aggressive. listen you ve got to remember you ve got to ask yourself at each stop along the way, would someone have called the police on a bunch of white guys wearing what to me look like police typical police tactical gear? would they have called would the cops have come out with guns right away? every steppal the way you have to ask the question was there racial bias here? i think it s reasonable to believe, given the pattern, that maybe something did happen. bill he does have a point. the problem with racial profiling in many instances is it isn t clear. it isn t obvious. somebody didn t use a word. nonetheless, it happened. let me ask you the parole officers did not notify local police they were coming. that s usually a university courtesy that they make that kind of call. as paul points out there s no law mandating they do that it doesn t always happen. maybe in a small town there was a reason they didn t want to maybe they knew some officers had a relationship with the pers
stopped because they are african-american. there is no doubt. if i was caucasian, i would not be standing here. reporter: all four officers say they immediately identified themselves to ramapo police were wearing their shields, and offered to show identification. no matter what we did to show or verify that we were the aggressive treatment continued. i was violently pulled out of the vehicle. and i was slammed against the vehicle. reporter: the parole officers filed a civil suit against the ramapo police department and the city alleging their civil rights were violated. they were assaulted and battered at gunpoint. mariel alexander was dragged out of his government vehicle. reporter: the dash cam video does not appear to show parole officer mario alexander being slammed against a vehicle. at what point were you
guns drawn. now, those officers say the stop was justified. they say a resident had called 911, warned them about four big people wearing bullet-proof vests getting out of an unmarked car. jason carroll is outfront. reporter: it was a tense scene in upstate new york in april as ramapo police can be seen on dash cam video approaching a car filled with four passengers wearing bullet-proof vests. guns drawn. all signs pointed to a serious situation. the video shows one person getting out of the car with his hands up. minutes later, audio from a second dash camera reveals the situation is not what it appears. all units that are not at that location disregard. reporter: the car s occupants are four new york state parole officers out executing a search warrant. those officers say they were
rehabilitate. for a price, you can get a job somewhere but you re not going to hire a cashier who robbed a bank 10 years ago. it doesn t make any sense. and i mean, we have a lot of people spending time behind bars on really long sentences. non violent. exactly. so if they come out and looking for a job and an employer should know about it, obviously, which should be able to make the decision based on the individual. remember the people healthy, people enrolled for obamacare and they had the convictions. it should be up to the company to decide. by the way, the probation officer, parole officers all have access to be able to connect people with the right job that they think they would be suited for. and i would think you would do a background check, even if somebody checked yes or no. that s later in the hiring process and that costs money. eric holder has a job. he went there as well. he s the attorney general. did you know that? he appears to think that racism is a big
got to take with me. without any family members to pick him up, jed will be transferred by parole officers to the parole office. meanwhile, frank trusty is being released after serving 14 months for forgery, possession, and distribution of a controlled substance. there s your daddy. frank is seeing his daughter for the first time in 14 months. i love you, baby. i love you. this little girl s been waiting. talking to him every weekend on the phone. this baby girl doesn t do it. and this grandma of his doesn t keep him on the straight and narrow, he s going to get the tar beat out of him. my daddy. are you happy to have daddy home? uh-huh. upon release, all offenders are required to check in at adult probation and parole reporting center. what s your name? strong, jedd strong. jedd will enter a halfway house where he will have to look for a job and undergo substance abuse therapy.