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Severely as long as they accept the punishment, and try to change their ways and outlooks and the behavior. >> and well, they would have to come to a harsh realization of what they have doenne to understand what they have done. >> yes. >> and i want to go through this, because it is not the first time and reel it off a couple of times, because it is not the first time that sae has been caught up in this, because clemson university threw a par tu ti where the members dressed as gang members, and ...

There were other things the mayor said there was no race problem in ferguson. tonight, what if anything can they say? we are told were only going to hear from mayor knowles. they are all coming out but we are only going to hear from mayor knowles. given what we have heard from the whole situation, the whole case since last august what can they say tonight given the doj report? >> one thing they can say, that we have not heard, are they going to enter into an agreement with the consent decree or ...

Investigators uncovered seven truly ugly e-mails and more broadly painted the ferguson police department as a thinly veiled money making meech that disproportionately fined african-americans and abuse. and now there is more a piece of the report that implicates the chief in that action. where is the chief? sara sidner has more. >> reporter: we know this. hes been told not to talk and thats probably, anderson, because he is implicated in the doj report as being an integral part of the problem. >>...

In light of these statistics and of the justice departments scathing report on ferguson we were wondering why the ferguson police chief is remaining silent. cnns sarah sidner did, too. she got impatient and she forced the issue. tell us how did you track down chief jackson? >> reporter: well look basically hes been told not to talk and to be fair we contacted him several times. we contacted the city several times. weve been in touch with them over these many months and weeks and all we asked for...

>> do you think the department has a race problem? do they have a problem? and are you going to fix it? what are you going to do about it? >> i need to have time to really analyze this report so i can comment on it. >> why do you need time to analyze the report? you should have known what was going on in your department, correct? right? >> reporter: he should have known and he did know. this is his e-mail unearthed by the department of justice during its investigation. in the 2013 e-mail the doj...

Have come out if michael brown hadnt been shot to death? >> i dont think so. i think this country has a race problem. the reports show that again, poor black and brown people in this country are not given accountability measures against the system or the police. >> what does accountability mean to you? >> it means that we are not a case study in ferguson. that you dont sweep this under the rug. chief jackson, they need to be fired. if they are using their police officers as a collection agency t...

Not do very little very little about making people accountable that have engaged in these practices and he really did not address it. i do not know how firing one cop, possibly three, clearly who were blatantly wrong with the e-mails deals with the systemic issues that you and i have been discussing in the report. >> this was a missed opportunity by mayor knowles. we should not be surprised that there is a race problem in his city. so the missed opportunity is that you have a federal report from...

Peace. protests. >> these are not organized peaceful protests. >> yes they are the aclu is a coalition of organizations national. >> removed from the situation. >> hold on. let me ask you this nomiki. is it okay to yell what do we want dead cops? when dewe want it now. >> thats extremist situation. >> no its not. jesse jackson and al sharpton speaking out against it. >> jesse jackson and al sharpton dont get along thats very inoperable argument to make. >> you dont have the president speaking ou...

There was an unequivocal condemnation, finally. no talk about social injustice, but there is a social injustice problem, not here in new york, but in other police departments. and thats what should be addressed. and the race problem should be addressed, but not -- its not an nypd problem. >> right, i think -- >> the other counter point i want to make, police across this country have a terrible, terrible job. i dont want it, you dont want it. >> thats right. >> and our friends dont want it. many ...

Dont see a problem. >> until i saw one. >> until you saw one. it really shows that this country has its underlying division that is not going to be easily dealt with i think in the coming future with just a few policy changes or indictments. >> be easier to put 57% of people think theres a race problem. the other 43% have no idea what theyre talking about. >> a lot of thats class, some go to private school. others dont. thank you, as always. michelle bernard and jonathan allen. when we return, l...