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"indefensible." my first thought about this motion to change the venue was rodney king. >> yeah. >> before we talk about that precedent, because that -- on what grounds do you file these motions? on what grounds are they granted? what do you have to show a judge to get a venue change? >> you pretty much this to show a judge you cant get a fair and impartial jury. they are denyied almost invariably, except like rodney king when a police officer is involved. >> rodney king was tried in simi valley...

Is so huge, thats a driving force. >> so thats one of the interesting points and charles, ill ask you. they were really looking at family income, high school grades and your ethnic background. and they were comparing you to similar people. and so what theyre really saying is the harvard folks came from more affluent backgrounds, and these people that went to this school really catapulted themselves to making $120, $170,000 a year. it is about the fight right? >> its also about the fact that the ...

Venue was transferred and it was transfer in that case and guess what happened. after a woman sued because they handcuffed her 7-year-old son, they moved that howard county more white, more affluent, the jury found against the plaintiffs and for the police. >> this is in a civil suit. >> civil suit. right. >> if turn defense attorneys for the these cops you would be filing this motion absolutely, right? >> oh absolutely. it is absolutely critical. and frankly i think theres very little chance th...

While the event is going on. but thats local energy too in brazil or france or places where ive seen nice outdoor things. but when fifa leaves, it leaves behind stadiums. and brazil has many stadiums. south korea, a fairly affluent or emerging country built stadiums for 2002 that never got used well again. so -- and of course you can say the same thing about the olympics. but i tell you from having covered both for decades that fifa makes the olympics look like the boy scouts and the girl scouts...

It is a sign of oh things to come maybe in your next local election. joining me now, zephyr teachout a law professor at fordham and former new york candidate. and contributor for the nation and contributing writer at city live. nice to see you, dan. >> thanks for having me. >> help people understand how empowered the philadelphia mayor is relative to education. why does it matter who the mayor is. >> so the schools in philadelphia have been under funded and segregated from the more affluent subu...

Right? so the vets are particularly vulnerable because theyre coming home. weve adapted to this but were all suffering from this alienation. and you see it in -- apache werent committing suicide. they werent depressed. they had their troubles but mental illness was not one of those problems. >> i remember tom wolfe, this is back in the 90s, and its a number that stuck -- a quote that stuck with me, i think it was the 30th anniversary of the "rolling stone" issue and he said what a great irony th...

Door step. apparently the further away youre fighting, the less intuitive sense it makes to the civilian population. >> so it comes down to the fact that you serve four five multiple tours in afghanistan or iraq you return to the united states where less than 1% of the population also serves in the same venture that youve been occupied with for most of your adult life. >> yeah. the thing about that 1% -- >> youre isolated from the rest of society. >> you have a very cohesive intense human experi...

Visited is that baltimore is at the least two cities. one baltimore around the inner harbor area where young people are coming to move and start families where camden yards is and its growing and affluent and partially white. another baltimore where the neighborhood is winchester where gray was detand and that neighborhood has few economic opportunities, it has high unemployment high poverty rates, double the number of liquor stores, double the number of tobacco stores. there arent a lot of oppo...

You should be able to understand what life is like as me and we can all be equal. no one wants to sell drugs, no one wants to be a criminal no one wants to be a bad guy. these are huge systemic issues needed to be addressed on multiple levels not just with the police department. >> you said the very easily but the acceptance is not that easy. you dont have to sell drugs, you dont have to run from the cops you dont have to push a cop when they say get up against the wall. what does that perspecti...

Necessarily the what, its the why. i think thats where we have to go and look at the root cause of whats going on. and i think urban america is speaking out when you look at places like baltimore, folks are tired. these young guys are tired of carrying their fathers weight tired of carrying their grandfathers weight. these are decades-old systemic problems. its the young folks that drive change. and i think thats what theyre showing us in these protests and this movement. >> i read an important ...