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Very very hasty. as a result, you know, the criminal case fizzled, and it was a real black eye on the prosecution. as a result, i think they have been very deliberate in what theyre doing, and very transparent, as we will see tomorrow. >> captain johnson, you know, you are in ferguson missouri in the wake of the shooting of michael brown. im not comparing one tragedy to another here, what steps do you believe officials and memphis and other cities around the country, should be taking in advance ...

Reckless, and inhumane. and in the vein of transparency, when the video was released, in the coming days, you will see this for yourselves. >> nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. >> our thanks to nick for that. some perspective on the charges so, far a potential federal charges, as well as what this says in a larger sense about policing and justice in the country. with, us cnn political commentator, tom perez, former dnc chair, former labor secretary especially to the point tonight former head of the c...

Et cetera. and those matters need to await the criminal prosecution. but those are two pathways that i suspect the federal government will take. >> tom, perez ron johnson, thank you both for helping us out tonight. >> next, were gonna have a live report from ukraine, as the west gets ready to send tanks, russia continues to send missiles, and civilian targets and fighting heats up on the ground. later the former presidents remarkable string of races attacks against the wife of mitch mcconnells w...

Investigation under the so-called practice authority. thats an authority that frankly needs to be reformed to give more tools to the federal government. and theres legislation pending in that area. but i worked on many, many of those cases, whether it was the new orleans police department, los angeles police department. that is a tool that allows the federal government to take a very careful look. is this an isolated incident? are there other issues involving either use of force, training, et ce...

Former labor secretary, and especially to the point tonight, former head of the civil rights division at the justice department. also ron johnson. captain johnson, first to you. based on what youve heard about what is on the video, what happened, do you believe these are the correct charges? and based on the charges, what does that tell you about what were going to see on the video? >> ill tell you what ill see in the video, its hard to say if theyre the correct charges. but i will say from ever...

When he was on the ground. that right there is bases for federal rights charges. does the memphis police department have a more systemic problem that ought to be investigated? the justice department will go in and investigate and negotiate some kind of settlement ideally with the police department and the community to make things better in the city. >> we have seen some departments welcome that. other departments resist it. how does that play out? >> usually they do. usually its a collaborative ...

So they have this video. the family has seen the video but there are other things that the police department could be doing and could have been done to this point to answer some specific questions, hopefully that will come with the district attorney today, because they are obviously concerned about poisoning the jury and theyre worried about witnesses but there still needs to be more transparency and more information that needs to come out because just the basic information of why they stopped t...

Described is brutal and is going to be certainly very difficult for people to watch. >> shimon, stay with us as we continue the conversation. i want to bring in for insight the former federal prosecutor elliot williams and former captain johnson. you have your ferguson experience. we have all lived through how the country and minneapolis reacted after george floyd. you heard shimon lay out charges announced this afternoon. video released tomorrow. do you see that as an effort by the prosecutor a...

Thats not -- they are doing a great job. i think if we look at some past incidents in our country, there have been some mistakes made. i think theyve learned from that and it shows in their response. >> and captain johnson, let me stay with you for a second. shimon is in a city thats on edge. you are in ferguson. you have an understanding of the emotions here. a, what law enforcement preparations are under way and what can whether its the police chief, whether its the d.a. this afternoon, whethe...

Think this is important, john, are very worried about. very worried about the reaction and are very worried for their businesses, for their homes so theres a lot of concern here and i think well try to see the police in the next day or so try as best as they could alleviate some of those concerns. >> for folks watching at home, captain johnson, help us understand, you have police investigating police here. and then police cooperating with the district attorney saying heres the evidence that we h...