new this morning, a scathing report by the justice department on racial discrimination within the ferguson, missouri, police department will be released any minute now. cnn has some early details. the report concludes a disproportionate of african-americans were stopped, cited and arrested over a two-year period. 85% of all vehicle stops were of african-american drivers and 90% of all citations were to african-americans and 93% of all arrests were of african-americans. joining me now, former los angeles police chief bernard parks and also joining me is joe hicks, former executive director of l.a. human relations commission. chief parks, i want to start with you here. when you see these numbers, what s your reaction? my reaction is that there s been a long time issue in that
saying that quote, someone was very afraid of that. some mourners believe that someone was putin or his supporters. do you believe that mr. putin, president putin, is responsible for this killing? we do believe in this. reporter: the kremlin says this tragic killing was simply designed to damage russia and to create a political storm. of course the popularity ratings of vladimir putin are still sky-high something in the region of 86%, according to the latest opinion polls. the big question though is whether this killing will change that political dynamic or will it simply send a message to the opposition that if like boris nemtsov you are opposed to the kremlin, this is how you could end up. matthew chance in moscow with that report. thank you. coming up next the los angeles police chief speaking out just minutes ago on the killing of a homeless man by three l.a. police officers. why he says his cops shot the
lobby of the west traffic division you see behind me. for an unknown reason began to shoot at the officer that was assigned to the front desk. that officer was struck multiple times by gunshots from the suspect. all of this took place a short while ago. the los angeles police chief also says the injured officer was very lucky and brave. despite being hit, he returned fire. both men are hospitalized. and we are learning more about the suspected ft. hood shooter ivan lopez. the u.s. army specialist asked for a transfer claiming he was being taunted by fellow soldiers. officials say lopez killed three people and wounded 16 before taking his own life last week. the u.s. military tri is looking in to his mental health history and his relationships with fellow soldiers. at this point in the investigation, we can confirm the alleged shooter, specialist ivan lopez was involved in a
officers were rerepositioned the last year. gannon moved officers from behind the security checkpoint to in front of it where they monitor arrival and departure floors of the terminal. gannon says, in friday s attack, the nearest police officer to the initial shooting quote, was just moved to the front part of the airport. i made a decision over this last year to make a move of those individuals. and instead of being behind security, where people have been screened and we assume they have been unarmed, we move them out to the front and gave them greater responsibilities. and so, the threat here at the airport does not exist behind security that podium. the threat exists from the curb line on. and so, as a part of that, we have our people stationed throughout the airport. i want to bring in now l.a. city councilman parks who served as los angeles police chief.
fugitive accused of killing three and wounding two others was fired from the lapd after making false complaints about his training officer. but now the los angeles police chief says a week after the killing spree began he ll reopen dorner s case. people think that maybe there is something to what he says and i want to put that to rest and the only way i know how to put that to rest is to review what has already been reviewed at multiple levels. retired police chief bill bratton ran the force when dorner was fired in 2008. determination would definitely be justice. you don t justifier somebody without significant evidence and information. reporter: the search for dorner in the mountains is in its fourth day with investigators now saying they ve discovered a cache of weapons and camping gear in his broken down truck. this as the tsa issued an emergency bulletin to regional