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Really their best case. and i don't know if that was their strategy. i think, again, their strategy was to be able to use officer porter's testimony for goodson's case. and in my mind and i think also in the prosecutors' mind that is the most important case. to have porter's testimony available for that case is vushl in a goodson case. and i think this hung jury, this mistrial is going to be critical moving forward with goodson. >> how is this being perceived by the public? a win for the defense? a loss for the prosecution? andy? >> well, i think it's clear that to the people in the community,...

City hall and they blocked traffic for a short time by police hq and the police literally responding by the dozens, themselves, in order to keep protesters off of the streets and from blocking the traffic. police clearly very well prepared with lots of police but not in riot gear. there were two arrested during this time. kwamy rose who has been on your show before and a 16-year-old who was also arrested. protesters ended up at central booking where the 16-year-old was taken, hoping they could get him out tonight. >> miguel marquez, thank you very much. joining me is andy alperstein. clearly t...

Protesters -- a fairly small knot of protesters at first, a couple of dozen outside the courtroom and they marched to city hall and they blocked traffic for a short time by police hq and the police literally responding by the dozens, themselves, in order to keep protesters off of the streets and from blocking the traffic. police clearly very well prepared with lots of police but not in riot gear. there were two arrested during this time. kwamy rose who has been on your show before and a 16-year-old who was also arrested. protesters ended up at central booking where the 16-year-old was taken, h...

Statistics showing that in baltimore the deadly risk on the job are not the only things here challenging and troubling these officers. "the baltimore sun" is reporting the chilling effect some officers are feeling after six of their own were charged in the death of freddie gray the 25-year-old man who died in police custody. lieutenant kenneth butler from the vanguard justice society, a group for black billionthaltimore police officers told the paper this. in 29 years i've gone through some bad times, but i've never seen it this bad. he goes on it feels as though the state's attorney will hang...

Of damage to police-community relations. we have to hope down the line they wake up a little and let the people and police work their problems out together. >> all right. let's continue having this conversation and watch to see what happens. lieutenant thank you very much. andy in baltimore, thank you. next a catholic nun with a history fighting against the death penalty gets one chance to convince this jury in boston that the marathon bomber should spend the rest of his life behind bars. her stunning testimony and her conversations with him ahead. plus, just days before a key summit with pr...