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Grand jury considering the facts in this case have they met in brooklyn or queens or manhattan may have come up with a different decision because of the unique character, shall we say, of staten island? >> that's in fact the thinking that has propelled the garner family to request a federal investigation because it would then be tried in the brooklyn federal court and the demographics would be much different and so that's why they have asked for a federal prosecutor to intervene. >> chief alexander, what do we need to do to fix these problems right now? we know the president is obviously focus...

Beating on somebody. this is a group of officers who are trying to take a large human being into custody who just doesn't want to comply. >> the big problem here, lori, and you've studied this from various angles, is that a lot of people in the united states are losing confidence in the entire legal system, the justice system, in the country. they think it's unfair to which you say? >> well, that's the biggest problem, because frankly, as was said before, we need our police, but we need them to do their job right. and part of that is seeing people for who they are as opposed to the color of th...

Joining us the former federal prosecutor lori levston, joining us from los angeles, in washington, cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes, a form fbi assistant director. councilwoman rose, let me start with you. you've said very bluntly, repeatedly, that the juses tis system here in the united states shows in your words that black life is valueless. explain what you mean by that. those are powerful, strong words. >> well, once again, wolf, we saw that where the value of a black life had less meaning than other parts -- other people in our communities. this community had held on to hope for an...