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>> this is night and day from ferguson, which was a small department in a small town. chicago pd is huge and sprawling. this would be this is a new call coming in last night. the mayor responding, saying he doesn't want it. if loretta lynch decided to do this, it would be a massive undertaking. dozens and dozens of prosecutors in the civil rights division, hundreds of thousands of pages of documents if you tried to look at how they deal with this stuff. a massive question looming over the city, thomas. >> chief legal correspondent, thanks so much. we'll be talking again in the next hour. thank...

He is the first to go on trial facing several charges including involuntary manslaughter. he's pled not guilty. opening statements are starting hours after the jury was seated. it includes eight women and four men. the majority of whom are black. four alternates have been chosen for the jury. msnbc is live in baltimore. adam, this started on monday with jury selection. explain where we are now in the process and what has been said for the opening statements. >> the prosecution just finished their opening statement. they said, this is a lot about what officer porter did, but it's also about wha...

Early warning system and matrix and process, so officers who aren't doing their job the right way are identified. now, when i say not doing their job the right way, it encompasses a lot of conduct. not just on the extreme end, people committing criminal act or engaging in excessive force. we want to make sure that whatever it is that's going on, an officer that picks up a lot of disciplinary complaints, is identified, the right interventions are if place. hope flu, we're going to get the officer on the right track. the third area is coming up with a specific policy to help the city evaluate th...

Jihadi john had a covered face. they're not as exposed to their identities being figured out so quickly. >> yeah, it's hard to determine exactly why that would happen, except perhaps the assailant in this case, the terrorist, perhaps feels like he's not the least bit threatened by having his identity revealed. you know, also experts say, it's not surprising to see a russian in an isis video. it's estimated that there may be as many as 1,000 isis fighters who come from russia. >> mick, thank you, sir. breaking news coming out of baltimore. opening statements in the first freddie gray death tr...

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