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Chicago Mayor: More Training, Tasers for City's Police

Chicago police will be better trained to handle tense domestic situations and police cars will be armed with Tasers, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday. The overhaul in police tactics comes days after two African-Americans in Chicago were shot dead in a domestic dispute. One of them was a 55-year-old woman who police say was killed by accident. "There's a difference between whether someone can use a gun and when they should use a gun. And the city must train for that...

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