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I think the attorney for the family said it best. justice requires diligence and justice delayed is justice denied. i can't understand why it's taking this long particularly since it's not a complex case. it doesn't involve a lot of people. there were two officers on the scene. tamir rice was the only other person carrying this alleged weapon so i can't quite understand why it's taking this long. >> mark claxton, in a statement the sheriff talked about the work his investigators had done. let me play that. >> my investigators have pored over thousands of pages of documents and conducted numero...

His body and his mother wants answers. >> less than a second my son is gone, and i want to know how long i've got to wait for justice. >> she's been waiting for justice for 170 days. joining me now is legal analyst midwin charles and mark claxton, former new york city police officer and director of black law enforcement alliance. thank you both for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you. >> midwin should it take this long to make a decision in a case where there's a video? >> i'm surprised that it's taking this long. usually when police officers or the sheriff's office in this case ...

Process. >> yeah, and really what it points to is just how insidious that this systemic abuse, if you will exists how entrenched it is in law enforcement in general and policing more specifically how deeply entrenched many aspects what have people are calling for reform against is in these departments because even facing, you know a scathing report from the department of justice, troubling report that sounds like it happens in some third world country, et cetera i mean they still have no real reason or motivation to expedite matters, to pursue justice in a rapid fashion or even to be honest an...

Prevailing in baltimore. these were the scenes from monday. buildings on fire protesters confronting police. businesses being looted. on tuesday, a tense calm filled the streets as a curfew took effect. i want to bring in mark claxton retired new york city police detective and directors of the black law enforcement alliance. thanks very much for joining us. i assume you believe that 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew was a good idea? >> good idea and it was effective. given if you juxtapose what occurred the night before last and last night, there was a huge difference and thankfully there wasn't ...

Should they be bracing for? >> well, you have to prepare for the unexpected and expected or the probable or the possible. it's such a tenuous situation and things are changing on a dime. you never know what will cause an extended burst of emotion or some immediate response. even from, you know peaceful law abiding protesters you know when you have a group of people who congregate in one particular area and have some impact on the flow of traffic or commercialism in that particular area it's necessary to have a police response so you want to be overprepared as opposed to under prepared as they ...