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The local prosecutor came in on day one of that grand jury and talked to that grand jury about what was about to happen as they considered whether or not to indict a police officer for the michael brown killing, we have the transcript of what the prosecutor said. he introduced his first assistants. he said first thing's first, let me introduce these two ladies for the record. they'll be the attorneys working in the grand jury on this case. kathy allazedah is the prosecutor i have on call for the month of august, so she received the call about this shooting within minutes of the time the county...

Decision? >> absolutely. as a matter of fact, we're deeply concerned about the results of that grand jury. when we watch what happened in that video and we see there's plenty of reasons to indict this police officer, again, as you know -- >> the one police officer or several of the police officers? >> well, that one particular police officer, as a matter of fact. as you know in this particular case, what we're talking about is something that was on video, something people saw from beginning to end. one of the reasons the demonstrators are so amped up about what happened in new york is because ...

Race? >> it is very hard to see how the grand jury would not indict on the evidence everybody has seen. i mean, all of the commentators are saying that. but i think the race piece is important. and i want to see if i can get into that with you. particularly because -- >> let's do that. but let me ask you quickly before we go to that. >> sure. >> why do we go there? why don't we just say -- under your argument that the police overreacted to put it charitably, why isn't it a case about excessive law enforcement -- about excessive force as opposed to a race thing? >> oh, because it's a case about...

Less than a week after the shooting, again, 137 shots fired at that car. 62 police vehicles involved in the chase. less than a week after that case and those two people killed by cleveland police, the city held a public meeting on it. >> i know you're saying it's a delicate situation and you have to do this and you have to do that. it's delicate for us too because our family members were murdered. >> you're saying it's ruled a homicide. will these charges be brought up on charges? on murder charges. [ applause ] that's the question right there. why won't they be brought up on murder charges? >...

Cop who killed the 12-year-old boy. and this was cleveland today. and this is new york tonight. and this is washington, d.c. tonight. people in d.c. yelling tonight "if i can't breathe, you can't breathe." this is chicago tonight. and the protests tonight are about the death of eric garner in new york and the hope for justice in his case is that the federal government might step in where the local authorities would not. maybe the feds will. and maybe that will help. but as long as that is the solution, that's the only thing to hope for. as long as that is the only solution, that the feds will ...