the criminal justice system. hillary clinton said this on the campaign trail. it should extend throughout our system to prosecutors and parole officers to judges and lawmakers. e we all share a responsibility to help restitch the fabric of our neighborhoods and communities. it s time to end the era of mass incarceration. is the justice system bias in this country? how likely is it that a prosecutor will charge, try and imprison a black person for a crime where a white person might be given a second chance. let s take a look at wisconsin. african-americans make up 6% of the 5.7 million people who live in the state. but in wisconsin state prison system, 37% of the population is african-american. and in milwaukee county one study from 2010 shows that more than half of black men in their 30s had already at some point
common courtesy and were allowed on their way promptly after they were identified. neither the parole officers nor their attorney would say how long they were held but they were clear on how they felt they were treatmented. erin the attorney representing the parole officers says that this would not indicate how much they are suing the police for, but they say at the very least these officers should be disciplined for what happened that day. jason carroll, thank you very much. i think the chance to talk to them brings a lot to light. former new york city police officer bill stop ton, political commentator van jones. bill you were shaking your head through that whole piece. you say there s no way this was racial profiling, why? well show me other than people saying it s racism show me the proof where it actually is racism. they were responding to a legal call. four people with bullet-proof vests on. i watched that video many many
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assaulted or battered? assault in the civil context of the law is being threatened with force. that s an assault. reporter: ramapo police say they made the stop because they were responding to this 911 call. and i saw a plain chevy navajo impala car with four buying people get out of it and i thought they had bullet-proof vests and shields on the 911 call did not identify you by race. we can only go from the tape that was released by the people that we are suing. reporter: ramapo police referred no one cnn to the city s attorney who says the actions of the police officers involved were reasonable under the circumstances. there was a 911 call indicating suspicious activity. the attorney says the parole officers had not notified the police they would be in town, a
him rough those rough rides, he breaks his spine. so this this changes it. those 2 two off cert. for those two officers. thanks to alley are all three of you. as we try to get to the heart of this case some of these questions are crucial. next new dash cam video. police pull their guns on a car that had was full of black parole officers. were they racially profiled? those officers are speaking outfront. breaking news. the nfl says tom brady likely knew the footballs he was using were deflated. so how does he stand by this? i have no knowledge of anything. i have no knowledge of any wrongdoing. breaking news massive tornados tearing across the midwest, we ll go there live. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic