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Very closely. as we hear that update, partly, of course, spurred and the profile of this cleveland case spurred and elevated by the case of tamir rice. i just wanted to get an update from you on that case. what comes next in that? >> in that case, you have an internal review, which the police department has said they will do and will be pretty standard in this kind of case. but then there is an interaction here because as you just heard the attorney general say, he had breaking news you have bee...

The department of justice and the city of cleveland have come together, have come together to set in motion a process that will remedy these issues in a cpre hencive and in a court enforceable manner. under mayor jacksons leadership, the city has acknowledged that the departments findings raise issues of importance to people, really throughout this community. together, we have agreed to a statement of principles that will lead to a court enforceable consent decree including an independent monito...

Growing today. attorney general eric holder announcing the results of an investigation into the cleveland police department just moments ago. an investigation that covered 600 incidents between 2010 and 2013. >> theres reasonable cause to believe that the cleveland division of public police engages in a pattern and practice of using excessive force, and as a result of it, systemic deficiencies, including insufficient accountability, inadequate training, ineffective policies and inadequate engage...

Used excessive deadly force used excessive force generally. chemical sprays, tasers, fists. whether it was unnecessarily forceful with mentally ill people and whether the tactics by the police were too aggressive putting them in dangerous situations that could do nothing but escalate into these kinds of situations. so, what often happens in these cases, andrea, when the justice department is, this is unlike an individual officer. this is against an entire police department where the city and the...

Inadequate training and ineffective policies and inadequate engagement in the community. now, fortunately, today i can announce that the department of justice and the city of cleveland have come together. have come together to set in motion a process that will remedy these issues in a comprehensive and in a court enforceable manner. now, under mayor jacksons leadership, the city has acknowledged that the departments findings that raise issues of importance to people really throughout this commun...

Officer in the tamir rice case. a six-year veteran who was driving the police car. so are there serious questions about both officers involved in this case? >> i dont think its just these two officers. i think what the federal government said in their report, and as a matter of fact, i just left the u.s. attorneys office here in northern ohio to come on to your show. and they talked about the word pattern. its not just these two officers. its a pattern of officers over the years of using excessi...

And, therefore, we need an independent monitor to come in, look at and evaluate your training, your officers, policies and procedures because, clearly, you arent doing it right in the city of cleveland. >> is there pleasure forressured jury? >> i dont think there has to be pressure. the circumstances that led to a 12-year-old boy standing up and an officer within two seconds shooting him beckons that a grand jury has to look at it and come back with a right decision. >> all right. but theres my ...

Monitor in over police. they werent hand and glove. >> the prosecutor always has an independent option to file charges independently of the grand jury. the grand jury is just a tool of the prosecutor. but a prosecutor can always just charge that initially if he or she makes a determination that a crime has occurred and it doesnt necessarily have to go through this grand jury process that were seeing again and again being challenged as a subjective interpretation and a different measurement of ac...

Making the show for the way he rolls. well, he rolls because he really has been rolling. >> this is jeffrey. hes been attending class on long island the last couple of days thanks to a robot on wheels with his face in the monitor. he can see and hear whats going on in class and even talk to teachers and his classmates. >> he just had an emergency appendix surgery. his mom works for the company that makes the robot. pretty lucky for this guy, i would say. >> you know im working to get one of thes...

Systems, culinary arts, the travel and tourism apprenticeship program, and this was basically the last thing. so i decided to take it to see if i would like it, and i loved it. and i love doing it. i dont mind false teeth now. >> now id be glad to go home and tell my son, hey, i make teeth instead of, hey, i sell drugs. >> theres two things you can do when you come in here with a sentence like mine with long-termers, give up and do absolutely nothing, or you can come in here and try to improve y...