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Philosophy. he appeared before the oklahoma independent petroleum association at a meeting, right? what happened? >> he told the group straight on that im the new sheriff in town. that were going to use everything in the book to come after you. >> what was the reaction of the people there? >> shock, disbelief, shock and awe. >> there had been abuses by federal agencies before, but in the obama epa is unfortunately at the top of that bad list in terms of really using overtly threatening behavior....

Philosophy. he appeared before the oklahoma independent petroleum association at a meeting, right? what happened? >> he told the group straight on that im the new sheriff in town. that were going to use everything in the book to come after you. >> what was the reaction of the people there? >> shock, disbelief, shock and awe. >> there had been abuses by federal agencies before, but in the obama epa is unfortunately at the top of that bad list in terms of really using overtly threatening behavior....

Its not just that they are being racially profiled. its racial profiling thats funding the towns that they live in. theres a a very serious revenue incentive there when you have a town of 21,000 people that budgets perspectively collect 2 2.7 million in fines and fees from their municipal courts. and i would say this is not just about ferguson. it would be a mistake to focus the attention solely on ferguson. >> i want you to say more about that in terms of what you know of the region. are these ...

And resentment, stoked by years of bad feelingsings and spurred by illegal and misguided practices, its not difficult to imagine how a single tragic incident set off the city of ferguson as a powder keg. in a sense members of the dmunt community may not have been responding to only a single isolated con fronation, but a lack of trust attribute bable to numerous institutional violations by their law enforcement including first amendment abuses. unreasonable searches and seizures and excessive and...

Bleeding quite substantially. well keep following this story. and breaking news also from ferguson missouri where city officials are about to respond to explosive charges from the justice department on racial profiling in the citys police department. well have that for you live. today, the department of justice released its full report investigating the conduct of ferguson police. attorney general eric holder said it revealed systemic abuses. >> this investigation found a community that was de...

Darren wilson will not be charged. we knew most likely he wouldnt because of such a high bar for civil rights abuses correct? >> thats right. it was not expected but it comes just a day after a summary report was released by the department of justice showing that the ferguson police department enacted a pattern and practice of biased policing. id like to read to you a statement from the doj on this case. after a careful and deliberate review of all the evidence the department has determined that...

Shortly after the death of mike brown in ferguson, missouri the justice department announced two separate investigations. one, looking into the circumstances of browns death and whether or not officer wilson violated his civil right when is he shot and killed the unarmed teen. the other is investigating the ferguson police department and the allegations of systemic police abuses. last week during a q&a at the national press club mr. holder said a resolution may be coming soon. >> it is my intent...

Year, a union hailing the defense of a teacher who smelled of alcohol and passed out in class with the principle unable to rouz her. i disdained unions as bringing crucian, nepotism and rijd work rules. i was wrong. the abuses are real. but as unions wane in american life its also increasingly clear that they were doing a lot of good if sustaining piddle class life especially the ones that are waning. >> are you surprised to hear a columnist say testifies totally wrong? >> what im surprised is c...

Others that economy aware of but what can you tell us about homing square where these alleged abuses are said to have occurred? >> well, it seems to me what they have done is centralize more in terms of what they used to do and attack people to other places than where they were take telling the family that they were taking them without lawyers and family present. we have to look at all of them. what has come out already is one person claims he was beaten. another person ended up dead. our client...

>> come on. >> i think its a great challenge for the american economy is in equality. and it is clear that they were especially for men were a major buttress of support tack middle class. research suggests that one-fifth at least maybe as much as one-third of the increase in inequality among men is due to the decline of unions to blow 7% of the sector. >> we talk of it since fine 71 real wages for men, middle class men, working class men have declined. you can look at union membership over the s...