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Of african-american leaders both here in the naacp, both in south carolina and north carolina where theyre saying look the flag is an important issue but we need to also address the largest systemic issues. south carolina is a state that has not taken the medicaid expansion. a lot of black lawmakers and civil rights leaders saying thats the next step address the actual inequity voting right, voter id of course health care and education. they want to see a conversation about that perceived from t...

They blame police saying they are nowhere to be found. police commissioner anthony bats insists they are not holding back. he does say they are afraid of making mistakes. >> as the bloodshed continues in baltimore black executive director kevin jackson says city leaders are to blame. >> i think this lies squarely on the shoulders of the mayor in mosby. there is supposed to be law and order and there is not. the mayor of baltimore has done two things since she has been in office. one of them is m...

Police commissioner was kept out of the loop by the prosecutor. learning about murder and manslaughter charges against six of his officers. only minutes before they were announced on national television. in his first interview since freddie grays death, police commissioner anthony bats told our evan perez that the charges caught him completely by surprise. >> i found out that the state attorney was going on and what she was going to present probably about ten minutes before she went on. she gave...

Attorneys office here, a day before we thought it would be. that report handed over a day early and there was another key piece of information. but first, lets hear from the commissioner, anthony bats, what about what is in that report and what will still happen. lets listen. >> this does not mean that the investigation is over. if new evidence is found, we will follow it. if new direction is given by the states attorney is given, we will obey it. we will also further investigate at the "request...

Protests at the western district police station in baltimore. i want you to look at whats going on. its essentially a standoff between about 75 police officers and about 100 protesters. theyre demanding action, accountability. they want arrests of the police officers and they want indictments. earlier today they started the rally at city hall. they marched through the city, blocking traffic, stopping in the street, laying down in the street. they went over to the u.s. federal courthouse and made...

And act different and try to encourage people thats a form of bullying. >> what do you make of that tom? >> i think shes got a good point and i think she is very concerned as probably all the residents and police when you have outside people coming in we have this in new york during the okay pi wall street movement where you had a lot of people who were not from new york. they were coming in from all corners of the country. they had this kind of belief that you could come into new york and have ...

Police said that two people were taken into custody tonight for disorderly conduct and destruction of property. also today the baltimore police commissioner anthony bats, met with members of the gray family. the family says that freddie grays funeral will be held on monday. joining me from the scene of the protests, nbc reporter adam reece. adam, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: good evening, chris. six consecutive nights of protests at the western district police station in baltimore. i ...

Their way to the states attorneys office. the investigation continues. the m.e.s office released freddie grays body to the family this morning. that was a welcome sign for the family. they were happy to have him home. as far as the police commissioner, he met with the family as well this afternoon. he said he answered all their questions and he promised that he would change the culture of the police department here. hes urging calm. he says let this investigation work itself out. chris. >> msnbc...

Medical attention before he entered the van. >> those are major admissions. the commissioner has been very, very quiet. obviously those are significant admissions tonight. i want to go straight to an attorney for the family. you just have heard that the police commissioner i know earlier this week when you and i spoke, you were frustrating and angry at not getting a lot of information. now youre saying there is no excuse for the fact that he didnt have a seat belt in the back of the van. multipl...

Bury their son. alisyn. >> thats understandable. suzanne, thank you for that update. well with four criminal investigations underway, are we any closer to finding out what happened inside that police van following freddie grays arrest? cnns evan perez has that part of the story. >> good morning, alisyn. the baltimore police union is firmly backing the six officers involved in the arrest of freddie gray. union officials say five of the six officers have now provided statements to nvrgs. the off...