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Underscore the community concerns. looking at live pictures now on the right of your screen in baltimore, and we have seen rallies and marches today as a response to yesterday s decision to charge six police officers in the death of freddie gray. here s what some of what we re hearing from members of the community. take a listen. it s not just a baltimore problem, not just a national problem, it s all over the world. there is an authority problem. joining me from los angeles, mr. michael skulnik from globalgrind.com and also in l.a. van jones, cnn political commentator. van to you. those numbers are dire. is this an authority problem? it s a complex problem. as you continue to have the conversation and the discussion you began to realize that you have a racial set of issues but you also have a class set of issues and as uncomfortable as americans are talking about ....
Yes. all right. doctor thank you very much. we want to get some more reaction now to what is going on. joining us from los angeles is editor in chief for globalgrind.com. i know you re passionate about these issues. your reaction to the charges now going up against these six police officers. well i think the state attorney did the right thing. i think she did it quickly and bravely and today came out with charges against six of the officers. i think it calms a lot of things down. as the baltimore police was leaking horrible information and misinformation and simply lies out to the media finally we get some basis of the truth. i thought her press conference today laid it out methodically and very intently. we look forward to the next 30 days of this process to actually get an indictment before a grand jury. let s talk bigger picture. the focus on baltimore as a community, moving forward, what ....
Be said. it s a phrase that should never have to be said. it should be self-evident. but our history sadly requires us to say that black lives matter. what a difference in terms of empathy in new york city and what we saw in ferguson. that s an aside. joining us michael skull nick, editor and chief of globalgrind.com and joe hicks, vice president of community advocates, incorporated. michael, black lives matter. i find it to be such a compelling mantra in some ways. you were on the streets last night protesting, and i know you ll be out again and i m sure you ll be chanting black lives matter. who needs to hear it? it s not just police. it s got to include the grand jurors who decided not to indict, the people in pontiac, michigan, who called and said there s a suspicious looking guy with his hands in higgs pockets, i want police to come and take care of it. i want to give credit to ....
Thug culture that certain segments of society flock to is intolerable. now, you have talked about that there was a way that these prosecutors could have responsibly and this judge responsibly could have introduced the concept of racial bias into the conversation in a way that could have given the jurors more of an opportunity to say, you know, maybe we need to see this from a different per spect pif. sure. and the most obvious would have been in response to the defense witnesses who said, michael dunn is gentle and peaceful. that s what the jurors heard over and over again from a series of witnesses. at that point, the prosecutor should have leapt to their feet on cross examination, waved the letters around. are you aware he said, for example, the more i get to know those people, referring to african-americans, the more prejudiced i am? the prosecutor should at least have attempted to call his neighbors, who are on videos online on globalgrind.com, saying that he use the n word ove ....
Crack far more than cocaine, some of which are no longer on the books. beyond taking executive action, the obama administration is also advocating reform to drug sentencing in congress. attorney general, eric holder, laid out the stakes in august. as a so-called war on drugs enters its fifth decade, we need to ask whether it has been truly effective. too many americans go to too many prisons for far too long and for no truly good law enforcement reason. joining us now for an important discussion, managing editor for msnbc.com and author of that groundbreaking series on presidential pardons, shades of mercy, and michael skolnick and editor of globalgrind.com. thank you for being here. daphne, i want to start with you. you have been working on this reporting for a long time. tell us everything you know after this decision yesterday. well, i think that you really ....