that he believed brelo believed his life was in danger. so we got to go back out to our communities as elected officials and community leaders to say that although we may not agree wholeheartedly with any decision that s laid out, we live in a country of law and order and looting and rioting is not the way that we get to the ultimate goal of law and order and justice. there s going to be an election in 2016. there s going to be an election in 2017. that s the time that we go to the ballot to show where we feel our frustration should be handled. there you go thank you so much. ramona thank you very much for all your help. councilman we were listening to cleveland councilman zach reed there who is impressing the people out in the streets protesting he said they are shocked. they are shocked about the not guilty verdict, rendered by the judge. for cleveland police officer michael brelo, who was facing two counts of voluntary
threatening brelo and the security guard. they knew i drive a car. if we pull alfredo williams over we throw a gun in his car and a bag of dope and say he reached for it and we shoot him. and we never hear about the case. obviously you can tell the obvious the passion that strong here fredricka, thank you, sir. people are still marching in the street as we speak. but again, so far, the officers are keeping a soft perimeter, there s no mix-up in terms of anybody pushing each other right now. and can you hear the passion in his voice about his sister. and what s happened with the officers today. ryan young, thanks so much. we re going to check back with you. speaking not far from where you are, cleveland councilman zach reed. second location on the west side. but is it more peaceful than you thought it would be? i think they re in shock. did you think that two innocent individuals were shot 137 times,
99. where cities much larger than ours like san francisco and austin, texas, combined don t have 99 homicides. so, every life matters, both black and white and hispanic and asian. and we ve got a problem here in the city of cleveland when it comes to homicides and, therefore, we ve got to have a police department that the people trust, that are going to go out there and do their job. right now the department of justice is saying, they might be doing their job but the people don t trust them and they need better training. they need better equipment. they need better technology to do their job better, so that we can build trust between that police department and the city residents. sir, we ll leave it there. thank you very much. city cleveland council member zach reed. three things to know this friday. beginning with a jobs report that s all guaranteed 2014 will be the strongest year of job creation since 1999 in addition to a stunning 321,000 jobs
today the state of ohio announced a new bipartisan task force on police community relations. it comes one day after eric holder released a highly critical doj report on patterns of excessive use of force by police in cleveland. all of which comes as the city and state confront the high-low file police killing 13 days ago of 12-year-old rice who was shot and killed while holding a pellet gun that police were told by a dispatcher was a real gun. zach reed is a cleveland city councilman. thank you very much for being here. thank you for allowing me, joy. appreciate it. thank you. i want to start by asking about this officer in the case, in the person who shot tamir rice. have you been able to discern from the city of cleveland how it is he became to be hired given the fact his previous
he went on to write about loehmann s inability to perform basic functions and emotionally function. and he said, quote, he would not be able to substantially cope or make good decisions during or resulting from any other stressful situation. cleveland police admit they never reviewed this personnel file before hiring the officer. it raises serious questions about officer loehmann s judgment. on this video, tamir rice is clearly pointing and playing with a pellet gun. someone called 911 and so the police had to respond. but is what happened when the police arrived that is so troubling. shooting tamir rice in under two seconds and now this officer s history is adding disturbing details to what happened. joining me now, cleveland city