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Have to be able to put that aside, very hard to do, put that aside and say "you know what? im going to sit down and talk to these cops and try make them understand what we face and try to work with them to keep this community safe. >> it was a very powerful image we saw on the hill yesterday when we saw members of -- black congressional members, leaders, lawmakers, asian, latino congressional staffers as well there. when you see that kind of statement at a significant place, our nations center, ...

In this country of the police killing people is on the scale now of a public health crisis. so today at med schools all across the country, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of medical students and doctors held these die-ins in many cases with the blessings of their school dean and professors. theyve been tracking their silent protests with the #whitecoats for black live. this was the washington university school of medicine in st. louis today. this was the university of north carolina where st...

Medical schools, across the country making the case that the criminal justice problem we have in this country of the police killing people is on the scale now of a public health crisis. so today at med schools all across the country, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of medical students and doctors held these die-ins in many cases with the blessings of their school dean and professors. theyve been tracking their silent protests with the #whitecoats for black live. this was the washington univer...

Cleared white police officers of any wrongdoing. these are some of the staged die-ins, that is what they are calling them in honor of michael brown taking place across the country. you see people laying motionless on the ground pretending to be dead with areas of foot traffic to make the most impact. it is occurred throughout new york and nick joins me from grand central terminal. what do you see as more people are gathering for what they are trying to make the biggest, quote, unquote, die-ins w...

Were watching a new protest against police brutality. demonstrators have been holding a so-called die-in outside orlando, florida. a video has now surfaced online, showing a demonstrator, look at this, punching a new york city police officer. hes been arrested on assault charges and hes reportedly been linked to another incident where an officer was punched. joining us, don lemon, jeffrey toobin, tom fuentes, and the community activist, john gaskin. tom, let me start with you. this police office...

Including harvard staged what are called die-ins. were watching the other protests that are happening. this week the new york congressman hakim jefferies made his first visit to a makeshift memorial set up at the site where the police tackled eric garner on new yorks staten island. the congressman is joining us now, weve seen the video of eric garner and the sidewalk. you were there, tell us what it was like when you went to that sidewalk and saw that location because i know it was pretty emotio...

And teammates as well. we had derrick rose earlier and lebron james got the idea from him wearing the "i cant breathe" t-shirt. any reaction to that, deb? >> reporter: it was really interesting because word got out to one of the organizers that in fact he was wearing that t-shirt along with a number of players who were wearing it. and the crowd cheered. and it was a rather remarkable scene because it came at a moment when they had staged one of these die-ins where they were laying down in the mi...

>> reporter: im just to the side of the camera. were showing you this die-in. all these people who have come here. one of the organizes said lets show with it our bodies, not our voices. it is silent. theyre laying down. these die-ins theyve been having. theyre here in the entire plaza of the barclays center. theyre really surrounded by a groom of both supporters but also, a number of media folks here covering the royal visit. also, covering this protest. and really, it was within the last half-...

Recent police killing black men and children in america. coast to coast, marches and die-ins staged to bring attention to the issue. this is the scene from pennsylvania, in protest. berkeley, california, protesters temporarily shut down interstate 80 in both directions, and then on the court, nba stars like lebron james and kevin garnett donned "i cant breathe" shirts in protest over the death of eric garner by a new york city police officer. president talked about that in his interview with b.e...

Browns death is described as a homicide. meanwhile, support for both brown and eric garner continued to grow. in berkeley, california look at this, the largest crowd yet. they blocked a major highway and staged die-ins. outside of the nba came at new yorks barkley center on the basketball court lebron james was among several players wearing i cant breathe t-shirts. the brits are back this morning. the royals will start to wrap up their visit. its been memorable as british royalty met with amer...