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Underscore the community concerns. looking at live pictures now on the right of your screen in baltimore, and we have seen rallies and marches today as a response to yesterday's decision to charge six police officers in the death of freddie gray. here's what some of what we're hearing from members of the community. take a listen. >> it's not just a baltimore problem, not just a national problem, it's all over the world. there is an authority problem. >> joining me from los angeles, mr. michael skulnik from globalgrind.com and also in l.a. van jones, cnn political commentator. van to you. those...

Yes. >> all right. doctor thank you very much. we want to get some more reaction now to what is going on. joining us from los angeles is editor in chief for globalgrind.com. i know you're passionate about these issues. your reaction to the charges now going up against these six police officers. >> well i think the state attorney did the right thing. i think she did it quickly and bravely and today came out with charges against six of the officers. i think it calms a lot of things down. as the baltimore police was leaking horrible information and misinformation and simply lies out to the media ...

Be said. it's a phrase that should never have to be said. it should be self-evident. but our history sadly requires us to say that black lives matter. >> what a difference in terms of empathy in new york city and what we saw in ferguson. that's an aside. joining us michael skull nick, editor and chief of globalgrind.com and joe hicks, vice president of community advocates, incorporated. michael, black lives matter. i find it to be such a compelling mantra in some ways. you were on the streets last night protesting, and i know you'll be out again and i'm sure you'll be chanting "black lives mat...

Thug culture that certain segments of society flock to is intolerable. now, you have talked about that there was a way that these prosecutors could have responsibly and this judge responsibly could have introduced the concept of racial bias into the conversation in a way that could have given the jurors more of an opportunity to say, you know, maybe we need to see this from a different per spect pif. >> sure. and the most obvious would have been in response to the defense witnesses who said, michael dunn is gentle and peaceful. that's what the jurors heard over and over again from a series of ...

Crack far more than cocaine, some of which are no longer on the books. beyond taking executive action, the obama administration is also advocating reform to drug sentencing in congress. attorney general, eric holder, laid out the stakes in august. >> as a so-called war on drugs enters its fifth decade, we need to ask whether it has been truly effective. too many americans go to too many prisons for far too long and for no truly good law enforcement reason. >> joining us now for an important discussion, managing editor for msnbc.com and author of that groundbreaking series on presidential pardo...