it's a curious case of howard morgan, a former chicago police officer, eight years on the force.ffic stop in 2005, members of the same department he worked for shot him 28 times after saying he pulled a weapon first. he survived and this week he was sentenced to 40 years for attempted murder and discharging a firearm at a police officer. his wife, roslyn, is here live and we'll talk to her in a moment. but first, his story from julian cruz of wgn. >> reporter: holding a picture of her husband, an emotional roslyn morgan talks to reporters. >> he's a man of god, a beautiful husband, a beautiful grandfather. >> reporter: morgan and a growing number of community leaders say it never added up, the police account of the fierce gup battle in 2005, where investigators say morgan, a police officer with the railroad and a former chicago police officer himself, fired 17 rounds at his former comrades, wounding three officers. defense lawers pointed to 28 gunshots suffered by morgan. but a jury found him guilty of three counts of attempted murder. >> i think the jury spoke loud and clear. th

former police officer will be sentenced today for the attempted murder for chicago police officers howard morgan as a former police officer for the burlington northern santa fe railway line in february 2005 he was pulled over for an alleged traffic violation chicago police officers claim that morgan discharge his weapon and shot an 28 times his first-round it with a mistrial in the second when he was convicted ... >>it should never have gone to a second trial ... at this hour the court hearing continues we will bring you more on the sentencing on the wgn news at 5:00 >>anti-war protesters will be allowed to march during the nato summit after all demonstrators now have an approved protest route on the first day of next month's summit they will begin at the potential in grant park marched through loop and end up at mccormick place for world leaders will be meeting. the city finalize the protestor out last night but it could change if the secret service declares a path is unsafe and city officials have rejected a request to back the protesters of the secret service blocks them from getting near mcc

howard morgan was charged with attempted murder. he was accused of shooting at four police officers injuring three of them. in 2007, morgan was acquitted of aggravated battery and discharging a weapon. but he was convicted earlier this year of attempted murder. his family and community supporters say he should not have been re-tried. they call the second prosecution a case of double jeopardy. but prosecutors, police and the jury disagreed. the jury spoke loud and clear they did not believe the defense argument this is not a type of conspiracy >>then who can double jeopardy be applied to i would just like some justice for my husband ... morgan suffered more than 20 bullet wounds in the exchange of gunfire with police. it began with a traffic stop in the lawndale neighborhood on the west side. the cubs had their day yesterday, and now it's the south siders turn. it's opening day for the white sox down in texas and rich king is there live. hello rich! it's a perfect day for baseball with 80 degrees and sunshine the white sox are hoping

wgns julian crews has more on the sentencing of 61-year-old howard morgan. >> holding a picture of her husband a rose morgan is talking about what happened after the sentencing. >> he was a beautiful husband and beautiful grandfather. >> they said this never added up. the police account of a fierce gun battle back in 2005 were investigators say morgan who was a police officer with the railroad and a former police officer himself fired 17 rounds at his former comrades wounding three officers. defense lawyers pointed to 28 gunshot wounds suffered by morgan. earlier he was found guilty of three counts of attempted mary. >> i think the jury can spoke loud and clear that they did not believe in this argument. >> you may remember morgan was acquitted on lesser charges back in 2007. his supporters say that they will appeal on the ground that the retrial constitutes double jeopardy. >> double jeopardy does not apply to mr. morgan, then who can double jeopardy be applied to? i'd just like justice for my husband. all of the pastors leaders and internationally well no people around the world have

morgan or the other cases, we have six law schools. one here at howard university, one and the district of columbia -- [applause] we have another law school in town, david a. clarke law school. we have another at southern university, n.c. central. our law schools are bastions of resources where people are trained. how do you make the constitution, a live and work for justice? if you look at social movements across america, all of them have spawned from four have been the result of these. we have a critical role and we are committed to building on traditions and playing a central role in turning this pain in to progress and into a movement. >> let's go back to the audience. >> marcus coleman. i first want to echo my admiration and love for you to let people like myself and other chapter members use this opportunity to fight for justice. [applause] i bring you a report from atlanta. there is an attack on our children. every case i speak about is under 20 years old. three cases are in the grand jury awaiting decision. one man was shot twice in the back by u

morgan who would assert a question about him, we have six law schools. one here and one at howard university. one of the district of columbia. we have another law school in town where mr. henderson is a professor. our law schools are in the resources where we have people who are trained. how do make the constitution, live and work for justice. if you look at the social justice movements in america, all of them have either been spawned from or have the false. we have a critical role. we're committed to turning this pain into a movement. >> i want to echo my admiration and love for you. i every year report out of atlanta. there is definitely an attack on our babies, on our children. these cases are awaiting decisions. 19 years old, shot twice in the back by union city police. unarm. and not a cellphone, not a wallet. however you mentally challenged patient. the mental capacity of a 10 year-old. shot 17 times, hit a five. all of these unarm. to make it even worse, the latest case has come through involves two of our own. black individuals or security guards who were out of their juri

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