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Forms of violence or sexual assault. going forward, what might this mean for players already under potential investigations that are active right now? >> well, i mean, it kind of certifies things. and the key is also the nfl is going to move ahead of law enforcement on this stuff. the new special investigator has the right to come in and make a suspension and hand down a penalty, even if law enforcement hasn't acted. for example, greg hardy of the carolina panthers is under appeal, so this gives the nfl more power to keep that suspension active because they're saying straight out that we have ...

How many times at the district attorney's office in general, all of them, submitted the wrong law to a grand jury as its legal framework for its investigation. and is the michael brown case the first time, the very first time the district attorney's office submitted the wrong law to a grand jury as the legal framework for its investigation. as first we got no response from the district attorney's office. we asked for a response again yesterday and today the district attorney said, quote, not at this time. joining me now is susan mcgraw, a law professor at st. louis university. and so, there's ...

Officer's boss, promised after the investigation. >> it is a tragedy that needs to be addressed, needs ton thoroughly investigated and reviewed, and questions answered and that's what we're committed to doing. >> so that's an investigation that could result in the disciplining of the officer, the dismissal of the officer, separate and apart from the federal investigation. >> that's correct. >> and how much cooperation is there in the federal investigation with the internal investigation going on in the police department? >> well, those things will probably be kept separate in order to make sur...

>> it is a tragedy that needs to be addressed, needs ton thoroughly investigated and reviewed, and questions answered and that's what we're committed to doing. >> so that's an investigation that could result in the disciplining of the officer, the dismissal of the officer, separate and apart from the federal investigation. >> that's correct. >> and how much cooperation is there in the federal investigation with the internal investigation going on in the police department? >> well, those things will probably be kept separate in order to make sure that the federal investigation is not tainted by...

Racism, which is hard prove even in cases that do have a normal lower standard criminal indictment, which wasn't reached here. so that is a legal way of saying that on the current evidence it's less likely that the federal investigation would go on to trial or indictment. having said that it's real and continues. you never know in a research and investigation process what they may find. that is an ongoing and civil suit could commence any time soon. that would be an attempt by the family to have a wrongful death suit. which, again, a different standard and a totally separate case. one more poi...