Officers is in the spotlight and on the spot accused by Police Supporters and surrogates of rushing to justice and have having a conflict of interest and she disagreed and something people out here have been demanding, some suspect of accountability. When asked how she believed she will deliver accountability she answered you are getting it. Tonight well keep an eye on the courtroom and the facts of the case and another on the Bigger Picture in baltimore and beyond. I want to begin with our Jason Carroll on the streets of baltimore tonight. Jason, a very different scene on the streets of baltimore all throughout the day since the announcement was made today. Reporter anderson i have to tell you, several days ago it what a it was a much different experience than what we are experiencing here. Right now thousands of people are weaving their way watch your back watch your back weaving through mlk boulevard, weaving through mlk and chanting and honking in solidarity. And they marched past
Baltimore on edge. Confusion and anger on the streets after a gun goes off, spreading rumors of another Police Shooting of a black man. This was the scene near the burned out cvs in baltimore just moments after that gunshot was heard. Police just shot someone. They shot this man in the back. Police now say a gun did go off, but that the suspect was not shot and was not injured. They say they stopped the man after seeing on Surveillance Video that he had a gun. The sound of the weapon discharging. The police never discharge any weapons. He has no injuries on his body whatsoever. But there are some in the crowd who told cnn reporters they had little reason to believe what they were told by police. All this going on at almost the same time as president obama made a speech about inner city youth and young men who live there. Too many places in this country, black boys and black men latino boys latino men they experience being treated differently by Law Enforcement. In stops and in arrests
Unrest in ferguson and the scrutiny cops face contributed at all to this terrifying Tipping Point . Plus Airport Security under fire. A government watchdog finding fake bombs that got through security checkpoints a whopping 95 of the time. 95 . A new and tearing report that suggests tsa officers might not be able to catch a cold let alone a terrorist. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. The First Time Since america woke up to the new norming, the u. S. Government no longer that the power to hoover up information about every single phone call every Single Person in america makes. 7 44 p. M. Eastern time last night the National Security agency officially shut down its phone mehta datet metadata program. They cant capture things like the phone number of every call you make the time and duration of those calls, where you are or where the person youre calling it is at the time of the conversation or the device used to make the call
Police stormed a house thats just a few blocks from here and they took in three people for questioning. Those people have since been released. Its also worth noting that the st. Louis county police as well as the Missouri State Highway Patrol are now going to be taking over the security detail at protests. This started last night, they want to do this to make sure that everyone stays safe. Its also worth noting that two missouri congressmen are now offering a 3,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of those responsible for this ambush shooting. Aligna its worthy of note there was such a flood of information about where people thought the shots came from and how the description of the shooter may be that it actually is something thats slowing down the investigation, theyre getting more leads than they expected not less. Thats a window into this community. Thank you very much. The people who live here and the police have to figure out what to do with the recent shootings,
In baltimore, a medical examiner found the cat sfrosk injury that gray suffered happened in the back of the police car. In fact according to wjla the head injury that he sustained matches exactly the shape of the bolt in the back of the van. This is a Major Development that could mean grays death was a direct result of the van ride with police. However, the big question is who caused that injury. But tonight there is a report from a prisoner who was in that same police van. That prisoner reportedly telling investigators we thought gray was quote intentionally trying to injury himself. These developments are coming hour after Police Released a new bombshell in their investigation. They now admit that the van carrying gray made an additional stop that was unreported until today. That means once gray was in custody, that van stopped. You will see so total of five times before an ambulance was called. What happened in that stop that stop that wasnt reported until now. We have a team of rep