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>> okay. you have narcotics and gangs. >> we have it in l. am and detroit. >> after the gray case in baltimore, police officers are saying maybe i dont want to be too aggressive anymore. the reason he stopped, its the same police work. >> earl your assessment? >> the problem with the freddie gray case is six officers were charged with murder and manslaughter. >> they add miss to that. problems of that sort lead to problems and the oversight we dont see. >> do you think grays death led to it? >> ...

Baltimore city. the argument the riot so horrible the entire city terrified, an emergency city wide curfew, public officials like the mayor police chief and states attorney making comments theres no way an impartial jury can be sat, a fair trial, out of the question. a change of venue would not sit well in the neighborhood where freddie gray was arrested and the worst of the rioting occurred. >> if we have a change of venue from a predominantly african-american city of baltimore, maryland to a l...

Next one charged with excessive force? >> absolutely. its escalating policing. the police have taken on regrettably in large measure a hands-off approach. as a consequence, its left itself open to this kind of crime and criminal element. were right in the community, really believing that were going to have to start policing ourselves, but were also going to have to bridge the enmity between the police and the community. we dont believe that all police are negative. we think theres some great pol...

Surrounding them. we have to send out multiple units at any time just doing basic police work in the western right now that says we have to work on the community engagement. >> reporter: a veteran baltimore police officer who asked to keep his identity hidden tells cnn the spike in murders and gun crimes in baltimore is a direct result of a coordinated police work slowdown. why do you think there is a great increase in the murder rate and the number of shootings in this town? >> officers stopped...

Theres any kind of organized work slowdown. but there are suspicions because of the rift between many police officers and mayor bill de blasio. union officials say that they are scared and that police officers are doing their job. and they point to this. two officers who were at the end of their shifts who raced to a robbery scene in the bronx on monday and were shot by suspects. the father of one of those officers told cnns don lemon about the moment he was told his son had been hit. >> the fir...

Done anything wrong. >> thats correct. he is totally driven by his ideology. secondly would change his attitude and policy to go back to the aggressive policing that actually got him elected. >> thats an ideological viewpoint. lets address powers contention that the police officers are wrong because they are putting people, innocent people in danger by not enforcing these low level beefs? is that correct? >> i understand that point of view because they are hired to make sure that the public is s...

Done anything wrong. >> thats correct. he is totally driven by his ideology. secondly would change his attitude and policy to go back to the aggressive policing that actually got him elected. >> thats an ideological viewpoint. lets address powers contention that the police officers are wrong because they are putting people, innocent people in danger by not enforcing these low level beefs? is that correct? >> i understand that point of view because they are hired to make sure that the public is s...

Assassination of two of its own, detectives rafael ramos and wenjian liu. >> he walked a path of courage. >> reporter: coming amidst mounting tensions between the police and new york city mayor bill de blasio at the funerals of liu, a large number of officers turned their backs on the mayor saying the mayor has not been supportive of the nypd. >> they were disrespectful to the families who had lost their loved one. and i cant understand why anyone would do such a thing in a context like that. >>...

In police activity, the so-called blue flu, a work slowdown by many within the force. total arrests down 56% in the last week. tickets and criminal summons down more than 90% from the previous year. >> at this time, id not use the term slowdown, if in fact we feel myself and the leadership team that thats what were dealing w well call it that and well deal with it accordingly. >> miguel marquez joins us now. do we know the conditions of the officer right now? >> stable condition for both. they a...

Baltimore sent an armed suspect into our building to see our security. to test our security. that is alarming for us. that is alarming to me. and im going to send a message along those lines to understand that were not going to cower, were not going to back down. clearly this was not a rumor. clearly this was not something that was hyperbole. this happened. >> armstrong told police that he was told to enter the police station. he faces a variety of charges now. police officers may also be taki...