remain sealed. what video was they watching? because obviously it wasn t the one that the whole world was watching. the department of justice launching a federal investigation. too many americans feel deep unfairness when it comes to the gap between our professed ideals and how laws are applied on a day-to-day basis. new york mayor bill de blasio ordering retraining of the nypd s 35,000 officers. we re changing how our officers talk with residents of the city. changing how they listen. and dorj eric holder calling for reform. there are real, practical and concrete measures that can be taken. reforms civil rights leaders say is needed nationwide. when we shine a spotlight on the criminal justice system, when we shine a spotlight on the experiences of people, it points to a very big problem.
and shutting down times square! hands up, don t shoot! large crowds, largely peaceful, but this many people and this much emotion leads eventually to conflict. making an arrest here right now. nypd making arrests after a massive scuffle. there s already violent. they were slamming people down on the ground against the cars. they were very much overly aggressive. what a surprise, when has nypd not been overly aggressive to us. marchers were chanting whose streets? our streets! police disagreed. some staged a sit-in. arrested while singing and holding hands. but for all the noise, silence in brooklyn may have made the most impact. protesters staging a die-in, lying on the ground next to them cardboard coffins displaying the names of others killed by police. among the crowd of young and
problem. the next guest was at the white house when the president made this announcement. he s had to take on the task of rebuilding police/community relations in his own big city. baltimore, maryland police department commissioner joins us this morning. good morning, commissioner. good morning, miss alisyn. how are you doing today? i m doing well. thanks so much for being on new day with us, what s been the reaction in baltimore to the grand jury decisions of the past couple of weeks? i think there s been a visceral reaction for the community, much like the rest of the nation. we ve had protests that have been out, and a numb of the protests have been led by young people. where our university town, we had a lot of major universities and you feel that there is a deep-rooted upheaval, that has taken place. when you watch the video, of eric garner s arrest and death, what do you think of the tactics that the nypd was using? i want to address the tactics, i don t have enough
prosecutor. and i don t see any effort to look at our court system and look at patterns and practices of what happens in traffic court, in misdemeanor court in felony court, that has to be looked at, too. a lot this is under state control. it goes to the point of the next question, which is when you say it s everything, which is probably accurate, you wind up fixing nothing, because it s too big. so you have to look at the specific and you have to take on all of the issues where you find them. right now you re finding them with police and you have motivation and energy towards that. you have to deal with how to fix it here s my concern with that, cedric. the police are now culturally almost feeling forced to motivate against the change. you have the union head here at the nypd. saying hey, we feel like we got thrown upped the bus on this one. you have police officers taking to forums like police1.com saying another week of chasing around these thugs, this would
nationwide, outrage, garner s daughter says she appreciates. this is not a black-and-white issue, this is a national crisis. in chicago, protesters clashed with police after shutting down a major thoroughfare. and in d.c., protesters stage a die-in only blocks from the white house. all this after a grand jury declined to indict nypd officer daniel pantaleo in the chokehold death of 43-year-old eric garner. according to the new york supreme court the grand jury sat for nine weeks hearing from a total of 50 witnesses, 22 civilians, police officers and medical personnel. 60 exhibits were admitted into evidence, including video, records regarding nypd policies and procedures, garner s medical records and photographs of the scene. but the details of that evidence remain sealed. what video was they watching?