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official misconduct and officia oppression. there are facing a minimum of 6 years behind bars. four of the five cops were released on bond this morning. here is what police are telling us. under an re seven, ronna mc daniel nichols vehicle was pulled over for reckless driving . the police chief says there was a physical altercation in the cops tried. >> nichols out of the car. pepper spray was deployed, and nichols took off on foot. there was a foot pursuit, and officers then apprehend...

>> it makes it difficult to investigate crimes that we want to investigate. we had a full-time traffic unit, we had a full-time narcotics unit, we had a full-time k-9 unit, all three of those were folded back into patrol. >> reporter: city leaders are betting that pumping money into community-based groups like the pioc part of the office of violence prevention will take some of the burden off the police force. >> we have clearly a gun violence problem in our community, we have a homicide problem...

>> and so far this year the louisville metro police department reports 125 murders, 118 of those people were shot to death. now, the city is on pace to have more homicides than the past two years combined. nbc news reporter dion hampton taking a deep dive into these startling statistics and joins us with a breakdown. good to see you, man and you did a lot of research into all of this. what is happening louisville? >> louisville is a city that is under siege, quite frankly. they have a homicide p...

Past two years combined. joining us with a break joun, i know, my friend, you did a lot of research for this story. what stands out most to you? >> well, okay, so louisville is a city thats under siege. they have a homicide problem. they broke their homicide record last year by a very wide margin. theyre on pace to do it again. and i would say that 55% of the murders this year have gone unsolved. >> that is just extraordinary. let me ask you, isnt the fbi sending in agents? theyre going to help ...

Hospitals, pay organizers, get people mental health care and overall healthcare employment, etc. we should support communities, not throw them away. jacqui: what you make of that? >> the way to deal with the covered epidemic is close hospitals and not count how many people die that way you dont have an epidemic just like we have an epidemic in homicide, if you dont hold people accountable, we dont have a homicide problem, its ludicrously but not to be unexpected. jacqui: thank you very much for ...

Cut egg missions from coal-burning power plans. opposition is already coming from the cole industry and republicans who say it will lead to higher energy costs. by the year to 20-30, the president wants a 30% reduction in carbon pollution for 2005 levels. it also requires individual states to meet specific standards of carbon emission reduction based on consumption levels. another american is under fire for killing a lion in zimbabwe. the zimbabwe government named a pennsylvania doctor as the ...

Types of activities, criminal or otherwise. if a certain number of people or certain demographic, im being devils advocate here, if a certain demographic is -- >> i dont think its a fair place to start. if you look at the statistics, people commit crime in proportion in representation of society. if you stood in bay ridge and did as much stop and frisk as you did in harlem, where im from, you would come up with a ton of arrests. >> the need in those communities doesnt support the tactics. we don...

Crypts gang and served ten years in prison. and the professor and codirector of the university of chicago crime lab. great to have you both here. lets start on the criminalology side with you, harrold. whats going on in chicago somethats the first thing to ask. its getting national attention. monica davey had a great piece in "the new york times." great reporter if youre out there, journalism gods, show a little -- she had a really good piece about the homicide problem. and she made this point, ...

>> if you assume that, i dont know what gang member are minority in chicago, its high. very few white gang members. its not racist. reality about gangs. emanuel is doing his job the best he could. but taking on the gangs, these are armed armies on the street. >> andrea: then he should resign. >> bob: does it mean someone else could fix this? i dont think its true. >> andrea: how was it done in new york city? giuliani did it. rahm is no rudy. >> eric: you say address the gangs, right? >> bob: abs...

College campuses. governor brewer today laid flowers at the makeshift memorial. and there are the national lawmakers who in both substance and tone have suggested a flawed response to introduce still more guns into these unpredictable public events. two congressmen, democrat heath shuler of north carolina, and jason chaffetz, the republican of utah, say they plan to carry their own guns in their respective districts as protection against attack. that brought a swift response from the sergeant at...