more times than bonnie and clyde and at the end of the day, the judge came up with a decision that he came up with? i think they re still in shock. for us we ve got to uphold the law. and therefore, they ve got to uphold the law, we as elected officials have to uphold the law, we can t let this one decision define the city of cleveland. and zach i have a question for ramona. i ll give it to you word for word here. go ahead, ramona. ou have followed this closely and how you re always in touch with your
final destination for many of the protesters who have taken to the streets who are walking in these downtown streets? reporter: you know we tried to ask that question. it doesn t seem like they are pea a coalition so no one seems to know what s happening next. checking twitter, seeing what people have been reacting to to see if there s something planned for later. a lot of people were worried about their professional games tomorrow. there is eastern conference finals with the nba. i think the indians are playing. there was talk maybe people would go protest outside those games. community leaders here have been working with weeks for people to make sure this was calmed down to make sure people remain peaceful. everyone had even been saying they don t want this to be the next ferguson they don t want this to be the next baltimore. so those words have been said throughout the community and efforts have been put in place to make sure things are really buttoned up here. especially with th
report about the excessive patterns of abuse and violence. mr. brelo should have been indicted as well as others. our focus clearly is on the input here versus the output. i don t disagree with the operation of law. i think the judge came to a reasonable conclusion with what he had to make the decision. you know what he had to base his decision upon. and i have tried cases, hundreds of them. and i can see this a mile away. that causation was going to be an issue. it s unfortunate. spent a lot of money prosecuting this case and rehashing the injury for this family and who they are and what they are has nothing to do with being shot 137 times. so avery, in your view case closed? you know involuntary manslaughter not guilty. there s an acquittal of this officer. is there any recourse for the prosecution to pursue any of the other officers the other 12
avery friedman also in cleveland and joey jackson, cnn analyst as well. joey i want to hear from you. because while while the judge even said it is likely that this is a case. that is you know provoking a lot of emotion, not just in cleveland but across the country, and now you re seeing images of people who are upset with this verdict. at the same time they re being met with police officers in riot gear and one has to wonder whether this helps quell, maintain peace, or if this helps instigate. sure. fredricka. you know the judge s job of course is to assess the facts before him. and make a decision on what those facts were in the court of law. i think there are certainly ways you can disagree with the judge s decision if you disagree obviously with what this officer did. and there are ways that you can support it. i think that the judge certainly is mindful of the very national climate of what s going on now.
this. joey in new york here you have this decision after a two-year investigation from the justice department and then just days later you would have a decision that we saw this morning. clearly the justice department study did not impact or in any way influence this judge. the judge said especially based on the medical examiner s testimony and report it was difficult to discern from whom s bullets caused the fatal blow to these two people. that s right, fredricka. of course the other part of this decision it was really in three parts. the first part in saying not guilty as to the manslaughter was saying there is a causation issue. to the extent that i don t know that brelo fired the fatal blow i find him not guilty then of course the second part saying you know what? the people have established, that is the prosecutor beyond a reasonable doubt that he engaged in flowness a essthrowness assault