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harry hough. sunny, were you surprised by the decision of the prosecutor? >> i can't say that i was surprised, because although he is the first african-american d.a. in madison, in all of wisconsin, he has investigated seven police officer shootings, and found all of the officers involved to have used appropriate force, justified in the use of deadly force. and so i'm not surprised at the result. >> are you reading that as being that he's unfairly pro-police or reading that as those shootings were all justifiable? >> i think it is possible to read it both ways. but my point is that he does seem to have a history of investigating these cases and finding all of the time that the officers' use of force was justified. what i did think was surprising
county in wisconsin. he was profusely sweating throughout the press conference but it did quell a bit when he talked about the law and less about the fact that he understands the relationship between lawsuit and young black men is nuanced at the least. >> and in terms of the protests how are they. >> reporter: there were protesters and right outside of where the d.a. held his press conference but you do see people come together peacefully and they are talking and marching but a very different tone than what we've seen in say, baltimore, and together in ferguson. >> stephanie, appreciate the update. for tony robinson's mother there is no easy day since march 6th. for six months she's been mourning her son and waiting to hear if the man who shot her will be charged.
over this past weekend specifically on mother's day, on sunday, that prosecutor announced that he had reached a decision in this case about whether or not he was going to charge the officer, but he wasn't announcing it then. he wanted to give the community 48 hours' notice of his decision. he said he would announce today if there would be charges. well today that d.a. ismael ozanne, stepped up to the podium, wiped his brow talked about his heritage as a bi-racial man and the first african-american d.a. in wisconsin. he told the family of tony robinson he was sorry for their loss, and then he announced his decision. >> my decision will not bring tony robinson jr. back. my decision will not end the racial disparities that exist in the justice system. in our justice system. i conclude that it this tragic and unfortunate death was the result of a lawful use of deadly
the things that matt kenny claims happened they said within a 20 second time frame and we're sure it was an 18 second time frame and things do not add up and with the investigation that we've had done. it is just -- it was extremely upsetting. just the things that we know to make it look as if it is a justifiable homicide and it wasn't. >> you don't believe that the investigation conducted by the d.a.'s office was fair? >> no. and they did the investigation within two weeks, a two-week time frame the investigation was completed and handed into the d.a. i think they missed a lot of things. i know they missed a lot of things. and a lot of the story where matt kenny is -- his side of his story was contradicted from when
than to risk his life. police officers cannot be expected -- >> wait. >> to sit back when a gun is being drawn them can't. >> believe it or not -- >> we might agree on something. >> just one thing. on the special prosecutor issue as opposed to having the local prosecutor handle the case. i was at an event the other night with the new african-american district attorney of brooklyn who is kind of astonished that people want to eliminate his job investigating cases like this. and i think african-americans are achieving political power across america. so be careful what you wish for with these special prosecutors. the governor appoints somebody who has no connection to the city. i think we should see how this case turns out before we make that decision. >> you were going to respond to david. >> a couple things. first you talk about the african-american d.a. in brooklyn. i believe the african-american public advocate for the whole state of new york is calling for special prosecutors. these are situations where it is