKE
MILLENNIAL PARK, WATER TOWER
PLACE.
SOME OF THE HEAVIEST VISITED
AREAS BY TOURISTS THAT COME
INTO THE CITY OF CHICAGO WHERE
THESE TEENAGERS.
THIS WAS HAPPENING UNTIL SUNDAY
NIGHT.
UPDATE ME WHERE THE TEENS ARE
GATHERING IN THE STREETS AND
TORMENTING INDIVIDUALS AND
STOPPING AND KNOCKING ON
WINDOWS OF CARS AS THEY DRIVE
BY.
WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US WHAT
IS HAPPENING THERE?
>> CERTAINLY THEY HAVE
INCREASED THE NUMBER OF POLICE
OFFICERS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THEM TO HIRE
MORE POLICE OFFICERS.
WE HAVE INCREASED THE OFFICERS
IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
BUT YOU CAN ONLY CANCEL
SOMEBODY'S DAYS OFF SO MANY
TIMES.
OUR OFFICERS NEED SOME TIME OFF.
THESE KIDS ARE EMBOLDENED
BECAUSE THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO
BE A CONSEQUENCE FOR THEIR
ACTIONS.
AND WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT
NARRATIVE.
WE WANT THE NEW MAYOR TO BACK
UP THE POLICE AND WE WANT TO DO
OUR JOB.
WE WANT TO KEEP THIS CITY SAFE
BUT WE CAN'T DO IT BY OURSELVES.
WE NEED HELP FROM THE
POLITICIANS.
>> Sandra: WE ALL WANT THE
POLICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR