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Younger black man with whom he had no prior relationship. the shooting is determined justifiable 49% of the time. yet when a black person -- >> thats the whole problem here, is that context is taken completely out of the eindication. and that, i think is a bastardization of justice. and also prosecution and the criminal testimony that we have in the united states. i mean the idea that race isnt a part of this is not an accurate -- that -- sorry, go ahead, chris. >> no, no, i agree with you. you ...

Who shouldnt be. youre 345% more likely to be acquitted if the victim is black. >> this comes from what we were talking about in the previous block. when an older white man shoots a younger black man with whom he had no prior relationship. the shooting is determined justifiable 49% of the time. yet when a black person -- >> thats the whole problem here, is that context is taken completely out of the eindication. and that, i think is a bastardization of justice. and also prosecution and the crimi...

Younger black man with whom he had no prior relationship. the shooting is determined justifiable 49% of the time. yet when a black person -- >> thats the whole problem here, is that context is taken completely out of the eindication. and that, i think is a bastardization of justice. and also prosecution and the criminal testimony that we have in the united states. i mean the idea that race isnt a part of this is not an accurate -- that -- sorry, go ahead, chris. >> no, no, i agree with you. you ...

Give up his chemical weapons. he will preserve much of it. it is also a whim and a wish to think that this will lead to a settlement. assad will get stronger with shipments that will continue to aide him for his conventional weapons use. the opposition force is weaker. >> the fact is that you said your opinion was different from other commentators. does that suggest that the president was damned if he did and damned if he didnt? was there strategy given that there are all of these different opin...

Phone call. >> its fascinating. you say here really what jeff is saying what we all understand, there are no easy answers to gun violence. just not. >> well, thats very true. its absolutely no easy answers whatsoever. but i think part of the issue here after listening to number of your commentators theres one common theme thats at the forefront of all the recent shootings even as recent of yesterday theres been some mental health issue that seems to always come about with each of these individua...

Ive seen a number of commentators, informed ones saying the rebels are taking this harshly. they think this is bad for them, that this gives assad credibility. is there a twinge of regret you have as someone who was so outspoken in opposing the war, who i think played an instrumental role in getting the political system to this point where were now sort of happy about this deal, is there any twinge of regret when you read that headline? >> which rebels are we talking about? are we talking about ...

About mental health and mental health is important. lets also consider the data we have in these mass shootings. in three quarters of the mass shootings, the shooter would have been able to get the gun and pass a mental health check. in most of these cases involving the mass shootings, you see assault weapons and these clips. so while mental health is very important, you hear a lot of commentators talking about how we need to improve mental health. obamacare, by the way, large expansion of menta...

Commentators or the daily beast website. does that hurt a brand of independence or is there a place any more for a magazine that tries to be straight down the middle? >> well, again, i think that id like to hope and to think that there is, but i dont think that that in and of itself i think is enough of a reason for being. i think that there are people who want to hear both sides or at least a more independent voice, but i think, again, you have to identify specifically who they are. are they fr...

With victims of the crime, few in number. is the next step notifying families? first would be id, then notifying families and bringing the victims out. >> first would be for the hospital to reach out to the families. the situation inside the building if there are deceased victims in that building, that will be a longer process. they are going to have to do the crime scene analysis extraordinarily comprehensive and attempt to verify identities if there are victims in that building before they do ...

Made on a facebook account is posted off campus, obviously will make its way on campus when someone accesses their phone or computer on campus, and the supreme court actually really avoided this issue. most commentators agree. it will be difficult. the issue is even though anti-bullying laws may have good intent, good motive behind them to prevent bullying, some of them in certain states may ultimately be unconstitutional for suppressing off campus speech, beyond the boundaries of what the distr...