Africanamericans. Now the pages detail systemic Racial Discrimination not just in the force but also in the courts and the report includes account after account of whats described as suspicious with legally unsupportable stops. I want to give you an example one man taken into custody for giving police his name as mike instead of michael. Cnn justice reporter evan perez has been scouring this report he broke the news yesterday about these doj findings and hes joining me live. Evan what else is in this report . Ana, these findings are really stark when you hear all the complaints when you and i were in ferguson from people and they describe the encounters they had with police and you see what the Justice Department is reporting here it really does back up what a lot of those people were talking about, and ill give you the example you gave of this person who gave his name as mike and the Police Officer charged him with lying, because his name was michael and because he provided an address
Journalist james foley. Critics voice concerns about the disclosure jeopardizing other hostages who terrorists have threatened to kill if the u. S. Continues air strikes against isis in iraq which has been happening. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin live at the pentagon now with the latest. A lot on their mind at the pentagon. Reporter in fact, ed, foleys parents were interviewed earlier today and they said they felt much better after they received a condole cans call fr from the pope. They were asked about the last email received from their sons captors a week ago. I was excited to see an email despite the conclusion they would execute jim. I underestimated at that point. I did not realize how brutal they were. The president described isis in an interview with the new yorker in january as jv terrorists. Admiral kirby explained the daylight between that statement and why defense secretary hagel described isis as beyond any terror group this country had ever seen. To say
There is never an excuse for violence against police. Theres also no excuse for police to use Excessive Force against peaceful protests or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights. The president added that police should not be bullying or arresting journalists for doing their job. Calling for an open and transparent investigation the president met with eric holder today and ordered a Justice Department probe into the killing of Michael Brown. Holder also issued a statement saying that Going Forward the Justice Department will be assisting local authorities with crowd control. Back in ferguson, just hours ago police chief Thomas Jackson said a meeting with the brown family set for this morning had been postponed to be rescheduled later today. At that same press conference, jackson defended his departments actions, but said Police Tactics are under review. There is gun fire. There are firebombs being thrown at the police, and i understand that what
In a couple minutes here. Thanks to you for joining us this hour. Theres a lot going on in the news right now, in domestic news, were going to have the latest in a live report from ferguson missouri, in a moment. Were hoping to be speaking with another journalist who appears to be arrested for unknown reasons by the local police in the middle of protests there. The upset and the protests continue in ferguson tonight over the Police Shooting in that city this weekend, whats happening tonight includes, aparentally just a massive, massive over the top apparent Police Response to demonstrations tonight, we have some pretty incredible footage and live interviews from there, thats coming up in a moment. Some of that stuff were getting fed in and still producing, the white house today sent up some signal 234r5irs suggesting that president obama may be about to take a really controversial, really big step. As they say, the president plans to return early to washington from his vacation, thats
Leave. They ran the armed patrols on site. Those far right antigovernment protesters would not go. They made a show of their many weapons. They said they were prepared to use those weapons. What they meant is that they were prepared to use them against Law Enforcement officers. The response to this by Law Enforcement was that Law Enforcement back off. They basically decided to let this the escalate rather than insist that those antigovernment protesters moved rather than try to force their way through those protesters. They backed off. They said, lets the escalate this thing. The protesters responded by declaring victory. They had brought out their guns and got what they wanted. That standoff in nevada unfolded in april. Again, just weeks ago. Contrast that with news tonight in america. Yes, another standoff tonight in a different state. Law enforcement is treating this one very differently. This is mostly Africanamerican Community protesters in ferguson, missouri, out in the streets o