We will begin with the news out of South Carolina where a white Police Officer was arrested for murder of an unarmed black man running away from the officer. The video from a bystander led to the arrest of the cop. What are your thoughts on this . Republicans guest 202 7488001 democrats 202 7488000 independents caller 202 7488002 we do want to show you the video at the Police Officer shooting this man. Some of you may find it disturbing. Turn away from your tv now. [video clip] [gun shots multiple] [end video clip] host officer is charged with murder of a black man shot in the back. Host what do you inc. All of this . Martinsburg, West Virginia and engine. You are up. Guest good morning. I saw a Police Officer shoot and unarmed black man in new york 29 years ago. I still remember it verbatim. I think when they start charging these Police Officers with these civil suits this money come out of Police Officers pocket. For all the people who say to vote democrat and you get a better city council and what have you, no. They are the sa the republicans on these kind of issuesme. The fbi agents kill unarmed people. It is the whole system. It is corrupt. They have crawled and to their Police Department. When will people kill my will, they kill more dogs. People cannot take this. Host i want you to listen to this part of the open Washington Post piece. Police shoot hundreds of people each year. Only a handful your thoughts not only on the Police Officer being charged for murder but what do you make it videos . Should he be able to video . Your thoughts on all of this. Caller i commend the person who took this video. We saw a lot of things. Everything is lack and light. Blac citizens have to be encouraged to takek and video pictures white. In any confrontation between police or public to i wonder how such a person who is a coldblooded killer can be a police person. They need someone who respects people. Christians celebrate easter. The sea have any belief does he have any belief . It is a learning process. For the good of the community we can make a difference. This is north america. It is sad. We are talking about terrorism and where else but this is a part of terrorism, killing someone who is running for his life. Finishing him off [indiscernible] host alright, ted. Senator tim scott had to say on twitter. After watching the video comment the senseless shooting and taking of walter a scotts life. Ray is a Police Officer in atlanta georgia. What do you think . Caller one of the big things about it is as Police Officers we do need some type of video camera. It gives us an opportunity to make a clear, decisive choice of what exactly we are doing when it comes to enforcing the general public. A lot of things that we do our capabilities as an officer. Some officers have not dealt with in the food a multitude of people. They generally go as force to force as a means to handle the situation. From my perspective, i think if im camera deftly benefit officers as well as the general public. Host you are ok with the general public getting their cell phone out and recording what they see happening between Police Officers in the community . Caller absolutely. As officers, we should be held to a higher standard. As Police Officers, we hold the general public to a certain standard and we should be held to that high standard, too. At the end of the date doesnt matter who is watching it you are doing it right. Host the Police Officer felt threatened your he saw him reach for his taser. In the video to see him fleeing the Police Officer, running away from him. What do you make of that as a Police Officer . How are you trained to deal with a situation like that . Somewhat is fleeing you. What is your training tell you . Caller it goes back to the officers capability a lot of times. Facially when you see someone fleeing. We see that consistently. You have a radio. Kathy of the run. That is why we have Fitness Standards and things of that nature. It should have given him the thought process of being able to go chase another officer to get some kind of resolution to a situation without using mac force. Host ok. From the Washington Post, lester four out of five officers were white. They announced host maria, your thoughts on this. Democrat. Caller there are some great Police Officers. I commend them. I would like what you kno to know what is going on in this country to send are going in the this. What is with the blackmail that they are so heavily targeted . With the black male that they are still heavily targeted . I think he. Host washington, Police Officer. Go ahead. You are in yakima washington . What are your thoughts. Caller the only reason Police Officers, no matter what you the recent issue track i is when fact i asked chad and it is that simple. It is not meant for that matter if they are white or lack when people act in the criminal style to matter where they are at, and deserve to be apprehensive. If theyre not going to be apprehended, they need to be shot period. Host you think this man running away, the officers justified in shooting him . Caller yes. Host why is that. Some might say he is unarmed and fling the officer. He was not a threat to the officers life. Caller yeah, he needed to be shot. Host independent color. Five. 0independent caller. Hi i never did it. So much and to raise eventhough it is an undertone. Caller perception is reality series and a lot of the minds this could never happen. They cannot believe it Police Officer was actually shoot somebody. This is the most shocking thing in the world. To another set of the will those videos the most common thing in the world. Im a videographer by trade. I know certain people when they are doing things they do not want you to record the are ive been a few times when im what he meant doing things. Host what do they say s . How did they threaten you . Caller put that down. If you do not put it down right now youre going to jail. That kind is tough. Kind of tough. I say they work for me. I pay for your salary. Then we get back into it. Sometimes i cut it off. As im sitting here looking at this stuff, and i realize there are good cop there but when he had 80 of the police force and they are patrolling the area and disparity between the races is so great it is a misunderstanding. You have people that do things that are bad. If you are a bad person, say that you are somebody that wanted to kill people. Being a cop is like the perfect job to do it. Do you know what im saying . Besides the military in the police. Those are the only two jobs can kill someone and get away with it. This stuff really needs to be investigated. Dont take it so serious. People are to the point where they just give cops a pass. Theres no way a Police Officer could kill someone out of cold then you see it on video. The guy who called agrees with this all makes me wonder. Host ok. From the familys perspective, they held a News Conference last night. The family is considering its legal options. The video speaks for it felt. Essentially, the officer got down unarmed man two is not a threat to the smith or anyone else. An unarmed man who is not a threat to himself or anyone else. [video clip] there should be something done to correct how stops are made in certain areas in the city. I do not think you should be stopped just because of the car that you are driving or the color of your skin. I think certain things should be put in place. For the community, you can see what the video shows. All across america, i would say lets let the Police Department to reform themselves. There has to be changed. Needed change. That is what i would hope that is what we could see not tomorrow but today. Are you implying that your brother was a victim of racial profiling . I dont know. [end video clip] host the brother of walter scott there holding a press conference after the mayor announcing murder charges against the white Police Officer that fatally shot his mother after a traffic brother stop your a video from a bystander surface. It led to murder charges are at a lets go to washington. Delaware, republican and a Police Officer. Go ahead. Share your thoughts. Caller i have two things to say. One thing that amazes me is that this has not been sent. You have to respect the people that you served. If you do not, you were going to have this kind of outcome. It is the commanders who dictate what we can get away with. This stuff with shooting fleeing people was settled years ago the gardener decision. That is what i heard at the academy. Every time i had this, it is brought up to us all the time. Even with gardner i knew before the autopsy came out his cause of death. Heres ago there was some Baseball Players cousin who was stopped somewhere. When they went to arrest the guy, the officers have their bodies on top of the socalled defendant. He was not able to breathe. Training tapes went out to the whole country to inform us to be very careful of putting your body on top of somebody else while you are making an arrest. You need a chest to expand and contract so they can breed. We are all trained to build that. That is basically what i wanted to say. You have to respect the people that you serve. I have been in the situation people have knives and that all kinds of stuff. A lot of vietnam vets that had their problems from the wars they went to. We have not had to kill any of them because we respect to the people that we served. Host can i read this by you before you go . After reviewing the video, the department of law and criminal justice at John Jay College of criminal justice said if somebody is running away from you what do you think as a Police Officer . Caller that is just an excuse. There is genuine fear that these officers have out there. That does not necessarily mean that you have to kill somebody because you are in fear of. It means to be very cautious and the do the job youre called to do. Again, i see that as an excuse. There is genuine fear out there of, i am sorry, the Minority Community by white officer spirit there was a time when young people would approach me and asked me about getting a job. I would tell them no. I do not want them to go through the stuff that i went through. I went through a lot very negative stuff being in the Police Department. Host can i ask you, sir, are you black westmark years a from of the white officers . Caller that is correct. It is not easy. Then i had to wake up and realize that if were going to turn this fear and Everything Else around that we need more minority officers. A lot of times, the white officers take their direction from us here at they see how aggressively are going to be in a situation. If they find that were not going to be aggressive they back off. Host all right. Can he come, independent caller. Caller thank you for taking my call and for cspan. As an African American man and seeing the things that is going on you see how will look at us. It is disheartening for me to see that it is being shot down. Greta 202 7488000host you are getting confused because youre listening to the television on your tv. Lets go to gerard in indiana. How are you . Caller thank you for sticking my call. Every time there is a shooting, the people say an officer shoots an unarmed black man but no one has any background. No one knows how high escalated or if he actually does a threat. It is the responsible people say he shot an unarmed man. Until we know the whole background, it is irresponsible to say it is not justified. Host the governor of South Carolina put out this statement. This is a sad time for everyone in South Carolina. What do you think . Caller i think the commented that the guy may just a minute ago was very accurate. Also, ive several friends of mine that are Police Officers in virginia and maryland. A bunch of them are good people. They do what they are supposed to do. There is a story that one of them told me one time where there were four lakh guys driving down the street in the car. One has a gun knife, drugs, speeding. If a cop sees them and pulls them over, when they get pulled over and they do not have any drugs or no knives it is that matter if you are black or white. Youre going to get pulled over. What did you get pulled over for . Host it was a traffic stop according to the papers. Your point . Caller did he really like . Did he tried to run somebody over . What was a traffic stop or . Do you know . Host broken tail light apparently. Caller apparently . Host that is what they have reported. To your point. Caller did he have drugs or alcohol or was it under the influence . Host i do not know the details feared what is your point . Caller the point is if you get pulled over and youre doing something illegal, that is the Police Officers job. Host understood. In ohio, democrat. Caller i am 65. Years ago but they never shot to kill. They would try to hit them in the leg. I do not remember them ever killing people. The second thing, and i dont know what has changed and why they are allowed to kill. The second thing no one has ever addressed is a drug issue. There are a lot to drugs out there. People go off because of the drugs. Another thing is why dont they put nets over these people . There is so Much Technology to stop people without having to jump on them. I knew somebody in personnel in the city and they said that some Police Officers actually had serious mental problems and that they were aggressive. Some of them beat their wives. Some of them are very aggressive himan beings. Host from the carrier about the incident that happened that at the time of the to do walters got was wanted for arrest on a family court warrant. For failing to pay child support. The only accusation of violence came through and assault and Battery Charge in 1987. Two people file complaints against the officer during his time at a wars movie once said the Police Officer shot him with a teaser for no reason. They exonerated him of any wrongdoing. The suspect was never arrested. Those are some of the details from the South Carolina the post and courier. We are getting your thoughts about this South Carolina shooting. The phone numbers are on your screen. We want to share with you the front page story of usa today. It is no longer operating. 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Rand paul join the fcc can you vision for america. Today i announce, with gods help, with the help of liberty lovers everywhere that im putting myself forward as a candidate for president of the United States. [cheers] [end video clip] host about 1500 people Standing Shoulder to shoulder at his official announcement. He is going to make a tour around all of the early primary and caucus states. Next he will go to iowa and nevada. The wall street journal weighs in this morning. They say he is sound on domestic reform but worrying on national security. It is a theme that has arisen from defense awkhawks and others that were that he is too much a wouldbe isolationist and they worry that he would not stand up for the United States from the a strong leader. New york times takes a look at libertarian into the are in this country. He said they are too few to provide a path to the jury for the senator victory for the senator. Some analysis from the New York Times this morning. If they lay shot an unarmed black man. You go ahead. Caller Police Officers are the terrorists too young, black men. Yet conservativee caollers are coming in feared as a have islamic killing them on a daily basis, they do not understand that. They said maybe this guy did this. Maybe this guy did this. He could has stopped a white person and they do not respect black people. They talk to is any type of way. A lot of people struggling to understand. We see this every day. It has been going on for years. They are terrorists. When you talk about isis that youre so afraid of, that is what we are rate of feared we are free to you. We are afraid of the Police Officer