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Don't cooperate and they're held in contempt. well, that means? hat mean jail for them, more pressure. and so these are things thatsyla all come to play in pennsylvania that could have a big impact out in idaho when a decision is made on whether or not to seek the deathe penalty in his idaho case. i need to have you back and we will talk about that and we'lljn talk about the strength ofthanko the case. in the meantime, thank you foruo joining us . r havitlantaidentsthank you for. >> atlanta residents have come up with creative solutions to the city's crime problems. >> that and more after the ...

Federal prosecutor, currently sheltering in place at her home three blocks from the shooting scene. thanks for being with us. how you feeling at this moment? >> good, gillian. it's a little disconcerting to be living in an area -- i lived here about 16 years now. while i appreciate what everybody is saying about atlanta having some dangerousness, of course it does. it's a major city. every major city is having crime problems, but this neighborhood in particular where i live and midtown, a couple blocks away where this happened, this is a really quiet neighborhood. you have the biggest law firm...

With this every day, there's a lot of trauma. i saw medical workers, people coming out from medical treatment. they were crying, hugging each other. obviously traumatized by this. anybody in the downtown area is shaken up by a burst of violence wednesday afternoon in the center of atlanta. gillian, back to you. >> a quick question before i let you go. you're so familiar with the area. we nolan atlanta has had some severe crime problems. this neighborhood prior to this moment, did it feel safe? does it surprise you that this shooting happened here today? >> you know, with what's going on in the...

Of control. we have, as you said, some crime problems. we do not need it exacerbated, and exploited by those that would initiate a criminal act, and then turn around and act like someone who is absolutely here, at best, defending himself, that he is not trying to in any way pursue this guy as they are trying to demonstrate that almost people are innately just beating up innocent citizens. >> and that point you made there, one of the reasons i think this is so toxic is, every american city has a ton of different challenges, it is very hard to make cities work, particularly coming out of the pan...

Unit was, this scorpion unit, this plain clothes unit that rode around in unmarked cars and did crime stops to aggressively deal with the crime problems in memphis. now as a result of this doj said, we're going to look at specialized units across the country. and last night the city of memphis is already instituting new policy that undercover cars, unmarked police cars can no longer pull over people, drivers unless there's some circumstance. the community calling for the changes and starting to see the changes. all of this happening as we were supposed to get video today. all of a sudden we ge...