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That persist in many places that caused the problem then and arguably cause problems now, in places like ferguson, baltimore and elsewhere. >> we know and the issue remains of proper accountability and there is an equality where most people have a device where they could capture this as opposed to the aerial footage we have of what happened to rodney king. have we made better progress in the accountability aspect of judicial reform when it comes to the overreach of police? >> well, one of the legacies of the obama administration is they initiated more investigations of police departments than ...

They feel like getting a reprieve. baltimore and other places say they will go through no matter what the doj says. i think the public thinks this also is a plant of reduced crime, but it's not. these consent decrees are supposed to help fix police departments not build better bridges or reduce crime. i think the general public needs to understand that too. >> deray, again on policy, take a look on the screen. we will show some of the executive orders related. task force on crime reduction and public safety, combatting drug cartels to increase intel and share among law enforcement partners and...

Have not verified any other murders. just the one right now. here is what else we know. the manhunt is actively under way. again, the suspect, steve stephens, believed to be traveling in a white or cream colored vehicle. you can see he is bald, he has a full beard. he is wearing a striped polo shirt. police are asking us to put his photo out there. i want to bring in our cnn law enforcement analyst, former washington, d.c. police chief and philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey. charles, i know you were on the team as monitoring the use of force consent decrees for cleveland police. y...

>> i do share your concern that these investigations and consent decrees have the -- can turn bad. they can reduce morale of the police officers. they can push back against being out on the street in a proactive way. >> it's not just talk. jeff sessions trying to block those in court. but he just lost in federal court where a judge was rejecting the trump administration's attempt to stop baltimore's consent decree. so that is a loss for trump. but 14 other consent decrees are still being enforced and still could be altered. up next, we're going dig in to the real consequences of this law and o...

Ordered the agreements that a president obama reached with local police department, including troubled areas like ferguson and baltimore to have collaborative ways to reform local policing. jeff sessions criticized those agreements as well. they're technically called consent decrees. this was ia new interview with howie carr. >> i do share your concern that these investigations and consent decrees have the -- can turn bad. they can reduce morale of the police officers. they can push back against being out on the street in a proactive way. >> it's not just talk. jeff sessions trying to block th...