the justice department report doesn t support the hands up don t shoot. there s not evidence to support that. no one involved in authority has come forward to say what they did prove. they haven t come forward and acknowledge what it s proven that there is a racial divide in ferguson there is an issue in our city. so rather than nitpick and say what it did prove but just as important and we ve been talking certainly to the media about what it does show 95% of people arrested cited for jaywalking african-americans, the statistics are certainly alarming but isn t it also important to acknowledge as officer crocker there pointed out what else the justice department said which is this narrative that everybody around the country knows of hands up don t shoot, in this case there s not evidence to support. but what does that do after that acknowledges? if i was to acknowledge that tonight, does it change how difficult it is for african-american men to walk these streets? does it chang
let it teaching about the man with the right to vote and the educators educating young people on how to vote. let s not make the narrative be about whoever those folks are. all of us want them brought to justice and want the preservation of light to get involved. sunny hostin the report of justice on police tactics escalating the situation here. some people said that some people blame the justice department and others and i want officer crocker to weigh in on this as well. i m surprised at that quite frankly because the justice department did what we want the justice department to do. to investigate any possible rights of civil rights including a pattern and practice of discrimination in our country s law enforcement and that s exactly what the justice department did. they did their job along with fbi agents and attorneys, and, you know found that there was this pattern and practice of
know. and that s obviously a prayer for the police officers a prayer for peace. we re told by protesters that there will be activity not just at the prayer vigil, but also leading from the prayer vigil and i guess we re all hoping there won t be a repeat of a lot of the violence we ve seen here in august and then again in november. but it is a town on edge. it feels cliche to say that but it is really a time where nobody knows what s going to happen. jake tapper thank you. we ll continue to cover it all throughout the evening. gabe crocker is joining us president of the st. louis county police association. also joining us cnn legal analyst sunny hostin as you know a former federal prosecutor and joining me here is pastor nearby church. first and foremost how are the wounded officers doing? well you know as you said they are home they are
for the latest. very disturbing stuff. reporter: of course more and more details keep leaking out of this investigation. just like we have seen in prior cases, prior embarrassments for the secret service, but the secret service at this point is saying nothing about what happened that night. who is talking, though congress wondering how there could possibly be another embarrassment in this agency. the new director was just appointed to try to clean up problems there. the secret service director joe clancy has lots of explaining to do. agent mark connolly is second in command protecting the president here in tucson and ireland a few years ago. another top agent, george ogilvie is a supervisor. both now reassigned. their responsibility was to safeguard the president and first family. they are accused of returning to the white house grounds in a vehicle after allegedly drinking
become. look we re very united republicans and democrats, in saying the safety of the first family is paramount. we re putting this person in jeopardy and his family in jeopardy. these are very very senior secret service agents. and for them to participate in it if it s true they need to finish the investigation, there have got to be severe consequences to this wolf. there haven t in the past. we re going to find out a lot what director clancy is willing to do. you are not ready to recommend, at least until the investigation is complete some sort of thorough overhaul of the u.s. secret service? oh no. they should have been doing an overhaul a long time ago. we have known about these problems. it has been a good old boys club. arrogance and some we re above the law type of attitude. most of the people in the secret service, good, honest paid ot patriotic, they love the president and the white house. but you got some people that