controversy to rock a department struggling with growing public distrust. none of them are perfect. and there are going to be things that are going to happen. that s going to create some concern. reporter: in march, seven baltimore investigators were arrested as part of a federal racketeering takedown. the group is accused of robbing people and defrauding their department. on friday two of the suspects officers pleaded guilty in court. and police community relations reached a breaking point in 2015 after the death of freddie gray while in custody. residents clashed with police in the streets following the incident, all of the officers involved were eventually cleared of wrongdoing causing further division between the community and police. cedric alexander, a former top law enforcement official, believes bridging that gap requires action on both sides. we cannot give up on each other. police need community, community needs police. and we have to find a way in
who are planting evidence during the course of their duty, that s certainly something that will keep me up at night. reporter: this is the latest controversy to rock a department struggling with growing public distrust. none of them are perfect and there are going to be things that are going to happen that s going to create some concern. reporter: in march, seven baltimore investigators were arrested as part of a federal racketeering takedown. the group is accused of robbing people and defrauding their department. on friday, two of the suspected officers pleaded guilty in court. is and police community relations reached a breaking point in 2015 after the death of freddie gray while in custody. residents clashed with police in the streets following the incident. all of the officers involved were eventually cleared of wrongdoing causing further division between the community and police. sedrick alexander, a former top law enforcement official, believes bridging that gap
reporter: this is the latest controversy to rock a department struggling with growing public distrust. none of them are perfect and there are things that are going to happen. that s going to create some concern. reporter: in march seven baltimore investigators were arrested as part of a federal racketeering take down. the group is accused of robbing people and defrauding their department. on friday, two of the suspected officers pleaded guilty in court. and police community relations reached a breaking point in 2015 after the death of freddie gray while in custody. residents clashed with police in the streets following the incident. all of the officers involved were eventually cleared of wrongdoing. causing further division between the community and police. cedric alexander a former top law enforcement official believes that bridging that gap requires action on both sides. we cannot give up on each other. police need community, community needs police.
competitive edge? now ranking fourth among 139 countries. the world economic forum citing a trillion dollars decifit, public distrust of government, and rising debt as the reasons for that slide. $13 trillion, that s a lot of numbers. good morning, everybody, i m bill hemmer. welcome to america s newsroom . martha: good morning, thank you for starting our morning that way! you don t even get a medal a medal in fourth place! you know who has replaced us? switzerland. i kid you not. bill: not even a bronze. we ve got brand new jobless numbers in, the labor department reporting $451,000 people filed for first-time unemployment claims in the past week. stu varney, fox business network, first the jobs number tells you what? that s a positive number. first time in a long time but it s positive, because it s down 27,000 from the