feel this is the process being handled the way it should be handled. i m okay with a thorough and transparent process and a long process, which is what we re seeing here. what i m not okay with is the public not getting enough information. i d like to see more information brought to the public. i don t want anybody to go to jail for something they didn t do. that s my concern. to your point you go to a house where someone is jumping on cars and assaulting people why do you go alone? i agree 100%. let me tell you what happens is police departments figure instead of having two guys in a car they have one in a car and have two guys in the road. there aren t that many assaults going on in madison. maybe you could send two cars. if somebody s jumping on cars and assaulting people. i m for that 100%. the fact this officer had to face this person alone because he thought somebody s life was in danger all right? he couldn t wait for backup. right. he did call for backup correct?
been following here at cnn the family of tony robinson is going to find out whether the madison, wisconsin police officer who shot their son is going to face criminal charges. the d.a. is set to announce a decision following an independent two-month investigation. we want to bring in retired nypd harry houck and cnn political commentator of cnn post live marc lamont hill. we haven t been watching the story, but this is after the two-month independent investigation. do you believe that officer kenny s going to face charges? i don t think so. the officer responded by himself to an incident. no partner. no backup. exactly. no backup. responded by himself, all right, to a man who was assaulting people and jumping on cars. the first thing you think is you know i m facing a lunatic here. so when he responded and he confronted this guy, apparently he came towards the officer. i think the officer fired three
serve and i m trying to use our scale for good. that s the bottom line. it s not a perfect solution. it s not going to solve the race problem, but i do believe it is the right thing for us to do at this time as opposed to just ignoring it, being a bystander and watching cnn and other television news broadcast what is going on in madison and in ferguson and others without a solution. i find it fascinating, especially when he said this isn t about a stock price or pr stunt. especially when you and i were both talking about this time magazine columnist. also karim abdul-jabbar. he wrote about this in time magazine. he wrote this in response to this whole thing that schultz is doing. i m in awe he is willing to endure the snarky ridicule and lame coffee jokes from punds at as well as inevitable death threat from clueless trolls.
while the streets were quiet overnight. a few have left since they exposed allegedly bias policing. some residents here still want the entire ferguson police department dismantled. mayor knowles told lester holt that s not necessary. i think we have seen there s been some bad apples out there. i don t think that that is indicative of the entire police department. also later today, in madison, wisconsin, there is another police department involved in a case with racial overtones. tony robinson shot and killed by a madison police officer. they say robinson attacked the officer first. and the state of wisconsin is investigating that matter to determine whether the officer s actions were justified. alex? okay. ron allen, thank you so much for that. let s bring in the national reporter for usa today . and terey, the co-host of the
are rightly proud of. one of the things that has helped us to achieve that are the laws in the state to allow people to reng stgister same da vote early. what senator strobel is proposing is to place additional barriers to allow people to exercise their franchise. if you work in the day, you will have a harder time casting the vote. in today, in madison, the city clerk has decided to open up the office from 9:00 to noon to allow people to vote for the upcoming february election. und und under representative strobel s proposal, that would be illegal. why does this need to cease to exist? well, there is a myth of the voting impropriety in wisconsin and an interesting thing that we