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Force. but as we report, that is not on the video. indeed his hands were shackled behind his back the entire time. and later, his feet were shackled when he was put back in the car. so we're seeing that something sometimes people are concerned may be a pattern. not only the police statements, but the next layer of investigative review doesn't actually cross-examination what happened and doesn't use the video. >> this is all about the power of video. there are no eyewitnesses to what we're seeing there, other than the police officers who have a story that coordinates and is not what the video s...

>> okay. that was the news conference right there in washington, d.c., department of justice. we bring in our chief political correspondent. what did you hear that was maybe surprising? very clearly focused primarily and only on the police department. >> that's correct. this is a very significant announcement from attorney general lore lore receipt tht t. she said it was a direct response not only to the controversy over the laquan mcdonald shooting, that graphic police video, lot of police statements that were just not accurate, but in addition a response to what the doj does, which is review...

I commit to the protection of youth and all responsible will be held accountable. >> reporter: this is the second time that pope francis met with survivors of clergy sex abuse since being elected in 2013. thank you. safety investigators say the seattle duck boat involved in the fatal crash on the bridge last week failed to get an axle repair that was recommended in 2013. it is not clear if the owner of the ride the ducks was aware of the warning. a fifth student died on sunday. more than a dozen others are still hospitalized. more details emerges from the freddie gray arrest in the police ...

Rickia boyd. maybe we differ on what truth means. >> but maybe you're talking about anecdotes as opposed to statistics. are you saying the majority of police statements in the u.s. are not true public statements press releases, et cetera? >> what i'm saying is the police are killing people and they're saying it's justified in every case in a way that it just isn't. this is a conversation about state violence. so when i think about walter scott, the police gave an account that was untrue and we would not have known unless there was a video. >> right. that was very clear-cut. >> and i would say ...

Let me ask you this mr. ficker, why did he lead police on a 48-hour manhunt? if he is innocent why not just go surrender and say you've got the wrong guy, here's my alibi and not have them chase him from new york to d.c. and back? >> we're not saying that he actually knew that they were behind him chasing him. he was -- we have freedom of travel in this country. just because someone leaves a city where some crime was committed doesn't mean that he committed that crime. this is not a case where someone runs from a policeman that's right behind him. >> well his girlfriend reportedly told police ...