tell him be careful on the streets. give him a word of advice. you guys just took him. the hoover police department, you guys dropped the ball in a major way. seriously. for you not to even call and give your condolences shows the type of character that the mayor and hoover pd has for hurr family. this family will never be the same at all. it hurts me. cnn joining me now with all of this. what else are we learning or not learn being this? we are learning very little. the family is very frustrated. they want the apology, but they don t want to hear more words from the police officers until the surveillance video is released. they believe that will speak volumes. there was an emotional press conference. one of ej s members to the left of the podium can no longer stand to hear more about how he was killed.
deafening silence. you would think that the police department, hoover pd, all investigating bodies would want to be out in front and offer some clarity, some transparency because a man is dead. it s very bothersome to me, frederica, because listen the hoover police department knows how to show constraint and restraint, if you will, when they re dealing with white suspects who have a gun. that was a white couple by the name of shafer who stole an atm machine, and there was a four hour standoff. there was a 13-year-old kid who broke into the hoover tactical firearm building, stole guns, taken into custody without incident. this, frederica, is why i said i never bled blue because as a law enforcement official you would think that the police department would have extended the same kind of courtesy to mr. bradford
i had to call the county and the county got me to the lead detective investigating the case. that s embarrassing for who the police is. i called them at 12:30 that night. i didn t get no response back. they said they are going to call you back in 10 minutes. nobody ever returned my call until i got up at 3:00 or something in the morning to get the clarification which i got from the sheriffs department detective. who should have did something first and never did do anything. all he did was label him a murderer. there was information that was supplied by hoover police to underscore what you are saying, initially saying he was involved in this altercation, that he was brandishing a weapon and it was followed later with it didn t appear as though he was involved. he was not the gunman. talk to me about the sequence of events, the kind of language