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>> A SINGLE FATHER, A LAWYER,

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AND A STATE LEGISLATOR ARRESTED

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ON A GUN CHARGE.

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NOW THAT THE CHARGE HAS BEEN

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DROPPED HE IS SHARING HIS STORY

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WITH "CHICAGO TONIGHT" INCLUDING

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VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT.

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AMANDA VINICKY JOINS NOW WITH

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MORE.

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>> STATE REPRESENTATIVE CURTIS

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TARVER A DEMOCRAT SAYS IF IT

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COULD HAPPEN TO HIM IT COULD

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HAPPEN TO ANYONE GOING BACK TO

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AN INCIDENT IN NOVEMBER.

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TARVER WAS PULLED OVER IN THIS

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DES TRICK AT 64TH AND STONEY

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ISLAND AVENUE FOR INITIALLY

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HAVING A HEADLIGHT OUT.

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HE WAS APPRECIATIVE AT FIRST HE

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HAD NOT KNOWN THAT HIS HEADLIGHT

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WAS OUT.

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HE SHARED THE VIDEO WITH FROM

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THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT

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CAMERAS WITH WTTW.

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NOW, BY LAW, C.P.D. CANNOT SHARE

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IT WITH US DIRECTLY NOT

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IMMEDIATELY.

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WHEN THE VIDEO WAS SILENT

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BECAUSE THE RAW VIDEO, IS TOO,

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WE SEE TARVER GIVE ID CARDS TO

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OFFICERS.

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AND ONE ASKED IF HE HAD A GUN IN

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HIS CAR.

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>> BEING A TRAINED ATTORNEY A

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HEADLIGHT BEING OUT IS NOT A

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REASON TO ASK FOR A FIREARM.

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SO I DISCLOSED IT BECAUSE I AM A

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BLACK MALE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF

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CHICAGO AND I AM AFRAID NOT TO.

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THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO

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MAKE IT HOME TO YOUR FAMILY.

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AND SO WHEN HE ASKED ABOUT THE

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FIREARM I TOLD HIM I HAD THE

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FIREARM I HAVE A CONCEAL CARRY

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AND TOLD HIM WHERE IT WAS AND HE

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SAID HAND IT TO ME.

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WHICH MADE ME A BIT CONCERNED

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FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

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I EXPLAINED TO HIM, THAT THEY

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SHINED A LIGHT IN THE CAR AND

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REMOVE IT BUT I WAS AFRAID TO

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HAND HIM A FIREARM AND I

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EXPLAINED I WAS GOING TO REMOVE

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THE MAGAZINE FROM IT AND

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HAPPENED HIM THE FIREARM WITH

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THE TRIGGER FACING HIM AND THE

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BARREL FACING ME TO GIVE HIM A

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LEVEL OF COMFORT AND TERRIFYING

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FOR ME.

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>> YOU CAN SEE THAT EXCHANGE IN

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THIS VIDEO.

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NOW, IN CASE IT ISN'T OBVIOUS

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HERE IS WHY HE WAS HESITANT.

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>> IF EVERYBODY IS IN FEAR OF

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THEIR LIFE AND POLICE OFFICERS

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SHOOTING UNARMED BLACK MEN IN

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THE BACK THE LAST THING IS TO

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SAY HAND ME YOUR FIREARM.

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>> HE WAS WITHIN HIS RIGHTS TO

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HAVE THAT GUN HE SAYS HE HAD

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BEEN AND STILL DOES HAVE A VALID

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FIREARM OWNER'S IDENTIFICATION

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CARD AND A CONCEAL CARRY

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LICENSE.

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THE PROBLEM IS THE DATABASE THAT

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C.P.D. ACCESSED DID NOT SHOW

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THAT.

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YOU CAN HEAR THE OFFICERS TALK

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ABOUT WHAT TO DO.

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>> NOTHING HE HAS CONCEAL CARRY.

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IF IT'S REVOKED AND HE IS

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CARRYING IT.

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>> DOESN'T SAY WHEN IT GOT

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REVOKED.

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IT SHOWS WHEN IT WAS ISSUED.

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>> TARVER OFFERED TO CALL THE

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STATE POLICE TO CLEAR IT UP AND

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MAKE KNOWN TO THE OFFICERS THAT

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HE HAD RENEWED HIS CONCEAL CARRY

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LICENSE.

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INSTEAD HE WAS HANDCUFFED AND

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TAKEN TO THE WENTWORTH POLICE

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STATION WHERE HE DID NOT GET TO

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USE THE BATHROOM FOR SEVEN

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HOURS.

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POLICE WERE AWARE HE IS AN

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ELECTED OFFICIAL.

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>> HE IS A CONGRESSMAN.

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>> TARVER WAS CHARGED

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MISDEMEANOR OF FAILING TO

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SURRENDER A CONCEALED CARRY

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LICENSE MANY HE SAYS THE ISSUE

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WAS DUE TO A CLERICAL ERROR THAT

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DID NOT SHOW HIS CCL LICENSE WAS

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VALID.

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THE CHARGE WAS DISMISSED THIS

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MONTH.

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COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM

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FOXX CONCLUDED THAT THE EVIDENCE

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WAS INSUFFICIENT TO MEET OUR

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BLOOD PRESSURE BURDEN OF PROOF

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TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A

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PROSECUTION.

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THE COURT GRANTED OUR MOTION TO

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DISMISS THIS CASE.

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MEANWHILE, THE C.P.D. SAYS IF

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OFFICERS WERE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL

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WHICH INCLUDES THAT SOMEONE WITH

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A HANDGUN MUST PERMIT THE

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OFFICER TO SAFELY SECURE THE

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FIREARM FOR THE DURATION OF THE

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INVESTIGATIVE STOP.

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TARVER SAYS AS PART OF HAVING

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THE CHARGES DROPPED HE HAD GIVE

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UP HIS GUN.

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HE DIDN'T AND WILL NOT GET IT

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BACK.

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IN A STATEMENT THE STATE'S

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ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS FIREARMS

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LAWFULLY RECOVERED AS A RESULT

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OF A VALID ARREST ARE NOT

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RETURNED.

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>> TARVER IS UPSET HE WAS

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REQUIRED TO TAKE OFF HIS

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SWEATSHIRT FOR A MUG SHOT AND

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THE C.P.D. SAYS THAT THAT IS IN

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ACCORDANCE WITH POLICY LIKE IF

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AN ARRESTEE HAS A TATTOO.

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TARVER HAD NOT FILED CLAIMS WITH

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THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE

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ACCOUNTABILITY BUT HE PLANS TO

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FILE A LAWSUIT OVER BAD

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TREATMENT AND VIOLATIONS OF HIS

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RIGHTS.

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>> WHAT IF --

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FORGET BEING A STATE REP WHAT IF

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I WERE NOT AN ATTORNEY AND KNOW

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MY RIGHTS.

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I AM A LAWYER I WILL SPEAK WITH

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HIM.

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YOU KNOW, THEN HOW DIFFERENT

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WOULD THINGS HAVE BEEN?

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SO I MEAN THAT [INAUDIBLE]

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MY CONSTITUENTS WHO DEAL WITH

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THIS EVERYDAY THEY DON'T HAVE

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THE MEANS THAT I HAVE.

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>> TARVER SAYS WHEN HE HELPED TO

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PASS A LAW THAT BANS

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DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING BASED

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ON ARRESTS HE HAD NO IDEA HE

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WOULD BECOME THE POSTER CHILD

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FOR IT.

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BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

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>> A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.

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THANK YOU.