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Police commissioner william bratton caught in the middle of this. good cop honest man who has improved policing in los angeles and here in new york city. bratton could be fired at any time if he defies de blasio he is walking a tight rope. its clear the commissioner does not have the ear of his own department. police officers are sending bratton a message as well that message is we are not going to tolerate politicians who put our lives in danger. unfortunately, civilian lives will be lost in th...

Police commissioner william bratton caught in the middle of this. good cop honest man who has improved policing in los angeles and here in new york city. bratton could be fired at any time if he defies de blasio he is walking a tight rope. its clear the commissioner does not have the ear of his own department. police officers are sending bratton a message as well that message is we are not going to tolerate politicians who put our lives in danger. unfortunately, civilian lives will be lost in th...

Chicago mayor rahm emanuel echoed that sentiment at the rally against the violence. >> every child in the city of chicago deserves a childhood. every child deserves to hear laughter. >> right. >> any child where that laughter has been replaced by the familiarity of gun violence has had their childhood taken from them. >> so far this year, 83 people have been murdered and its only april. last years murder count, 415, the lowest since 1965 but still the highest of any american city last year. some...

Proceedings for the day because of that. and new patricia wu asks paul call fn he thought tuesdays testimony helped pistorius or hurt him? >> i would say both. theyre going to help him, i think, get acquitted on the intentional murder count. the premeditated murder count, but i think its going to lead to his conviction on the next count down, which is culpable homicide. and thats a form of a reckless killing of a human being. a negligent killing of a human being. i think the fact that he cannot ...

Cable. you are looking for a lot more content and i think it has nothing to do with president obama. president obama inflailed the problem by talking about it. let me finish. let me finish. he doesnt answer. that is one . >> why does he have to answer the question? >> the point is it was a very local news story until president obama inblamed it. >> this case of michael dunn verdict with the shooting case where a teenager george davis playing loud music in the car and dunn fired several times and...

The verdict in the murder trial, michael dunn, has many asking just what the heck was the jury thinking? and more to the point, just what does it take to convict someone of murdering an apparently unarmed black teenager in the state of florida? another young black man dead. another armed defendant pulling the trigger and telling a florida jury he feared for his life and another verdict that sends waves of anguish and frustration through a community hoping this time the law would deliver justice,...

Hoping this time the law would deliver justice, that this time the jury would say to the parents of this young black man and the parents of young black and brown men and women and kids across the country, we see you? this jury deadlocked on a first-degree murder charge in the killing of 17-year-old jordan davis. judge russell healy declared a mistrial on the first-degree murder count. the defendant michael dunn was, however, found guilty of three counts of attempted second-degree murder. one for...

Breaking news, the verdict of the michael dunn and jordan davis murder case, and that is, well, its mixed here because hes guilty on four counts and then a mistrial on the number one count which is the first-degree murder count. that will be retried according to the prosecutor in florida. his defense attorney says i dont know why they would do it because hes already going to jail for at least 75 years. okay. someone who knows about trying cases and controversial ones is jose baez who was casey a...

Murder count. >> for more on that exclusive trial and really the unfinished business of it now, we want to turn to cnn legal analyst paul callan, thank you so much for being with us. >> good morning, christi. >> out of the gate, give us your -- are you surprised? >> surprised, shocked, stunned. i prosecuted murder cases and ive defended murder cases. this was a very weak defense that was put up on the board and the fact that a jury bought into it or at least that some jurors bought into this sel...

Deadlocked. the issue what of the a deadlock. if you asked most people, theyd say its got to be the murder count. that is one that is directly tied to the death of 17-year-old jordan davis. its a possibility it could be other charges. most people think its that one in particular that the jury cannot reach a unanimous decision on that. if they do not, that means they would consider a hung jury on that particular charge. but thats the way it ended. maybe the jury comes in much better, rested. mayb...