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The justification that he made. walter madison is an attorney in cleveland. he happens to represent the tamir rice family. he's with us now here in the atlanta studio. joey jackson in new york. our cnn legal analyst. and avery friedman also in cleveland joining us now and momentarily will also be met by cnn law enforcement animal cyst cedric ander. marcia fudge said moments ago there is a benefit of the doubt extended to police officers customarily in so many police related shootings but the same does not go for the victims who are mostly black in communities -- in black communities where circ...

Tasers pepper spray and their fists excessively, unnecessarilior or in retaliation. and this particular case was part of that investigation. so to look further into what's going to happen from this point on and to examine it we want to send it over to our colleague, fredricka witfield, who has been sitting here with us watching this whole thing unfold. >> we're going to continue the conversation. walter madison is going to stick with us as well as joey jackson now talking about the equital of officer michael brelo there in cleveland, ohio. it's 11:00 on the east coast. hello, everyone. welcome...

Panel we have with us. walter madison, cleveland attorney. he also happens to represent the family of tamir rice. joey jackson in new york our cnn legal analyst. avery friedman also in cleveland. and with us now, cnn law enforcement analyst cred dick zand -- cedric alexander. it is a perfect segue into perception of the police officers saying it is like cowboys and indians. there is a perception with that along with the benefit of the doubt. she underscored that point that you two were about to have an exchange of words on which is the officers have their account. michelle russell says they we...

Released a statement. early this father's day morning our dad passed away surrounded by family and friends. even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering we are heartbroken. thank you for all of your love, support, and prayers. the world will miss casey and an incredible talent and humanitarian. we have not heard from his wife jean kasem or from his daughter liberty as of yet. >> and a memorial service is planned for friday. well, one person who was no stranger to our show was also a close friend with casey kasem. for 30 years, you'll recognize him right there. tight budd...

Hollywood. avery is joining me right now in hollywood. i know it's a very tough day for you. he was such a dear friend. you do have the gift of having the opportunity to say good-bye to him before he passed, right? >> i did, fred rericka. i said good-bye to casey. the hospice people said he could hear and then i said good-bye. but most importantly, you think about so many people, like yourself, an event in your life that was happy or sad, and you associated that event with a song and on the weekend you heard casey kasem counting down the hits and talking about that song or talking about the ar...