policy will not be tolerated by me or anyone in this administration. reporter: local activists say poor treatment of minorities in bridgeport, which is 35% black, has long been a problem and argue the police department does not represent the community. the black and brown community really does not feel that the police department of the greater bridgeport of the bridgeport area does not does not have the best interest of people of color in mind when they come to investigate. reporter: both cases have been reassigned to other officers, and the supervisory officer overseeing these matters retired on friday. meanwhile, reverend d. stanley, the head of the local naacp chapter tells me he plans to hold a press conference on wednesday to demand a federal civil rights investigation into the bridgeport police department. don? athena jones, thank you very much for that. and thank you for watching, everyone. our coverage continues. retinol .
in action or deviation from policy will not be tolerated by me or anyone in this administration. reporter: local activists say poor treatment of minorities in bridgeport, which is 35% black, has long been a problem and argue the police department does not represent the community. the black and brown community really does not feel that the police department of the greater bridgeport of the bridgeport area does not does not have the best interest of people of color in mind when they come to investigate. reporter: both cases have been reassigned to other officers, and the supervisory officer overseeing these matters retired on friday. meanwhile, reverend d. stanley, the head of the local naacp chapter tells me he plans to hold a press conference on wednesday to demand a federal civil rights investigation into the bridgeport police department. don? athena jones, thank you very much for that. and thank you for watching, everyone. our coverage continues.
you are with the naacp, head of the local naacp chapter. you ve been in court for most of this time. you were not expecting a mistrial. no, i wasn t. i thought that officer porter would be convicted on misconduct and reckless endangerment. reporter: and what sort of reaction do you hear, this sort of verdict or this sort of outcome will produce? already now the activists outside the courthouse marching and protesting. i think it s going to happen all over the city. the main thing that i hope and pray is that no one does any damage to any property and no one causes themselves to be in danger with the police. reporter: you were in there for the announcement of the mistrial, that they were hung on all four charges. it has been a tense time the last couple of days waiting for this. what was it like for you as a baltimorean to sit there and listen to this? as much as i have respect for the police, in this case, freddie is dead and he didn t have to be dead. and officer porter, the
welcome back, more than 400 people have now been arrested over the past two months in the weekly moral monday protests at north carolina s state capitol. more protests are planned for later today. they were originally started by the local naacp chapter. other groups have joined in. they re aimed at the policies of the state republican governor and legislature, which protesters say will cut medicaid, education and voting rights for minorities and the poor. joining me now, democratic congressman jk butterfield of north carolina. last week he became the first member of congress to join these protests, congressman thank you for your time. first let me ask you why you decided to join these protests. let me tell you, tamryn, the republican agenda has now begun to play itself out in north carolina. the right wing agenda is, is at work. we have a republican legislature for the first time in over 100 years, a republican governor.
glad that you are up on tweeting, which by the way, i have a twitter account as well. you have your own twitter account. and you offered to basically broker a meeting no, no, i didn t say that. that was a misinterpretation by the huffington post. sean: okay. i didn t read the tweet. what i said was local tea party groups tea parties don t have a national organization. local tea party groups ought to reach out to local naacp chapters and offer to have joint town hall meetings. for example, about job creation. there s a difference between job creators and job killers. it would be great to get americans of all backgrounds in the same room talking about whether the policies that you and i agree believe in which create jobs. i suspect most african-americans in the local naacp chapter would be