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And writer shawn king got what he says was a tip that a suspect was a 20-year-old black man named eric black. he says he immediately reported the tip to harris county at sure enough eric black was arrested saturday and admitted driving the car saying his passenger was the actual shooter. the police have since arrested larry woodruff on drug charges though he is potentially the second suspect. but critics say active shawn king and ed gonzalez continued promoting the white driver of the red truck as a suspect even after getting credible tip about eric black. the sheriff said the man in the red truck was there but only as a witness. congresswoman jackson says she does not regret at all calling it a hate crime, watch. absolutely not. nothing is irresponsible when it comes to the law. precious seven or 8-year-old. ....
Congresswoman jackson, lee, i read earlier i think in the houston chronicle you describe the scope of the devastation as quote/unquote enormous. what have you experienced? are you in a safe place? are you trapped at home? what s your experience? well, everywhere you look, places that have never flooded before have now flooded, and that s, first of all, i ll say, my expression of concern to my constituents wherever they are, i want them to be safe and to thank the county and city leaders for putting it all out on the line working with the federal government and letting me acknowledge all the people i ve been on the line with this morning. department of homeland security, the coast guard, the mayor. all connected trying to help. but it is not only enormous, it is devastating. not in the sense of the spirit ....
This all the time just to make points or whatever. she s always talking with no evidence be careful here harry. she s raising concerns and concerned about the family. she did the same thing with the trayvon martin case. the fact here is that there is no evidence to indicate civil rights violations here at all. this is the the race card being played all over again as we see from time to time in the last year. you re feeling very strongly about that. we ll make sure we get sheila jackson lee to respond because harry houck with strong strong feelings about this case. thank you very much. thank you. outfront next breaking news top al qaeda leader killed by a drone strike in northern syria plus what was mohammod youssuf abdulazeez searching online the day before killing five at military sites in tennessee? [ gunshots ]. and yes, those are shots coming from a handgun attached ....
Would chance pyre into her death. her death demand as civil rights investigation and that s what we ll be pressing to have and make the argument that it is a question of civil rights. it is a question of under color of law and it is a suspicious circumstance that only the justice deputyartment here in washington and fbi resources here in washington not just in texas. we would like the resources to be utilized out of the fbi in washington dc. many of us are pressing for that. a lot of questions, not satisfied in the least, i can tell. sheila jackson lee, thank you for your time. outfront with us now, harry. you heard the congress woman, she has a lot of concerns and calling for an independent investigation from the federal government. police say bland hanged herself we see video inside the cell and the traffic stop. let s focus how this woman died. they say it s a suicide. they are investigating it as a homicide. right. ....
Or did not have. these are suspicious circumstances and with the transparency it s important to open a civil rights investigation to determine whether or not ms. bland was denied her civil rights and untimely death resulted in that. not only does the family deserve that but the nation deserves it. congresswoman, when it comes to the justice department and investigations just take a look at some of the most recent cases. they didn t bring charges in ferguson. they didn t bring charges in the death of trayvon martin. why do you think a justice investigation will be any different here? well i think that s a very good question but the point is kate they did investigate and i frankly believe that an investigation is warranted on behalf of this family but it is also warranted because protocols, practices, best practices need to be established across the nation. this was a young woman who had two bachelors degrees, a masters degree who was excited from ....