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Over the last few years. just taking it at face value, you can see theres a long way to go. this last jobs report is problematic for black people. were moving into a knowledge based economy. for laborers or lower skilled but even craftsman, construction was good. overall, thats where youre going to see the major job growth. these numbers will get worse not better in the near term. this is -- reality has nothing to do with racism. we should see the reality and try to fig out ways to remedy it ins...

People, black and white, actually have anti black racial bias. white people much more than black people, but black people too in laboratory experiments. is there a solution thats, you know, broader than the fate of this principal? >> well, i think we know from the research on subconscious bias one of the best ways to get at it is first of all to acknowledge it openly and then to build in processes and procedures within our hiring, within our admissions to colleges, within our search committees f...

Them know what we think took place and what we know took place, and they can make their evaluation. were very confident that it will be deemed a self-defense and that the truth will unfold over time. >> theres an ongoing beef with your client i think it was in september of last year they had an altercation, that was the original altercation. why do you think that -- what is going on? why is there this ongoing beef between these two men? >> well i think thats jumping to a conclusion between these...

They dont understand. ive got problems on the street. >> one week after what staff described as a suicide attempt, maricopa county inmate manuel martinez has undergone a psychological evaluation and has been transferred from a padded safe cell back to his own cell in the high-security unit. >> you were having a rough day that day, right? >> real rough. >> what was going on, your girl? >> yeah, just family problems. i was trying to get a call in and they werent hearing me and i was just trying to...

He was attempting to hang himself. so the next step in the process, move to psych, stay there for evaluation and probably end up coming back. >> sometimes it can be a setup. they want you to come in and theyre ready to take an officer out. >> come here. step out. to your left. left foot up, right foot up, either one. he was down here on all fours with a noose around his neck saying, you know, he was crying, crying, crying for his girlfriend is what it was. and as soon as we started to open the d...

Attorney general announced a public civil rights investigation into the baltimore police department in the wake of the death of freddie gray and riots in baltimore. one former deputy attorney general in the civil rights division under george w. bush says this investigation may be warranted, but it shouldnt become a pattern. >> i think there are some risk -- swoop in and help and i dont think thats a healthy attitude to have. >> one legal expert at the conservative heritage foundation warns that ...

Finally they were able to get him handcuffed. >> he is finally subdued and cuffed and taken to lorraine county jail. >> mr. thomas came into the department on an attempt of court charge, which is a low grade merchandise. he left our department with a felony assaulting an officer charge. all that he was going to be released on a summons for the first one. >> thomas pleads guilty to assault and obstructing official business. he is convicted and sentenced to time served plus three years probation. ...

Searches, seizures and arrests and engage in discriminatory policing. >> caller: this just weeks after the controversial arrest and death of 25-year-old freddie gray sparked huge protests and days of riots. attory general said it severed the trust between the community and police. the six officers involved are facing criminal charges brought by the state. but baltimores mayor wanted more to be done and asked for this investigation. >> such an investigation is essential if were going to build on ...

We are hopefully waiting for full disclosure. we havent gotten the autopsy report for example. then and only then will we piece it all together and come up with what we believe represents the truth. thats a lot of hard work wolf and were a long way from doing that. >> the knife, there are conflicting reports it was illegal in the city of baltimore, but was legal in the state of maryland. what can you tell us about the knife that freddie gray was carrying? >> we havent been shown the knife yet. w...

So we could become a safer city but also a better city. >> did ms. lynch say commit to doing this investigation? >> they have to do a review. im making the request. theyll do their evaluation and get back to us. she understands the urgency of this request and i do not believe they will delay an answer. >> as you announce this review into police practices, one of the officers in the gray case is saying that he did not do anything wrong in stopping gray because he says that grays knife was illegal...