week later. his funeral is set for monday. joe johns joins us now live from baltimore. joe, what s the latest? reporter: an interdenominational alliance of ministers calling for resignation or termination of the police commissioner here. they are also calling for an apology from the fraternal order of police for likening some of the demonstrators to a lynch mob. we do know that at least one of the prominent ministers in this city, the pastor of the empowerment temple church is expected to meet today with the mayor as the city looks ahead to the demonstrations on the weekend as well as the funeral on monday of freddie gray. we also know that an alliance group of activists is expected to call for the governor of the
let s bring in the reporter behind that sun investigation mark puente and pastor of the empowerment temple church who marched with the protesters last night. gentlemen, thanks so much for being here. reverend toipt start with you. we understand more than 1,000 people turned out to protest and it was very emotionally charged. in fact we hear that freddie gray s family also came out. his mother became overwhelmed at one point. can you describe what the whole experience was like? it was overwhelming not just for his mother but for fredrika which was his twin sister. to feel the heaviness of the reality being outside of the precinct knowing these six officers essentially on a paid vacation while we have to pull money together for a funeral. it s a gravin equity and a slap in the face to say it s a mystery. it s not a mystery, it s a murder. and those six officers need to be held accountable for it.
two, three and four, and maybe three, four and five. there s a lymerick in medical school c three, four, five keeps the man alive. if you have an injury high, it can affect respiration and cause paralysis and/or death. all right. dr. donald leslie with the shepherd semifinalpinal center, thank you so much. let s talk about the community of baltimore. this evening, a protest is planned in baltimore over the death of freddie gray and against police brew attempt my next guest will be there, reverend jamal bryant pastor for the empowerment temple church in baltimore. reverend, welcome, thank you for joining me. i m honored to be here. thank you. can we just begin with the neighborhood? are you familiar with this neighborhood in which freddie gray of taken in? i am. can you tell me about it? yeah. the neighborhood is really something that we really
zimmerman, despite what the jury said, is a murderer. fascinating stuff. thank you so much, hln s vinnie politan. thanks for joining us. and tune in tonight to see vinnie s full interview from the prosecution team. coming up in the newsroom you re going to hear from george zimmerman s lawyer mark o mara. that s at the bottom of the hour right here on the cnn newsroom. but right now we want to focus on what we can learn from this trial. many in the country, especially african-americans, are struggling to come to terms with the verdict. no punishment for a man who shoots and kills an unarmed african-american teenager. reverend jamal bryan is pastor of the empowerment temple church in baltimore. he led a rally in sanford, florida back in march of last year. also joining us is david webb. he s the co-founder of the new york city tea party and host of the david webb show on sirius xm radio. welcome to both of you. good morning. good morning. thank you. good morning. so let s s