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William porter is african american, but he's a police officer. three of the jury of black men. five are african american women. two are white men, and two are white women. if you talk to attorneys who deal with these kinds of highly charged trials where race becomes an issue, having more african american jurors can change the balance in terms of the deliberation in whether or not you get an acquittal because of people's predisposition about trusting police officers. >> gregory, you're in law enforcement, you work with the brooklyn d.a.'s office. you've been following what happened with freddie...

On demand tv shows and movies on all my devices. it's perfect for me because my kids are costing me a fortune. i'm going to cabo! [ music plays ] don't settle for u-verse. xfinity is perfect for people who want more entertainment for their money. welcome back to "hannity." the new york daily news has obtained surveillance video of an nypd officer hitting a man for allegedly stealing pizza in brooklyn. this happened july 7th. according to the news, the brooklyn d.a. is now investigating, and the nypd internal affairs division is also looking into the matter. here with reaction, bo dietl, form...

Wooded area. a juvenile relative was found inside the home and is in critical condition. a young child was also found but was unharmed. investigators say the victims and suspects are all related. the brooklyn d.a. and the nypd internal affairs bureau are investigating this incident between two officers and a 24-year-old man accused of stealing a slice of pizza. this surveillance video shows the officers punching thomas jennings in the head and hitting him with a baton inside a store even though his hands are up. jennings' attorney released the video but it is not clear what happened before t...

>> huge huge huge global story. but david, help connect the dots for me for an american audience. this has a lot of layers, dealing with qatar, dealing with switszerland switzerland. why specifically do you have a brooklyn d.a. prosecuting this story? >> first and foremost the headquarters of concacaf which is the soccer federation that encompasses canada, the united states mexico and the caribbean s headquartered in florida. so first of all, what we're talking about, this is a u.s. case. a big tournament is coming to the united states next year. attorney general lynch says over 100 million in...

In the end it's a probation case. >> this is a probation case but could turn out worse. she could be facing four years in prison. is that long enough, does the punishment fit the crime? also, how much attention should be paid to this system that's clearly broken? >> well, as far as the marriage licensing system, perhaps that's broken but let's not forget the immigration system and actually receiving an immigration benefit based on marriage to a u.s. citizen is quite a sophisticated system. you can only petition for benefits after being actually married to a u.s. citizen, if your marriage is le...