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In my time been thrown off about half of the time. you always have to reinforce success. it always takes more resources to hold on than it does to take it in the first place. and that may be the case in this instance too, because we have to remember that these are shia militias and this is very much a sunni neighborhood. >> this is, in fact, the heart of the sunni province there, anbar province. so we have to also remember that this sort of sectarian divide is what got iraq into the mess in the ...

The community, so the department of justice is obviously aware of that. they looked at the cleveland police department. this was one of the cases that they looked at when they came to their conclusion that this department needed some help needed more training of its police officers. there were some issues to address and now, of course, be theres been an acquittal in this case. they have to take this into consideration in their decisions to move forward with -- and work with the police department...

Welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." breaking news out of cleveland where a judge found police officer michael brelo not guilty on all charges including voluntary manslaughter. this in connection with the 2012 fatal shootings of timothy russell and malissa williams both who were unarmed. the incident known as the 137 shots case because of the number of bullets fired by the 13 police officers at the end of a high-speed chase. officer brelo himself fired the most shots, 49 total, but his las...

Car and that the shots prior to that they argued his defense attorneys argued could be justified use of force as the officer thought he was being fired upon when it was shows from other police. this whole thing was a total disaster poorly supervised outrageous police conduct with the chase. this officer on the hood of the car firing into these two folks who did nothing wrong. just cleveland police has to be revamped. the chief saying theyre doing that. its an outrageous case in my view. >> you s...

Citizens receive. this tragic experience has already forced a culture change within the division of police and a needed reexamination of the use of deadly force. the end result will be less secrecy, additional transparency and accountability. citizens and police themselves will be the safer for it. this was a challenging case no doubt, but i would notes hesitate to do it again if the facts and law demand it. i was proud of our effort to seek justice in this case and we will continue to seek just...

And malissa williams both unarmed. the incident known as the 137 shots case because of the number of bullets fired by 13 police officers at the end of a high-speed chase. officer brelo firing the most shots, 49 total, but his last 15 shots resulted in the voluntary manslaughter charges. prosecutors say those shots were fired from the hood of russells car down into the windshield with the intent to kill since at that point the car was stopped and the occupants did not pose a threat. this chase be...

Victims, came from officer brelos gun. >> okay. scott, stay with us, as we listen to the cleveland mayor, frank jackson, making statements in the case. lets take a listen. >> strong determination, demotion and suspension without pay. in addition there will be rulings in -- on the tamir rice case and the tanesha anderson case in the future. at the same time the city is in continuing negotiation with the department of justice to reach a consent decree to ensure theyre greater accountability and tr...

Best they could. they thought this was the right way to go by centering on the conduct of the officer on the hood of the car and took it on and went with it. the justice system is always weighed in favor of innocence for every single person even the police. its always grossly weighted. thats the way we want our democracy in favor of innocence and quite a hill to climb to get reasonable doubt. its the same doubt officers experience in the field if they can transfer that doubt to the jurys mind it...

Believes the bullets are being fired at him and he returns fire, and does so with so many shots, that is reasonable. so, therefore, not guilty. >> what do you make john of this case being tried in front of the judge with no jury? >> well what that suggests to me is that he wants -- he meaning the defendant, wants a professional of the law who is going to be much more impartial, a lot less swayed by the emotion. >> thats not what it means. >> go ahead. >> what it means, as a -- so the defense get...

Coroner, everybody investigating this, came to the conclusion that these two were already dead, if you will before the last 15 shots were fired. how might that have played into the case if, indeed, thats the truth. >> thats a significant factor because youre talking about that -- and thats why the judge did not find that causation by the state was proved because this officer and the reason why hes the one on trial here for voluntary manslaughter it was his conduct at the very end. he climbed on ...