supporters on twitter, facebook, all social media. thank you for helping me. i wouldn t have got this far if not for you guys. that was ahmed mohammed thanking supporters for standing by him after police mistook his home made clock for a bomb and arrested him. his father says his son will not return to his high school because of this ordeal. did police overreact or do the right thing? joining us now is irving, texas police chief larry boyd. so many of us want to understand more about what happened here and i think you re the best person to answer this. first of all, we understand your department received a call from the school saying there was a bomb threat. once on site they were able to determine that this device was not a bomb. yet yet he was still arrested and handcuffed. why? right. fairly quickly, the officers that responded to this call, school resource officers were already at the school, assigned to that school, determined that it wasn t a bomb. so what they were investi
they know eventually the story will shake out. they asked the question, did the police overreact, and why was she killed? yeah, they have to make split-second decisions. i think the police got a pass here. i think the media got a black eye. and also in my view, they got a black eye for not covering the piece. they believe they will read it on twitter, and i am going to agree with bob again and say i think some critical look at how the police acted especially with the baby in the car, and everybody, of course, wants to give them their kudos for protecting folks and they have to make split-second decisions, and we still have to cover that. yeah, in the 90s, i covered
they know eventually the story will shake out. they asked the question, did the police overreact, and why was she killed? yeah, they have to make split-second decisions. i think the police got a pass here. i think the media got a black eye. and also in my view, they got a black eye for not covering the piece. they believe they will read it on twitter, and i am going to agree with bob again and say i think some critical look at how the police acted especially with the baby in the car, and everybody, of course, wants to give them their kudos for protecting folks and they have to make split-second decisions, and we still have to cover that. yeah, in the 90s, i covered
brand new details from the autopsy painting a very sad picture of the night whitney houston died. snipers, s.w.a.t. teams, the fbi, weapons locked in on an armed bank robber with a female hostage. we ll show you how this one ended. wait until you see the full video on this. these folks were sent home crying. college students pepper sprayed at a school board meeting, some of them hospitalized. they say they did not get a warning that the pepper spray was coming. the school says they were an angry mob. did police overreact? we talk to a tune who the was there. one minute past 5:00. conflicting stories are emerging about the night trayvon martin died in florida and the racially charged shooting tens to spark harsh words and protests. martin s parents were among the many people who gathered in miami to mark the 44th anniversary of dr. martin luther king s assassination as well as to remember the death of the unarmed florida teenager. zimmerman s father is defending his so
and if one guy does one bad thing, 20 million people see it on youtube. it is not fair. people should have the right to do it as long as it is not an obstruction of justice. why did you film those cops that weren t doing anything wrong? you said that every time you get pulled over which says a lot about bob, every time. what were you doing in the park, bob? i was meeting a dealer but that is besides the point. inmates onli m only kidding. i have to be careful here and i understand that. i m just that way. if you are for example and don t jump on me here. yeah. if you are in the black community and get stopped by the cop at night the chances are they could be pretty rough. chances are they are in a tough neighborhood, i understand that but i think it is fair to say that there are some times that police overreact in a situation, right? is it something wrong with having a film of that?