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Situation on all levels, wolf. >> were showing our viewers live pictures from lower manhattan right now where folks are just beginning to gather. were watching all of this very closely. joe johns, thanks very much. were also learning new details about the police officer who was at the center of this case. the 29-year-old daniel pantaleo. this case is not over for him yet. cnns brian todd is digging deeper into this part of the story for us. what are you learning? >> reporter: wolf, weve been s...

Being described as an excessive force of use by police officers across the country. attorney general eric holder has been in cleveland to push reforms to improve relationships between the police and the communities they serve. our justice reporter evan perez is joining us live from cleveland. whats the status of the federal investigation, first of all, into the death of eric garner on staten island in new york? >> reporter: wolf, we can tell you that the investigators are going to hit the ground...

Was sent to that location to do a difficult job. had to bring a person to the ground that said im not going and resisting arrest. >> reporter: and some predictable political controversy coming out of todays pronouncements. the head of the police benevolent association suggesting the mayor threw police officers under the bus with his news conference today. wolf? >> joe johns, reporting from times square. lets go to another protest under way in new york city. chris welch is at foley square. chris,...

Rather than arrest me, my police took me to my parents and explained to them that i needed some help. those are the kinds of -- the difference in the way that our laws seem to be applied between blacks and whites that are causing i think a lot of this fundamental distrust of the system. and its something that needs to be addressed. >> hold on for a moment. ive got to quickly go to brooke baldwin in manhattan. the demonstrations are moving along. brooke, tell us where you are and whats going on. ...

This is washington, d.c. hands up, dont shoot, theyre raising their hands over there. also in new york city, protesters are on the move in new york. brooke baldwin is walking along with them. brooke, where do they seem to be heading? >> reporter: wolf, let me just walk backwards a little bit. i dont want to trip, so im going to go slowly. we have just left foley square in the midst of hundreds of people, many of whom walking with their hands up. youre hearing, hands up, dont shoot. youre hearing...

Question for many people in this country and depending on where you live and economic status and your race and gender, that certainly can be a reality for a lot of people. its an issue the fact that question is still being raised today in 2014, that in and of itself is a problem and we have to figure out a way to resolve that so americans across this country, all of us, can feel that we have a fair voice and a fair place in the criminal justice system. >> is there one system for civilians, justi...

Jury, if the -- and as you point out, if the prosecuting attorney is sort of ambivalent about it. >> and wolf, what we have is this thing, weve set up that says, every time a police is charged, theyve got to go to a grand jury. why is that? why cant they be treated equally like the citizens? due process is just this notion that everybody is supposed to be equal. the little black boy lying dead on the ground and the police officer. so why do we change the rules when its our children lying dead on...

What african-americans and black america are yelling out today, i cant breathe. black america cant breathe when they think about the countless number of african-americans killed every 28 days by law enforcement. it comes to mind, emmett till, mike brown, eric garner. this really, from my generation, wolf, really brings into question the viability, the confidence, the low level of confidence in the criminal justice system. you know, we think back to george zimmerman. so many people prayed for a c...

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Quote, regretted any offense taken and added, "the rams will continue to build on what has always been strong and valued relationships with local law enforcement and the greatest st. louis community as we come together to help heal our region." but a rams spokesman followed up to say they did not apologize. st. louis police in turn took to twitter to compare the definition of apology to the rams statement. youre being looking at the businesses, many of them boarded up. the business owners here, ...