tragic. that was president obama today at a town hall meeting at benedict college in columbia, south carolina. the president answering a question from the crowd on why his administration s justice department did not charge ferguson, missouri police officer darren wilson in the shooting death of teenager michael brown, an 18-year-old. a missouri grand jury and now the justice department have determined that no criminal charges are appropriate against officer wilson. and that suggestions that this officer shot the 18-year-old brown as brown was surrendering with his hands up were not supported by the facts. the doj s conclusions all of which were favorable to officer wilson none of which supported his critics case against him stand in stark contrast to the tsunami of misinformation and innuendo that were spread in the aftermath of michael brown s death. he put his hands in the air, but the officer still approached with his weapon drawn. and he fired several more shots.
you have law enforcement swarming around that medical facility at el paso. at least it is over with. we ll get more information and update our viewers. thank you very much. there are some major new developments in two stories we ve been following. the naacp is demanding a judge investigate the furgs, missouri grand jury prosecutor. also suspects have now been arrested and identified in the shootings of two new york city police officers in the bronx. let s get more joining us. jeffrey toobin our law enforcement analyst, the former assistant tom fuentes, and our cnn anchor don lemon and community activist john. first of all, driving this new call from the naacp for a special investigation of the st. louis county prosecutor. there are so many questions across the country bob mccoupling on has received regarding how he has hand the
dzhokhar tsarnaev is about to go on trial for the second deadly terrorist attack on u.s. soil and now the father of the bomber accusing americans of harming his son. today starts day two of jury selection. supporters flocking to the courthouse. a group of teen girls who call themselves the supporters say there is no proof he planted the bomb. eric frain to stand trial. he was accused of leading police on a 48 day manhunt. a member of the ferguson missouri grand jury is suing to have a gag
look. he is an elected official and he can be voted out of office and i think that is the most likely place for some accountability to take place. not the legal system which i think for better or worse has worked its course. don lemon, you spent a lot of time in ferguson st. louis county covering the story. what s your analysis? well i think if the prosecutor has nothing to hide i don t see anything wrong with an independent investigation. he said he was all about transparency. that after the special prosecutor after the grand jury i should say, came to its conclusion he would release all the information. people are saying much of the information is redacted and they have some information with that. so nibble transparency. if you don t have anything to hide you don t have anything to hide. and in an investigation, why not? you re there in new york. two new york city police officers they were shot in the bronx last night. another awful story. do police in new york city based on ev
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