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More often sexual harassment. sure, there are avenues for women to file complaints, but there's still that sigma that surrounds a woman who does. that she's a complainer, that she's possibly litigious. to change that we need more than just congress to look into overhauling the military justice system. we need systematic change in the acceptance of women who are brave enough to come forward at all. they're at the podium. new york city mayor bill diblasio, police chigser bill bratton at the mike to discuss police retraining following the grand jury decision in the eric garner case. >> to respe...

Certainly, i spoke to eric garner's mother early this morning here at the scene where her son died and statements and words were very much appreciated that the sense that the mayor understands and, again, unlike in ferguson where we see local leadership and stumble, fumable and very opaque with the people and this is different when you have a mayor saying i understand and i have my own family and my own concerns for my own son and that goes a long way and that is playing out on staten island. >> we're hearing from civil rights groups that they will stage traditional marches going into early ne...

A grand jury, of course, sat for a period of nine weeks. the grand jury heard from a total of 50 witnesses. 22 witnesses were civilians. remaining witnesses were police officers, emergency medical personnel, and doctors. 60 exhibits were admitted into evidence, including four videos, records regarding nypd policies and procedures. medical records pertaining to treatment of the deceased, eric garner. once again, the breaking news happening right now is that the new york judge in staten island deciding that he will release part of the grand jury testimony. we don't know when that's going to happ...

Growing today. attorney general eric holder announcing the results of an investigation into the cleveland police department just moments ago. an investigation that covered 600 incidents between 2010 and 2013. >> there's reasonable cause to believe that the cleveland division of public police engages in a pattern and practice of using excessive force, and as a result of it, systemic deficiencies, including insufficient accountability, inadequate training, ineffective policies and inadequate engagement in the community. >> so holder says the justice department and the city of cleveland have agre...

Essentially a ticket. this is like being stopped for speeding and then -- >> he wasn't even selling these cigarettes at the time. >> exactly. there was no evidence of him selling anything, and then they arrested him, which goes to the civil rights of the case. >> here's my problem with the whole situation. more so than anything else. show this part of the video. this is after the so-called choke hold, and this is when eric garner is down on the ground, gentlemen. nobody's helping him. it looks as if nobody is helping him. i think this is one of the things that the american public can't wrap th...