From: Quinn, Kelley Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:25 PM To: Collins, Adam;Rountree, Janey;Update_List;McCaffrey, Bill Subject: Re: Kass/Laquan McDonald Adding Bill from Law. From: Collins, Adam Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:07 PM To: Quinn, Kelley; Rountree, Janey; Update_List Subject: RE: Kass/Laquan McDonald I like the statement. Janey has a good add about criminal investigation "Ensuring our officers are accountable for their actions is critical to building trust between residents and the police department. There are federal and state criminal investigations into this specific incident, and we have to respect that process. So their work isn’t compromised, we cannot comment on the case specifically, and we are following common practice in not releasing the evidence of an ongoing investigation." From: Quinn, Kelley Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:05 PM To: Rountree, Janey; Update_List Subject: Re: Kass/Laquan McDonald Yes, that is the whole hook b/c the hearing is next week. He has also spoken to the two witnesses. From: Rountree, Janey Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:44 PM To: Quinn, Kelley; Update_List Subject: RE: Kass/Laquan McDonald Have a couple of questions/comments about this – Do we know if Kass is going to make an issue out of the City releasing the video? If not, the last sentence might be out of place. If so, would just want to make sure the statement is consistent with the law dept’s statements in court about why we are not releasing the video. Also, I would clarify that the state and federal investigations are criminal investigations into the officer’s conduct. From: Quinn, Kelley Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:16 PM 1 To: Update_List; Rountree, Janey Subject: Kass/Laquan McDonald All, Kass is writing a column for tomorrow on the Laquan McDonald shooting video ‐‐ with the hook that there is a hearing scheduled for next week, and that it could be very incendiary for the administration. He wanted to know if there is anything the Mayor's office would like to say either on the record, or on background. Please see the draft statement below, which we have issued previously: "Ensuring our officers are accountable for their actions is critical to building trust between residents and the police department. There are federal and state investigations into this specific incident, and we have to respect that process. So their work isn’t compromised, we cannot comment on the case specifically, and we are following common practice in not releasing the evidence of an ongoing investigation." This e‐mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e‐mail (or the person responsible for delivering this document to the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, printing or copying of this e‐mail, and any attachment thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e‐mail in error, please respond to the individual sending the message, and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e‐mail and printout thereof. 2 From: McCaffrey, Bill Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:37 PM To: Quinn, Kelley Subject: RE: Kass/Laquan McDonald I am checking with Steve ASAP. From: Quinn, Kelley Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:32 PM To: Collins, Adam; Rountree, Janey; Update_List; McCaffrey, Bill Subject: Re: Kass/Laquan McDonald Is everyone good with this? He is phone‐banking. From: Collins, Adam Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:07 PM To: Quinn, Kelley; Rountree, Janey; Update_List Subject: RE: Kass/Laquan McDonald I like the statement. Janey has a good add about criminal investigation "Ensuring our officers are accountable for their actions is critical to building trust between residents and the police department. There are federal and state criminal investigations into this specific incident, and we have to respect that process. So their work isn’t compromised, we cannot comment on the case specifically, and we are following common practice in not releasing the evidence of an ongoing investigation." From: Quinn, Kelley Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:05 PM To: Rountree, Janey; Update_List Subject: Re: Kass/Laquan McDonald Yes, that is the whole hook b/c the hearing is next week. He has also spoken to the two witnesses. From: Rountree, Janey Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:44 PM To: Quinn, Kelley; Update_List Subject: RE: Kass/Laquan McDonald Have a couple of questions/comments about this – Do we know if Kass is going to make an issue out of the City releasing the video? If not, the last sentence might be out of place. If so, would just want to make sure the statement is consistent with the law dept’s statements in court about why we are not releasing the video. 1 Also, I would clarify that the state and federal investigations are criminal investigations into the officer’s conduct. From: Quinn, Kelley Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:16 PM To: Update_List; Rountree, Janey Subject: Kass/Laquan McDonald All, Kass is writing a column for tomorrow on the Laquan McDonald shooting video ‐‐ with the hook that there is a hearing scheduled for next week, and that it could be very incendiary for the administration. He wanted to know if there is anything the Mayor's office would like to say either on the record, or on background. Please see the draft statement below, which we have issued previously: "Ensuring our officers are accountable for their actions is critical to building trust between residents and the police department. There are federal and state investigations into this specific incident, and we have to respect that process. So their work isn’t compromised, we cannot comment on the case specifically, and we are following common practice in not releasing the evidence of an ongoing investigation." This e‐mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e‐mail (or the person responsible for delivering this document to the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, printing or copying of this e‐mail, and any attachment thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e‐mail in error, please respond to the individual sending the message, and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e‐mail and printout thereof. 2 From: Quinn, Kelley Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 3:37 PM To: Ewing, Clothilde;Rountree, Janey;McCaffrey, Bill;Collins, Adam;Deal, Joe;Mitchell, Eileen;Rendina, Michael;Spielfogel, David Cc: Guglielmi, Anthony ([email protected]) Subject: Re: Kass/Laquan McDonald Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Thank you! From: Ewing, Clothilde Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 3:30 PM To: Rountree, Janey; Quinn, Kelley; McCaffrey, Bill; Collins, Adam; Deal, Joe; Mitchell, Eileen; Quinn, Kelley; Rendina, Michael; Spielfogel, David Cc: Guglielmi, Anthony ([email protected]) Subject: RE: Kass/Laquan McDonald Thank you for the clarification From: Rountree, Janey Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 3:30 PM To: Quinn, Kelley; McCaffrey, Bill; Collins, Adam; Deal, Joe; Ewing, Clothilde; Mitchell, Eileen; Quinn, Kelley; Rendina, Michael; Spielfogel, David Cc: Guglielmi, Anthony ([email protected]) Subject: RE: Kass/Laquan McDonald Just to clarify for everyone… there is no hearing in the FOIA case scheduled for next week. The judge will present her written ruling at 2 pm on Nov. 19th. Oftentimes, parties will just show up in court and the clerk will hand them the written order (there is no official action by the judge or proceeding to speak of). We’re reaching out to counsel now to see if that’s what they are expecting to happen next week. 1 From: Ewing, Clothilde Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 3:41 PM To: Hall, Abby;Collins, Adam;Quinn, Kelley Subject: week ahead Attachments: RE111415 -112915 week ahead .doc Please take a look and let me know if you have any flags, additions or concerns Thanks! This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail (or the person responsible for delivering this document to the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, printing or copying of this e-mail, and any attachment thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please respond to the individual sending the message, and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and printout thereof. 1 From: Spector, Stephen Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 9:04 PM To: Spector, Stephen Subject: Tomorrow's News Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed AMTV: Mayor Emanuel and Chicago Housing Authority Acting Chief Executive Officer Eugene Jones will announce a plan for an additional 450 Housing Choice Vouchers for U.S. veterans, one more step in the fight to end veteran homelessness in Chicago. MPO: Kass/Trib: A column about the Laquan McDonald video, with the news angle being the judge is supposed to rule next week whether the video should be made public. He spoke to the two witnesses, and is told the contents of the video could be "incendiary." We provided the following statement: "Ensuring our officers are accountable for their actions is critical to building trust between residents and the police department. There are federal and state criminal investigations into this specific incident, and we have to respect that process.