Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he's sorry for circumstances surrounding Laquan McDonald's death, including the fact that it took 13 months before police dashboard camera video of the 17-year-old's shooting was released and the officer who killed him was charged.
During a special City Council meeting he convened, Emanuel said that officials, police and citizens of his city "need a painful and honest reckoning in what went wrong" surrounding the death of McDonald and other instances in which police officers have allegedly used excessive force.
"I own it," the mayor said. "I take responsibility for what happened, because it happened on my watch."
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