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That occurred during last nights riots. This used to be a beauty salon behind me. No longer. A grand jury decided against indicting Police OfficerDarren Wilson, rioters and police in the surrounding area spent much of the night clashing. Youre looking right now at live pictures in baltimore where protests are starting to merge and shut down local traffic. More demonstrations are also happening right now in atlanta, georgia, and nearby from where i am in st. Louis. Protests across the country from new york city to chicago, philadelphia, seattle remained mostly peaceful. We are also at this hour awaiting press conferences from both missouri governor jay nixon and the u. S. Attorney general eric holder, both. Whom will be commenting on the violence here in ferguson. Law enforcement sent people scurrying from tear gas canisters as rioters flooded into local stores. The st. Louis ....
I learned first-hand how the Anti-Defamation League throws Black Americans and Palestinians under the bus for ties with police and right-wing donors. ....
Dealing with this garner case which he s indicating he may not have as much information on, it s on videotape. we don t have to presuppose so many of these items and issue, but we can review what happened over in ferguson and quite clearly, you know, there is a bias that mr. roorda and many police officers have accepted and have put out in the media and just treated as if it s fact, when it is not established fact. even the grand jury process did not establish facts. they examined evidence and made their own judgments based on a faulty presentation made by the prosecution, which has set precedent throughout this nation. how is it faulty? well, the process itself. when the process for all of these years and all of the cases this is a prosecutor that put every single piece of evidence. let me answer your question. and then he s criticized for giving too much information to the grand jury. let me just answer your question. ....
How do you address the cultural aspects of how police think of themselves in relationship to the community? i think what has occurred throughout the nation is occurring in these cases that we re seeing more recently is that the police within the subculture there are these vows and these strong bonds that supersede even the vows that they ve taken to withhold their respective positions and their agencies. it becomes a matter we re all in this together, hell or high water, regardless of the circumstances and individuals who represent police officers do that blindly, unabashedly, unashamed, and they put on the back burner the vows that they took to uphold the constitution and the state laws and their department of regulations. that should supersede all, but it naturally doesn t. mr. roorda, do you agree with that? give me a break. ....
You asked me how it was faulty. the process all of a sudden became a new process. all of the cases previous to it and probably all the cases since that time did not follow this pattern where basically throw everything in the pool and let the grand jury mr. rooda, if this is the best process that will be offered, will you commit here on air for calling for bob mcculloch to review this process in all subsequent cases? the method he used in this case was different he didn t believe there was enough to charge if it s a good process. led to the conclusion that the officer violated the law but still took it to the grand jury, still provided all the if the process is a good process, mr. roorda, should the prosecutor always use that process, yes or no? no, he shouldn t have used in this case. he should have said there s not enough evidence to pursue here. should never have taken it to the grand jury. we ll be right back. ....