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>> i'm hoping and that's also my prayer that before individual society grabs shotguns and chases someone running down the street and kill them, that they will also think if they take those extreme actions, they will be held accountable. so maybe that will lead to a better direction. >> and lee, to you, counselor, you said you think this verdict in a way was an anomaly. what do you mean? >> well, we know just by the sheer numbers that -- and unfortunately i've come to represent a great deal of families who have loved ones killed in tragedies like this, and more often than not there is no accoun...
Demonstration, four tv cameras and a news helicopter but the reality is day after day after day our cops are in the neighbors, not just literally protecting people with their lives but in the meetings, organizing community,istening to the problem and provide the service. we have the historical challenge of the neighbors in communities that need quality policing the most for historic reasons have a level of distrust but those relationships at grass roots are more healthy than a national network would have you believe. >> let's address this head on, this question of whether it is the media and m...
Exhaustion that did not stop them then and today as peter indicated it has been a glorious day in terms of weather and all sorts of other reasons. what struck you most today as you heard the speech given. we heard dozens of speeches this morning. which speech stood out most to you? ? and not because he is our colleague but i thought reverend al sharpton gave a moving presentation and i thought it was forward-looking and heartfelt and captured the spirit of the way that movements are articulated by a civil rights leader that also is rooted in the church and one of the things about the original ...
that he had been abused before that mike mcqueary incident, after the mike mcqueary incident, and he intends to the sue, because he says his abuse, he believes, could have been stopped if penn state officials had done the right thing back in 2001. >> okay, so you're saying possibly here, we could be seeing a civil suit. we know sandusky, as we mentioned, convicted of those 45 counts, yet to be sentenced. would this have an impact on that case? >> i d't foresee it having an impact on that case. he didn't take the stand and testify during that trial. it's not clear, at this point, if p...