we were before too. we were four years ago. there s a difference though. the training, technical schools, infrastructure a record low, lowest percent of gdp. baltimore has gotten a ton of dough. one came out from kareem abdul-jabbar. . if you re born poor, your chance of getting out of poverty are slim to none. that s been the case. what is changing that is causeing the race relations to be so poor? we re seeing an economic divide that s growing by every measure. i think we can t under estimate that. the president laid out his agenda for job training and the congress has cut funds for that for job training for employment programs even for cameras for
clear about he has a task force that basically wants to control local law enforcement. the problem is that s not really how the country was set up. the ominously named task force on 21st century policing has said we want to use federal funds in order to basically impose our will on what good law enforcement conduct is on local law enforcement. and we ll dole out those funds according to which departments are basically following our lead. and that take was all of the innovation and all of the local control that our founders anticipated and wanted at the state and local levels. you had the mayor going out there and saying i want the doj to investigate whether we have a racist police department. she s an african-american her police commissioner is an african-american her police force is majority minority 3 of the 6 cops arrest eded in the case
good to see you again. i m shocked that the department of justice is going to step into this case. are you? you have taken all the guesswork out of what i had to say. the mayor of baltimore is being hailed for her courage by the washington post in asking doj. i would suggest it s actually a sign of remarkable political weakness to ask the department of justice, the federal government to come in and take over your police department. i would say having covered a number of these cases in the past couple years the request probably came the other way and she came out and said publically yes, i d love for them to get involved would you please? this wouldn t be the first police department that the department of justice under the pretext of federal law sought to take over. they are running the police department in new orleans, seattle, newark. they are looking at cleveland
gray to the police station did try to get him medical help along the way, but there was confusion with emergency responders. the state prosecutor s independent investigation was headed up by former police officer avon macl who was stripped of his command post after a mishandled investigation and reportedly he was drunk tased at his home for erratic behavior. now defense attorneys for the officers involved in the case are alleging that he had an ax to grind and while the defense tries to poke holes in the prosecution s allegations against these six police officers prosecutors are responding by accusing the defense of leaking information and attempting to try this case in the media. hold on for a second. you re telling me that the d.a. s lead investigator is some dude who had been kicked out of the police force and tased by the cops?
the d.a. the independent the man who led the independent investigation is a former baltimore police officer who was demoted and had an incident at his house who was, says the defense, had an ax to grind, or that s their allegation. that would be a relevant fact. thank you. is this case falling apart four days after it was filed? joining me is a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. that guy has no ax to grind with the cops? no. completely free from any bias including the prosecutor herself with all the connections. i m outraged. let s start with the false imprisonment. cops need to be perfect or they lose their livelihood and potentially their liberty? let s understand something. it either is a legal knife or it s not. that s not what the case should hinge upon.