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Seconds after the shooting itself, just based on that video itself. but yet honestly will come into play here and it will be interesting to see that report. >> jim, mark, thank you both very much. >> thanks, lawrence. coming up, rand paul talked about some things today that some republicans would never dream of mentioning in their presidential campaign announcements. d it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy danc...

It is not reflective of this -- the entire police department and the city of north charleston. the one does not totally throw a blanket across, and i think that's true in life. so it is a tragic event. >> that was north charleston police chief eddie drigers. joining us now is mark claxton, director of the black law enforcement alliance. mark this is one of those cases where the question everyone is asking and the family is asking where would we be tonight

>> all four officers' conduct involved racist text messages exchanged among themselves and former police officer alex alvarez created a video that was racially biased. the four officers' conduct was inexcusable and there is zero tolerance for this type of behavior within the ft. lauderdale police department. >> the four officers behind this offensive behavior are out, but how were they allowed to become officers in first place? and how do we make sure something like this does not happen again? joining me now are mark claxton, former new york's police officer and director of black law enforceme...

Ramos's funeral. >> maybe it's because we've all come to see only what we represent instead of who we are. we don't see each other, the police, the people are angry at the police. the people who support us but want us to be better. even a mad man who assassinated two men because all he could see was two uniforms even though they were so much more. we don't see eve other. >> mark, how does that compare to your experience, and te particularly the idea that supporters that want some changes. >> i think commissioner brat done was wise to point out that we don't, we tend not to see each other or re...

This powder keg environment. >> do you think that the police union leaders then in new york are being tougher or more incendiary than they would otherwise be because of the contract negotiations, an issue separate from the policing policy questions? >> i think absolutely. i think if you combine the national attention but more specifically, locally in new york, the contract negotiations, the failure they see in negotiations, i think that really has spurred on this really venomous type of rhetoric and attack, yes, i do. >> and lou, you've been covering new york and these kinds of tensions in per...