From a low income family. They probably think that i am dangerous. And i have to live with that. America tonight sarah hoye gets real with black parents, their kids and what they need to do to stay after other americas streets. Do you fear for them . I dont want to raise my children to operate out of fear. What i want for raise them with is with awareness. And the struggle for opportunity. Why the law keeps people like sarah from saving for her own future. I want people to know that i am just like you. America tonights Sheila Macvicar on what this very able advocate did to change that. Good evening, and welcome to america tonight, the weekend edition. I am joie chen. Their motto motivation is is to protect and serve. Police tactics have put Law Enforcement across the country under scrutiny. You saw the fallout in ferguson and on staten a land, while those incidents remain disputed, a Justice Department investigation in to the Cleveland PoliceDepartment Found shocking evidence of police abuse. Now, that report came out just a week after a cleveland officer shot and killed 12yearold tamir rice. Who held only a fake weapon in his hand. In in depth look from america tonights christof in cleveland on the charges against the cops. When we got to this corner right here and everything changed for the worse. Reporter 29yearold gregory love says he was trying to make a right turn at this intersection, when a Cleveland CityPolice Officer stopped him. What happened . Next thing i know i look and the cop has his gun drawn on me. I am right here. Literally right here in the intersection and hes right there at the crosswalk path. He has his gun aimed at my vehicle and walking in stride over to my vehicle. He steps back he aimed the gun, he looks and he fires, boom reporter love was unarmed. Headed home after going to a concert in the city. And i got my arms up and i look down and i am like, oh, my god, you just shot me. The whole time he has the gun still aimed at me. Hes standing there with the gunned aimed at me so. Now i am thinking oh, my god, hes going kill me. Reporter in Court Documents the officer claims love was ba ledge rant and verbally threatening. This on line video appears to show at least one of loves hands up when the officer was at the drivers side. The bullet went through right side of loves chest. Why am i being handcuffed. Reporter after he was shot he says officers handcuffed him and charged him with making an illegal turn. Whats going through your mind at that point . I you want that i was going die in this interception. Reporter doctors told him he was lucky to be alive. Loves case is just one of dozens that the u. S. Justice department cited in the harsh treatment of the police force. Accusing them of a pattern of after th excessive force, careless i firing their weapons and failure to hold officers accountable. Most notably the killing of two unarmed citizens that some have dubbed the cleveland atrocity. It started with a car chase. More than 60 police cars went on a 22minute chase. In the end, police fired 137 shots in the the to the car. The to unarmed people inside died of multiple gunshots wounds, one of the pastors was Timothy Russell a dee can at his familys church. He was one move five brother, we were really close. Reporter i met with his sister michelle at the family church. When i fouled out that it was him, i was shocked. Everything that was being announced about the person that was fleeing from the police and was and ramming the police car was totally out of character for him. Reporter police say they believed that russell or his passenger Michelle Williams shot at police before leading them on the chase. It turned out they mistook the car begun firing for a gunshot. It seemed like the whole Police Department was chasing them. Car after car after car after car following this one couple. It was it was just crazy. Reporter you and your family have been pushing for justice for a while now . Yeah. Reporter al and with the redee release of the department of justice report. Do you feel Living Justice has been served at all . I feel like its a step in the right direction, they came back with a lot of findings. There are a lot of things that need to be cleaned up in the city of cleveland and the Police Department. Reporter the case shook this city with many calling the incident racially motivated. Michelle and her family launched a wrongful death suit and were rewarded 1. 5 million. He was a human being. He was a person. I dont think anybody deserves to be killed to be treated like that. They did not give them an opportunity to go through the legal system. I mean, whatever it was that they did, flying from the police, it did not warrant a death sentence. Reporter only one of the 13 officers who shot at williams and russell was criminally charged. He has yet to go to trial. Its a system that is set up to fail and not hold people accountable. Reporter a civil rights lawyer, who has filed many lawsuits against the police. Its been apparent to anybody who has interacted with the city over issues regarding police conduct, that there is a significant accountability problem. Reporter he worked as the citys legal director when, a decade ago the d. O. J. Civil rights decision found excessive force. The result then was a nonbinding agreement with the citys Police Department that lasted only a year. In my experience, the Cleveland Division of police has won of the most insular cultures that is hostile and resistent to change that would improve Police Community relations. Reporter not much has changed. In its report, the d. O. J. Stated that its clear, the reforms that were initiated in response to our 2004 memorandum agreement were not fully implemented. This time the agency examined 600 cases of use of force over the last three years. And found that justice six officers were suspended. Two years after the incident, the Russell Family is still grieving. But they hope the d. O. J. Report will send a signal that officers cant act with impunity. Cleveland mayor acknowledged some problems but said they are not deep rooted. We believe that we have a problem in the division of police. We dont think its a systemic failure, but we do believe that we have a problem. But at the same time, i dont want a policeman not to be able to go home because he was killed on the street because he didnt do something that he should have done. Reporter we wanted to sit down with the mayor, we emailed. We called, but nobody, not the mayor, not the police chief. And not the police union would talk to us. I did sit down with city counselor matt zone the chair of the Safety Committee which oversees the citys police force. This is a scathing report that came out. And in it, among other things, a pattern of practice and practice of unreasonable force. How do you react when you hear that . Many of their findings, i think, are justified. Reporter how does it even come this . How does the department get to the state where the d. O. J. Has to release a report like this . Thats such a broad question, and i can go in a million direction with his that. You need, i think, somebody who realizes and understands what best policing practices are. And make recommendations. Thats how any agency, whether you are in the private sector or Public Sector works best. Reporter but, like the mayor, zone says the problem is not widespread. I could say everything the d. O. J. Said is fine and our police were all bad. The mayor didnt do that. And hes not, nor this council, is ready to throw the police under the bus. The vast majority of our Police Officers are very good and they do great job. Reporter cleveland isnt the only city to come under scrutiny. The federal government has investigated at least 20 other local Police Departments that may have been accused of civil rights violations. In the wake of the report. Cleveland has to reach a consents decree with the federal government which calls for an independent monitor and series of reforms. The councilmember says his city is already implementing reforms. They want our Police Department to be more transparent and modernize our technology, the council saw it, reenactereenacted and approved legislation to arm all of our frontline Police Officers, a thousand of 1500 Police Officers will all have body cameras. Reporter zone said the police need to work on the relationship with the citys africanamerican residents. When i see a Police Officer, i feel good, i wave, i am like thats great. So there is a segment of our society that has mistrust. And its mainly people of color. Our black and brown population. And thats unfortunate. Reporter the d. O. J. Report describes an us against them mentality within the police force. Advocates doubt its been addressed problem earley. I think the problems within the police force exist because of a fundamental cultural problem within the department. A paramilitary culture in which everybody is watching everybody elses back. There has been too much go along and get along. And what they did was they created a system of accountability that is such a system only in appearance. These guys are shooting first and asking questions later. Reporter the officer that shot agreeingly love. Officer vincent montague, a sixyear vet reign was given a oneday suspension. Love was ultimate nined 100 for making an illegal turn. He says the entire incidents has left him with painful meant and physical scars. Sometimes they strike in pain, ill just take this. I will always have to live with the scars will always reminds me of that night. But i will go okay, though, im a survivor. I have to survive. I got children. You know, boys, you know, i got another child on the way. So i have to survive. You know. Do your thing. Reporter despite his experience, love says he will teach his boys to grow up respecting police. You outta move. Reporter but he hopes the d. O. J. Report will bring about a ceasefire between the police and the community. Christof putzel, al jazerra, cleveland. Well continue our look at crime, justice, and race after the break. With the tough words in the talk. If you speak to any or more black men, or black young men, they will usually have a story or two. Are you with that . Not okay with that. America tonight tonights sarah hoye with the frank truth for young black men and their parents having to deliver the message. A crisis on the border. Theryre vulnarable. These are refugees. Migrent kids flooding into the u. S. Were gonna go and see josue whos just been deported. Why are so many children fleeing . Your children will be a part of my group or killed. Fault lines, Al Jazeera Americas hard hitting. Today they will be arrested. Ground breaking. Theyre firing canisters of gas at us. Emmy Award Winning investigative series. Fault lines no refuge children at the border only on Al Jazeera America protestors are gathering. Theres an air of tension right now. The crowd chanting for democracy. This is another significant development. We have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live. Start with one issue education. Gun control. The gap between rich and poor. Job creation. Climate change. Tax policy. The economy. Iran. Healthcare. Ad guests on all sides of the debate. This is a right we should all have. Its just the way it is. Theres something seriously wrong. Theres been acrimony. The conservative ideal. Its an urgent need. And a host willing to ask the tough questions how do you explain it to yourself . And youll get. The inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on Al Jazeera America in light of the highprofile deadly encounters involving police and young black men, many families of color are finding themselves forced to sit down with their children for the talk. What they should do and should not do if they are ever confronted by Police Officer, americofficers. America tonighe with their story. Reporter another friday night. Another funeral. I came here to show my support because i have three grandsons, and i am afraid for their lives. Reporter inside mourners paid their respects to the family. An unarmed black man shot to death in a stairwell by new york city police. His death came on the heels of the deaths of michael brown, eric garner, and 12yearold tamir cries ryes in cleveland. All at the hands of police. Outside others voiced their frustrations. The deaths in the protests that followed put a spotlight on an intimate conversation happening in homes across america. A conversation about race. How are you doing, rim . Hi. Reporter but in black homes the conversation is about life and death. If you speak to any or most black men, or black young men, they will usually have a story or two. Reporter are you okay with that . Not okay with that. Reporter brooklyn natives of kim van and her husband of 14 years are the parents of four children, three boils and one girl. A bakery owner and private tutor. Talks about race started their day their sons were born. So with this most recent news especially here in new york city, all the frosts, all of the marching. Have you guys had to have any unique discussions or is this something that kind of was part of a longer conversation and this just added to it . I think the discussion about race has been an ongoing discussion. And i think goodness that we have had the discussion already. Because i feel like my sons are not completely shocked. By the news. For a country that prides itself on having justice distributedistributed among thet doesnt have justice when someone killed someone close my age and of my skin color, thats scary. I want to leave you with this point reporter reggie, an attorney and host of the podcast combat jack, says hes taught his sons thousand protect themselves. You know that they may be perceived a person way . I know they are perceived a certain way in certain instances. Reporter how does it make you feel ahea as dad . It makes fee feel that i have to do my best to protect my kids. I cant be with them, i cant chaperon them for every incidents but i can at least impart upon them some type of, whats the word, some type of practical mind set, practical body movement. Practical way of acting in the events that they have been stormed pie my sons have already been stopped by policemen all three of them. Since third grade at my school i have been the only black boy in my grade. I guess collectively my payments just told me to watch out and stay out of trouble and stuff. Because they kind of knew that i would be looked at in a certain way. And i think i havent really caught onto that until this year, when i was actually stopped by a Police Officer. I was just walking to my train and they said they stepped in front of me and said, excuse me, can we please check your back and i was like, yeah, sure and i opened my bag for them and everything was okay, but i was kind of in shock. Reporter how did that make you feel . I understood what my parents had told me, like before. It all clicked, it all made sense. I think there are two stages of learn, you know, you learn, you hear, you recite, you lex true to and there is a realization in the real world, okay, this is how i can apply what i have learned our kids are going through this realization stage that they are actually seeing what they have been instructed or what they have been taught for so many years. There is a fear there, that is i can just walk down the street and, you know, get shot and die and nothing will happen. And that, i think, is probably one of the most pressing things that i have had to deal with, you know this, year. As a 17yearold in america, you shouldnt have to think, to come to terms with the fact that if you get wrongfully killed, nothing will happen. And that person who kills you, wrongfully, will not be held accountable for their actions. Thats just terrible. Reporter the 17yearold traveled to washington with his school to attend the justice for all march in early december. I think its important that we voice our opinions and try to make a change by, you know, protesting here. And making some noise. As soon as i got off the bus in d. C. , i was surrounded by hundreds of people who were cause. You know, its so clear to me its my responsibility as a young person to stand up for what is right, especially as a young black person in america. Reporter you define it as your responsibility. Why your responsibility . My responsibility to speak up for myself. You know, and i speak not only on behalf of myself, but also for my younger brothers and i guess for every other young black man in america. Reporter two ivy league grads, four children accomplished in their own right, all facing the harsh reality that for them, race matters. Unfortunately, every day, every day experiences have to be, i think, sometimes met with caution for my sons. Reporter do you fear for them . I dont want to raise my children to operate out of fear. What i want to raise them with is with awareness. Reporter despite their awareness, some fear still remains. The recent protests in new york city, sparked a surge in Police Presence near the boys private school downtown. Do you feel safe seeing all that . It ticks me off. I think its excess. I have a small anxiety attack. Reporter they say whether they are on the street or in the classroom, people see color and a threat. What are some of the misconceptions people see when they see you guys . The mundane things would be we are good at sports, basketball, or track. We are thieves and just evil people. You know. Every time i get on the train, and i happen to be a little too close to somebody even though its really crowded, you know, always that person always have to clutch their bag closer, move it to the front so i dont steal whatever is in their bag. I think its ridiculous in that, you know, to zoo al jazerra assume that. I think they probably dont think i have a dad in the picture. They probably think i play basketball. They probably think i come from a low income family. They probably think i am dangerous. I have to live with that. I