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>> and shots at someone who is prone on the ground. >> on the ground. >> and not moving. >> so -- >> completely disabled. >> the number of shots but the condition that the -- that mcdonald was in when he was shot. >> david, what is going on for the last year in this enve investigation. what could they have been investigating not on this video. what are we not seeing here that plays some factor in this investigation? >> was that for me, sir? >> yes. >> i would imagine they want to get statements from all witness officers and any other witnesses to the shooting and any individual on the video wh...

Got that statistic. but we know for a fact that violence crime has decreased. >> let me tell you what he will tell you. he will tell you the statistics lag behind what is actually going on, the numbers actually lag behind. maybe you'll see in a couple of motz you'll see an increase in crime. >> maybe we'll catch up and i'll give him that. however, i think what many people are pushing for is better policing. we're talking about demill tarzation, taking tanks and drones and those things off our community streets. we're talking about building relationshipes and rapports with individuals and their...

Welcome back to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. the national lead several battling a spike in crime. take baltimore, 43 homicides last month alone. the worst monthly total since 1972. the increase in homicides started almost immediately after the top prosecutor announced charges against six police officer nrs the freddie gray case. of course the 25-year-old who died in police custody. gun violence in baltimore jumped also 60% compared to this time last year. get this -- milwaukee homicides jumped 180% this year according to the "wall street journal." new york city atlanta, chicago, st. louis, als...

Argument's say it is exaggerated. it doesn't negate that black men and women are overrepresented in people who are shot overrepresented people who are charged and get the wrong end of the law enforcement spectrum. that's something we have to talk about. >> there is a fair question there. listen it's not a fair argument you know on either side to say that i've seen a few cases that disprove the point or a few cases that prove the point. because you really have to look at a much bigger bit ofdata here. and the fact is, david, there are studies that show that if you're a black man you're far more...

Officer. in that career he had made over 150 arrests, protecting and serving the citizens of the city. he had already received two exceptional police service medals, two meritorious service medals. >> as far as blackwell, he served seven years in prison getting out in 2008 for attempted murder. this case will go to a grand jury tomorrow we are told on charges of murdering a police officer. the funeral is set for, it is believed, on friday. and jetblue, as they have done with other nypd officers that have been fallen they are offering free flights to law enforcement around the country to come t...