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This is our moment. >> ted, i know everybodys seizing on that. but the practical impact is that this is going to go to a court. a judge is going to decide what is fair and what is not. shes not even going to be in the courtroom. katie -- who are they going to put on there, your thoughts? >> well the motion is an incredibly detailed one, and its pretty fascinating that the lawyers, and by the way, its important to note that each officer has a different lawyer. there hasnt been any joint defense i...

Also from baltimore pastor dante hickman. >> let me start with you, when doj is working on this type of case, what is the role when prosecutors are taking a first pass on the prosecution? >> they are there to take a leadership role and provide support. i think the local prosecutor has got to tread very lightly. if we take a look back at michael from north carolina with the duke la kro case he got himself into a big jackpot but not being quite impartial, a lot of conflicts of interest and disbarr...

If you will took out an american flag and they sang together as americans began to pray for that officer the garland security officer who was shot when the two men tried to invade that venue. the officer is going to be okay by the way. but they met with that impartial -- i want to bring back rod wheeler a former dc homicide detective. 40 police officers a big number that we are now seeing more information about. they were at the ready. they figured there might be some response to this event goin...

Cards its dealt. you have to present the evidence you have. and yes, there was a lot of evidence, but i think the problem in this case is its a circumstantial case, and if you want the jury to kind of connect the dots, you need to give them a motive. i know every legal scholar will tell you motive is not an element of the crime of murder but if you want the jury to convict this guy in this case, then you need to have a motive. and the last thing is lets not forget, the guy is a celebrity. fortun...

Transparent. honesty and trust, is consistency over time. in order to build, put chips in the bank of trust, you have to have an honest dialogue inclusive of a community at large and also be fair about it. here in indianapolis we have our prosecutors respond to many of our police action shootings, to make sure its fair and impartial. >> independent review. in south carolina they have a system in place, essentially the state investigating the local situation. can police officers do essentially th...

Granted and his original decision is overturned. i tend to think he should have waited. >> okay. so michael, what do you say? what if the appeals court comes back and says no, you actually can have a change of venue, can you move this trial out of massachusetts. >> you know the question is really is there a venue in the united states, let alone the world, that has not heard about the boston bombing? i mean i just dont think that moving it is going to necessarily aid the defense at this point in ...

To be held accountable if we really want fundamental change. and thats really what we need. fundamental change in this country that will lead us to a better relationship between police communality and part. but, also, the entire criminal justice system being used as being fair and impartial. >> does the u.s. put too many people in jail? >> well, i dont know how to answer that question. i think that we need to reserve jail for people that are really harm e harmful to the community. and i think th...

Thank you for being with us. bias against african-american suspects with white police officers. how big is it to effective policing in your opinion? >> i think you potentially have bias from any employee. its not the race that counts. some of the things were doing here in the city of baltimore is doing new training on bias based policing and fair and impartial. getting to the root of the exact things. >> can training with effective in reducing the impact of bias is this. >> absolutely. baltimore...

Policing and fair and impartial. getting to the root of the exact things. >> can training with effective in reducing the impact of bias is this. >> absolutely. baltimore is my third police department that ive been in charge of and ive taken on some tough cities. long beach, oakland and now baltimore. when i come in, i build a foundation of tactical proficiency. thats a technical word in the way you give the officer the skills so they slow down. they dont overreact to actions and practice, practi...

A beautiful chain of islands in indonesia, perhaps im going to fly to kuala lumpur would have been headed to onward. >> family members are going to demand an impartial investigation. well remember when kal went down, the russians avoided for years any acknowledgment of their involvement in the oh ordering of the shootdown. i dont believe the ukrainians are going to have the stature to be able to conduct whats going to be viewed by the world as an impartial investigation given the political situa...