reporter: more than 20 women publicly accused the 77-year-old cosby of rape or sexual misconduct. the last thing i remember, i had blacked out. and cosby mounting me. reporter: cosby has never been charged with a sex crime. his camp has strongly denied the accusations. and the number 1 crime and justice story of 2014, simmering tension between the black community and law enforcement reaches a boil after michael brown and eric garner, two unarmed black men, are killed at the hands of white police officers. in july, a camera is rolling as 43-year-old grandfather eric garner is put in a chokehold by an nypd officer. he decided shortly afterwards. police say the chokehold officer daniel pant lay yo was not allowed by the department. a medical examiner ruled garner s death a homicide. one month after the garner incident, if ferguson, missouri, unarmed 18-year-old michael brown, was shot and killed by
ferguson police officer darren wilson. police believe he was involved in a strong armed robbery before spotted by wilson. he put his hands into her. hands up don t shoot. reporter: two separate grand juries decided not to indict the police officers accused of killing darren wilson and eric garner. protests spring up around the country demanding change. police cars and businesses are burned. and just before christmas two nypd officers are gunned down sitting in their squad car. the shooter shoots himself leaving behind a trail with messages. their deaths raise questions about how we see each other and if our justice system is working. jean casarez, cnn, new york. and for more of the stories that jean was talking about, the top ten of 2014, logon to cnn.com. to, merry christmas,
toy air gun at a walmart. and this was no way for any family to spend christmas eve. friends and relatives of the two police officers killed in brooklyn last weekend, came to the place where they died. that street corner is now a flower covered memorial to nypd officers, wenjian liu and raphael ramos. here at legal view our focus is stories about crime and justice and legal decisions that impact your life every day as well as the lives of others. this country is the country of laws and this year we had a lot, a lot to talk about. jean casarez did the work for us and looks at the top ten legal stories of 2014. reporter: at number 10, contamination in west virginia. a chemical called mch 9 leaks into the water supply affecting hundreds of thousands. i want to know he s going to grow up safe. reporter: at least one civil