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imagine that? criminals on the street to get more crime instead, they let bad guys roam the street what better place to start than new york city. where videos of violence senseless attacks appear daily. jim jordan s new york city field trip this week is part of the radicalization of the american right joining forces with right wing media like fox and with the nra to create an atmosphere of vigilantism through a never-ending campaign of fear. also tonight how fox s settlement of the biggest media defamation case in history allows them to keep spreading dangerous misinformation but they do have many more legal challenges ahead, which you will probably never hear about on their shows. plus, 94 shots fired by police killing black motorist jayland walker, and none of the eight officers involved will face any consequences. we begin tonight with the late art bishop tez monday tutu and what he said were the three hardest words to say, i am sorry. in 2014 he wrote, we ....
Said, well, we heard over th radio the shots were fired, or that there was a shot fired. and you don t challenge that narrative as if to say, well did you notice any of th windows were blocked out did you see a hand did you actually hear a shot yourself did you see anyone hit by shot and so on and so forth the narrative that you allow this to stand for the gree jury can be one that wil prevent them from returnin with a true bill all those things are reall important, if you re characterizing, or mischaracterizing, mr. walker behavior in this moment, tha has an effect as to how that grand jury perceives the cas you re presenting to the department we know that there was no drugs in a system, no alcoho in assistant, none of that that is a matter, you should b executed even if you did hav drugs and just amounting lik that there is a civil lawsuit i this case, these cities ar paying out multi millions of dollars, but not reforming their departments. that doesn t seem like sound policy to ....
Next to a family that struggling because i feel their pain. because we all feel their pain and we can t get justice this week, the city of akron, ohio, is grappling with a gran jury decision to not charge th police officers who shot and killed 25-year-old, jaylan walker, last summer. ohio s attorney general says the grand jury determined th officers were legally justifie in their use of force, we will begin at a traffic stop for an alleged darkened license plate turned into a car chase. officials claim while police were chasing walker, he fire one shot, before jumping out o his moving car and running away those eight officers chased hi and fired 94 bullets in less than seven seconds 46 of which hit walker the officers claimed walker ha reached for his waist band, an that they did not know he ha left his gun in his car. by the way, having a gun i your car is completely legal i the open carry state of ohio ....
Hundreds have gathered thi week to protest the no indictment decision. while walker s family and loca leaders are calling for th justice department to open a investigation into the akron police department. joining me now is charle holman junior, civil right attorney and msnbc legal analyst. charles, walk through this wit me this is a doordash and overreach driver, who s drivin and has a very minor traffic situation. and it turns into 94 shots, 64 going into his body, and yet no indictment. as a former prosecutor, can yo make this make sense for me? i can t, joy. the only thing i can say i response to it, american policing continues to be broken and we continue to ignore that we should ve just highlighted, is exactly the problem if you look at the narrative, point you to the numbers jayland walker is one person there were eight officers wh were involved here with us f - apprehension of the eight officers who were involved, only two of thos officers chose to utilize, non-lethal force i ....
Apprehend mr. walker at no point, as anyone actuall confirmed, mr. walker fired shot at the police, as he wa attempting to continue to move forward. now, here s the other thing want to point out about th numbers. two officers used an on lethal force, eight officers in pursuit as far as it apprehension, and over 90 shot at this man. we know that, when you tal about the situation, there s a different thing what you can d and what you should do and police in this situation and had a litany of othe options that they chose not to explore when it came t bringing him into thei custody. and that is the problem. 64, i meant 46 shots, i mean, it s not as if that makes it any better there are photos, grisly photos, that have been leaked out of the police department, you v seen them, i ve seen them. they are horrific. they are too horrific for us t show on our air tonight. you can see a body that is literally riddled with bullets ....