Phones to get your reaction from that news and to hear how you think Loretta Lynch has handled this first challenge during her short time as the head of the Justice Department. Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7458002. A special line for baltimore residents this morning, that number, 202 7488003. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter, facebook, or email us at journal cspan. Org. A very good saturday morning to you. We begin this weekend coming off the news yesterday, announced by t Loretta Lynch, that the Justice Department will start a civil rights probe of the Baltimore Police department. Here is the headline from Washington Post this morning Baltimore Police to face federal investigation. Here is a bit from Loretta Lynch is press conference yesterday here in washington, d. C. [video clip] Loretta Lynch today the department of justice is opening an investigation as to whether the Baltimore Police department has enga
Over 146 officer fatalities per year. That is a shocking number. One officer killed somewhere in america every 60 hours. All right. But the good news is that numbers are going down. If you go back to the 1970s we were averaging 231 officers killed in the line of duty each and every year. That means the 146 number i cited is 37 lower than it was 40 years ago. That is at a time we have double number of officers serving and putting themselves at risk. Would you have expected that number would have gone up, not down. There are a number of factors that are responsible for that and i have enumerated some of them in my written testimony. I want to just spend a moment though reemphasizing the leadership that the attorney general of the United States eric holder, has focused on issue of officer safety and wellness. Im not sure he is getting enough credit for his leadership. Just a few years ago, when deaths were spiking, 171 officers killed in 2011 he held a summit in his office with about 40 L
Good morning to you. That is Aljazeera America. Live from new york city, im morgan radford. A stunning day in the u. K. , David Cameron celebrating a victory. Many polls before the vote suggested the election would be too close to call, but the conservativesconservatives routed the opposition. He is heading to ask the queen to form a government. In short i want my party and i hope a government i would like to lead to reclaim a mantel that we should never have lost, the man tell of one nation, one united kingdom. That is how i will govern if im fortunate enough to form a government in the coming days. All right, now on the other side of the aisle the labour party performed so badly that its leader will resign. This after talk he could have been the Prime Minister. We have a wrap up of the results. On thursday, we were saying this is going to be one of the most complicated protracted, drawnout elections in modern british history with weeks of negotiations on a new coalition government. Y
End of the return to duty penal when the officer is back at work that happens while the other investigations are going on. Yes sir. Ill be working this comes up a lot and getting paid im not saying this is not right but while the investigation is going on shes not where you would from going to work. At the return of duty some preliminary assessment and contact thats why an important is or part is the criminal investigation are they open and on yes they are. It needs to be made clear thats policy. Yes. So john. Yes, sir. Could you go into how the Police Officer dont have additional rights on the same rights unconstitutional. So for instance if an officer refuses to give a statement the officer will be mileanhour decided. Yes. Well going get into the process no suspect in an incident can be forced to compelled to make a statement against himself thats selfcommitted that includes Police Officer a Police Officer can be compelled to make a statement at the risk of their job they can be told
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