determined the officer s actions were justified much more now with cnn s miguel marquez in downtown akron, ohio, miguel. hey there, pamela. look this is a main street. this is hot south high street in downtown akron. this is the justice center here that we re all of the courts are the road here is blocked off the city really bracing? not really sure what to expect. there have been some protests throughout the city. a few people down here so far, but not very much. want to show you sort of the barricades around the entire justice center as well down here. they police did make one arrest earlier in the evening. all of this over this this case that the attorney general himself called a horrible tragedy. but that s not what those nine jurors on the grand jury were deciding. it was three men, six women. two of the jurors were black. they need seven votes from those jurors to charge the officers in this instance and they did not get charges on any of them. ah! what
sentences. they re supposed to accompany those things and people get attracted and say, well, why is this different than that? why is it not a regular sort of murder, etcetera. but the reason we have hate crime legislation is because we want to add an additional deterrent that people do not believe that they have carte blanche to act on the basis of skin color, national origin, sexual orientation, religion or anything that s perceived as such because we re talking about crime in a hate crime context, especially it is all the more scary because it could target anyone at any given time because of their perception of who you might be. this is a really, really important conversation and thought provoking too, and i think this is a reminder of the work that still needs to be done in this country. thank you all so much. athena jones. we appreciate your reporting everyone else stick with us now to akron, ohio, where a grand jury has decided not to indict the eight officers involved in last ye
shots were fired. some of them did not hit him, but he was hit 46 times he was cuffed after he was shot, which his lawyer said just added to the to the frustration in the misery. the family now of mr walker says that they still want justice for their son. they intend to file a civil lawsuit this summer. the city is bracing to see whatever comes. cnn s miguel marquez reporting there from akron, ohio . this case has been controversial since the shooting last june. cnn s randi kaye has details and warning that some of the video is graphic. getting onto eight south of talmadge, june 27th last year, police in akron, ohio, are in pursuit of jalen walker after they say he fled a traffic stop and fired his gun at them from his car. there are eight officers in pursuit soon turned into a foot chase moments after the foot chase began, the officers opened fire, killing 25 year old jalen
has made this such a sensitive case here is the race and the age of mr walker. but also the fact that he was shot 46 times during the shooting, dozens and dozens of shots were fired. some of them did not hit him, but he was hit 46 times he was cuffed after he was shot, which his lawyer said just added to the to the frustration in the misery. the family now of mr walker says that they still want justice for their son. they intend to file a civil lawsuit this summer. schools here in akron are closed tomorrow in the city. is bracing to see whatever comes pamela. alright miguel marquez. thank you very much for that up next new twist tonight in the biggest defamation and media case in recent history on the eve of the trial is fox news, making a last ditch effort to settle? that s a big question. tonight we re going to be speaking live at the former fox news contributor who recently left the network about his experience. stay with us. we ll be right back. chasing
pay for her funeral and her expenses. in ohio, where a grand jury has been has declined rather to bring charges against eight police officers in the shooting death of jalen walker fired nearly 100 shots at him after traffic stop in june of last year. police say he fired at them. first congresswoman who represents akron, is calling for justice department investigation and the family s attorney blasted the grand jury s decision. the notion that a single gunshot could have resulted or should have resulted in 96 bullets flying at my client, 46 of which striking him as something fair and reasonable is absolutely beyond the pale and, frankly, um, terrifying example of an abusive police power. walker s family is calling for peaceful protests in the days ahead and city a background is getting ready. miguel marquez is there. this is a main street. this is hot south