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Closed circuit camera carrying a handgun. they went to arrest him. that that gun went off, perhaps that he through it away. the police did not fire any weapons. and that this man was not hit by any bullets before he was taken away. so very specific details there from the police. from your perspective do, you believe that story? >> i think its an unfair distraction from all of the positive things that have been going on in baltimore. one thing we should be paying attention to, this is probably th...

Too often i think as marc was saying, thats the case, are you not? >> yeah. i think it happens far too often. you know like i said this is one of the rare times where we see a black man with a gun and he isnt shot. so the other persons comment, i thank you for not shooting people. we need more cops like you. maybe you should tour and teach a seminar. maybe you should tour. you cant speak for most officers because were talking about huge systemic problems within our police departments. >> ive int...

Hired in 2012 three charges, including involuntary manslaughter and sirg -- second-degree assault. and including alicia white, the sergeant three charges. and none of them have been charged with any failure of duties in their past. anderson back to you. >> and joining us mark gehrigo and david clinger, mark earlier, i think sunny said it would be unethical for the states attorney to bring charges she couldnt prove and i heard your house in the back of my head saying that is absurd prosecutors lo...

When there are internal affairs investigations. and when there are multiple charges, and it is clear that mark is correct, there is a prosecutorial strategy. and the notion of the false imprisonment they didnt have probable cause to arrest we are going to charge them with a crime. so every time a police officer in balt makes an a -- baltimore makes an arrest and they go to a sergeant, do the narco band test and do the test to see if it is marijuana, now we are going to take it to the prosecutor ...

One of them was unconscious. we dont know the status of that officer. we do know the others were receiving treatment. we now know that some looters have been taken under arrest. while looters are running around there has been at least for more -- from what our reporters have seen from what our cameras have seen limited police presence throughout the afternoon with the looting going on around baltimore. the orioles game of baltimore city of course baseball team was supposed to go on today and the...

Behavior. the state of emergency is when it becomes known that you have a police department that has millions of dollars spent out within a short period of time because of brutality. that is the state of emergency. >> well, thats the point reverend bryant was making as well. go ahead, david. >> these are two different things. if the police are doing something wrong, that needs to be squelched. and anybody who knows me knows i speak out very strongly against inappropriate police conduct. this is ...

Captain eric kowalczyk. well bring it to you live. in the meantime i want to go straight to dave clinger, former los angeles police officer along with l.z. granderson our commentator. let me get your reaction to this sort of. david, first of all, from the police side of things, there are seven injured police. its been horrible what has happened to police today there is no denying that. when you did see the rioting, though and the looting at several of these stores, there didnt seem to be any sor...

Ferguson. obviously very different cities very different situations. the police commissioner the mayor, city council here i mean the city is predominantly african-american. and a majority of people on the baltimore police force are not white. so its not the same thing. but she said the issue is racial profiling. the issue is seeing young, black men and assuming theyre doing something wrong, they have done something wrong, and thats a problem nationwide. but obviously beyond that its difficult to...

Our public safety director, dr. cedric alexander, as well as us, are always concerned with the safety of the prisoners were transporting. the van is equipped with air-conditioning as well as heat and interior lighting. interior lighting is so the transporting officers can view whats taking place inside the van through the partition. >> are there cameras inside at all? >> no theres not any cameras inside the transport van. >> david, just following that, you know when you see the video of freddie ...

Lieutenant jerry moore is often standing on the opposite side of the road from these protesters he know miss of them by name. >> one of the things thats worked for me is getting to know people out here. that obviously helps when situations get tebbs. its easier to defuse it if they know me and i know them. >> but there is also real talk. >> the reason we step and took the streets because weve seen one of our young brothers gunned down at the hands of police. and we dont want that. >> thats one o...