not immediately receive medical attention. steve? all right, joe fryer out in sacramento. thank you for that. on wednesday, white house press secretary sarah sanders was questioned about the fatal shooting of stefon clark and the absence of charges in the alton sterling case. this is what she had to say. certainly a terrible incident. this is something that is a local matter, and that s something we feel should be left up to the local authorities at this point in time. the president is very supportive of law enforcement. but at the same time, in these specific cases and these specific instances, those will be left up to local authorities to make that determination and not something for the federal government to weigh intoing. > at the funeral, reverend al sharpton called out the white house for their response. here s what he said. let me say yesterday, the
from the fire departmeederal go playing a role? that s not sacramen sacramento. i don t think that s an accurate assessment. maya? three times more likely to be shot by a police officer if you re black. three times. the reality is the law says when you can use lethal force. it doesn t say when you should use lethal force. the critical question here is public accountability on how police departments are going to train and enforce rules around when you should, not just whether you can. phillip, keep us posted on the things you heard today, the updates we ve gotten today that potentially the investigation into the alton sterling case was deliberately held until after the election in the hopes that a more favorable administration, being donald trump, would come into office, that federal prosecutors may have wanted to prosecute but were instructed not to do so, and the director
questioned about the fatal shooting of stefon clark and the absence of charges in the alton sterling case. this is what she had to say. certainly a terrible incident. this is something that is a local matter, and that s something we feel should be left up to the local authorities at this point in time. the president is very supportive of law enforcement. but at the same time, in these specific cases and these specific instances, those will be left up to local authorities to make that determination and not something for the federal government to weigh intoing. > at the funeral, reverend al sharpton called out the white house for their response. here s what he said. let me say yesterday, the president s press secretary said this is a local matter. no, this is not a local matter. they ve been killing young black men all over the country. and for his part, president
person had a gun. he did. they tasered him. they couldn t apprehend him. he wasn t listening. he was also on drugs. but the sacramento case, why not have the president look, i m not saying he has to issue his verdict on this, but the idea that they thought there was a gun, there wasn t a gun, there was a cell we don t know what the facts are. you have potential camera, infrared as well from aviation, from the helicopter. you have witnesses and you re compiling a case right now. it is still seven days is early into the case. let it doesn t he have some ability to say something without getting in the way what do you want him to say, other than condolences? i would like him to say something that calms the fears and concerns of people and communities across donald trump is in fact the president of all people. and when folks in the community in communities are hurting, it is nice to hear from the president because he tweeted, we didn t know the all the details in par
up to the local authorities at this point in time. let s talk about this now with cnn political commentator and former press secretary secretary for the bernie sanders campaign, simone sanders and rob astorino with us. the president himself, he hasn t commented on the louisiana attorney general s decision, which was to not file charges against the officers involved in a different case, in the alton sterling death. a man who did have a gun on him, but was on the ground and police were trying to grab his hands. trump has commented on those police officers in the past though in a video that really the whole world was able to see. here is what the president said. i thought they were terrible. i thought it was a terrible, disgusting performance that i saw. now, whether that s training, whether that s they choked, they got scared, or nervous, i mean, the one man who was being