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>> shots fired. shots fired. >> joining the discussion now, mark claxton and jason johnson. mark, what do you see when you look at that video, the sequence of the shots and you look at this autopsy drawing that we saw today of the entry wounds? >> i see a disturbing pattern of police initiated violence against largely black and brown men. and subsequent, inexcusable actions by police officials and government officials.

>> go ahead. >> shots fired, shots fired. >> joining the discussion now the director of the black law enforcement alliance and a retired nypd detective and back with us is jason johnson. mark claxton, what do you see when you look at that video, the sequence of the shots and the autopsy drawing we saw today of the entry wounds? >> i see a disturbing pattern of police initiated violence against largely black and brown men and subsequent inexcusable actions by officials and government officials. i see a denial in what really ails us in denials to police involved shootings of black and

Tour. if anyone is expecting anything progressive or forward thinking of from this relic of a bygone era, they will be sadly mistaken and bitterly disappointed at what he is able to do. as far as reform is concerned, if you deal with and address reform agenda comprehensively and incruisivel inclusively, but the area in this administration where it seems probable or possible. >> unfortunately, we have to go? let me say thank you to clarence cox, to mark claxton and attorney crump, on the case again. i'm sure i will be seeing you this week out in sacramento. and a reminder, registration is now o...

Recently most of these issues have been something that would disenfranchise minorities even more. so he assured us that the messaging from the justice department may have had a wrinkle in it, and we sure let him know we heard what he said and i actually read a memo that he wrote out to all u.s. attorneys across the country that said that you could apply the death penalty to these folks. so my concern was that are we talking about cartel leaders or are we talking about drug traffickers. >> yeah, and profiling them at that. and i think you're right to raise that issue, but, mark claxton, i'm als...

Mark claxton. and carol mason, former assistant attorney general in the obama administration and president of john j. houston college of justice. paul butler is back with us, msnbc analyst and former federal prosecutor and author of "choke hold, policing black plemen." mark, i want to start first with you. your reaction to the president's remarks there with that joke, being rougher on suspects and the president saying, you don't have to do that accommodation of being kind to their heads. is that a good sign to the country or is that a kind of wink and a nod to get away with bad behavior? >> th...