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san francisco's glittering bay, are the people in this toxic city. the wrong complex for environmental protection? veterans restoring memorials to the past. and why this can mend the wounds that haunt them in the present. good evening, and thank you for being with us, i'm joie chen. ed man accused of shooting an unarmed black teenager in florida and the jury in the case of michael dunn, who killed jordan davis in 2012 couldn't agree whether dunn was guilty of first-degree murder.

led to a mistrial on the most serious count. and this has raised serious debate about racial profiling and jess in america. "america tonight's" sarah has the story. >> reporter: frustrations mount, following the controversial murder trial over loud music. it took a weekend of deliberations for the jury of seven women and five men to hand down the verdict. 30 hours of deliberations, plus multiple questions sent to the judge. all signs that the jury was struggling with the case. they could not agree on the first-degree murder charges, but they did find 47-year-old michael dunn guilty of attempted murder and shooting into the suv. >> i said you're not going to kill me and i shot. >> reporter: jordan's parents

say they are still seeking justice for their son, who would have turned 19 on sunday. >> we will continue to stand and continue to wait for justice for jordan >> reporter: under florida law, dunn could serve at least 60 years in prison for the murder convictions, and the shooting into the suv. >> it has not sunk in, and when he sat next to me, he basically said, how is this happening? >> reporter: trying to convict dunn of first-degree murder in his opening statements. >> you pointed that pistol at the car full of unarmed teenagers. he was guilty of shooting into an unarmed vehicle and guilty of three counts of attempted murder and guilty of the first-degree

murder of jordan dais. >> once the jurors delivered their verdict, the protesters showed their frustrations outside of the courthouse, and protesterselers making wives on social media. meanwhile, dunn's daughter has barely stopped crying since she heard the verdict. >> i can't imagine life without him. he's going to protect himself, and if he sees another way, that's what he's going to to do. >> reporter: dunn was tin vacated for murder after shooting davis over loud music. dunn and his fiance parked at a gas station in south florida where davis and his three friends from parked in an suv. dunn admitted to shooting davis, saying that it was self defense. >> i thought i was going to be killed. >> prosecutors have vowed to

retry done for first-degree murder. >> this jury had a lot of work to do, and we thank them for every attention to detail in this trial. i can't say that we're surprised. but we do not know what's dog until the verdict cups out. >> as michael dunn is behind bars, some of the states could opt to retry him. and dunn could appeal the convictions that he already has. we're still talking the rest of his life, joey. >> thank you very much, sarah. this time now, we want to take a closer look at the verdict. and ken jones us from fort lauderdale, florida. so we appreciate you being with us, ken. when we talk about a mistrial on the most important charge here, that's the shooting of jordan davis, and does this amount to a

prosecutorial fail. >> it is. because the whole purpose of having a trial is to seek justice, and justice is interpreted as having a resolution, and in this case, there's no resolution october first count of first-degree murder. and there's no resolution, so there's a fail on the part of the prosecution, and now they have to use taxpayer's money and retry this case, and try again with a jury of 12 people, and it's a first-degree murder charge. >> is that a strategic charge? going after the murder 1 charge? >> absolutely, i continuously said that this is a very weak first-degree murder case. it's a much stronger second-degree murder case. and in fact, this is a textbook law school second-degree murder. you have spite. and ill will and cop tempt. and you have it happening in the

matter of second. and it's opposed to coldblood with first-degree murder, hours or weeks ordeals of planning. and florida law does not less a time period, so technically, they have a first-degree murder case, but for a jury, that's vo difficult for them to swallow and will apply the law to the facts, so i think it's overreach on the part of the prosecution, and i think they made a strategic blunder by having a grand jury charge first-degree murder, as opposed to charging him with an information, which is the same as an indictment, with a second-degree murder charge. >> the prosecutor is talking about a retrial and she didn't want to consult with the family on that, and where would that go? to a first-degree murder trial. >> that's exactly where they are. they have an indictment for first-degree murder, and they

would proceed on that, i would assume, and they're going to end up picking another 12-member jury and go through all of the testimony and the evidence again. he decides to take the child in this second trial. there are a number of ways to prosecute this defendant. >> they will go to the jury, get an answer from the jury about what they couldn't reach a decision on? >> well hopefully a juror or jurors will come forward to talk about what happened in the jury room. florida law does not allow anyone to approach the juror, but they can talk about what went on in the jury room. i'm sure prosecutors are anxious to find out exactly what was important to those jurors when they deliberated this case.

>> thanks ken for coming. >> thanks for having me. the just of stand your ground defense, thank you for being with us and talking with us in the wake of this verdict. i wouldn't i -- wonder if you would draw the completely between these two cases. >> thank you joie and thank you all for having me. there are many, many similarities between trayvon martin and tragic death and jordan davis' tragic death. in both cases you had a young african american men, teenagers, both were 17 years old and both of them were doing absolutely what they had a legal right to do. and that's very important. and then, both the killers in both the instances put

themselves in harm's way, and tried to say that they had some fear, and they had to kill these young men. so there are a lot of parallels. >> there are parallels but i also want to get to this: that in this case, it appears that barring any successful appeal mr. dunn is likely, he was convicted on some of the charges four out of five, it is likely he will face prison time. mr. zimmerman did not. >> yes, that is a huge distinguishing factor but even on that joie there is some similar. even though michael dunn, even though he's off the street, they will let him escape for the murder of jordan davis. he was convicted of the attempted murder of the three mr. davis. it is troubling, in trayvon

martin where he was killed and jordan davis, there was nobody held accountable for their deaths. that sends a terrible message to society. nobody goes to jail for their death. >> right, and i think we still are wondering what it is the jury, what was on the jury's mind since we haven't heard from the jury yet on the dunn case. i just want to say that mr. zimmerman did come forward over the weekend, he did give an interview to another network but he didn't talk about the dunn case. quick listen here. >> i want to professional reply continue my education and hopefully become an attorney. i think that's the best way to stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening to somebody else. i don't think it should happen to anyone ever again, not one person. >> what was the miscarriage of justice? >> the fact that two law enforcement entities stated that i had acted within the laws of our nation in self defense.

>> you don't think it was about the law? >> i know it wasn't, yes. >> i have have to ask you for a quick thought here. what does it say to you that this is what george zimmerman is saying today? >> simply that trayvon martin's parents and myself and many others have chose to focus on bigger things than george zimmerman because we think that he was just a symptom of the problem. the problem is the stand your ground law that it encourages people to try otake the law into their own hands, versus having law enforcement come and deal with situations. we think the stand your ground law is legalizing the murder of our children, so we are dealing with the bigger implications. because as trayvon's parents have said, if we don't do something about this law, tomorrow it can be your

child. >> mr. crump. thank you for being with us. he represented trayvon martin's parents. trayvon martin's parents have offered their support. they intend to campaign together against stand your ground laws in florida. after the break on "america tonight," a condemnation and the doubts about whether it will make any difference. later in the program there's no place like home. >> i like it here. richmond is my home. but at the same time there is other cities where there's not a chevron in your backyard, spewing 24-7 toxins in the air and nobody communicating to you. >> the community they call a toxic city. the clouds growing on the other side of san francisco bay and

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their experience in north korea's prison camps. >> the human rights council will formally announce its findings . >> the capacity of north korea to sail opportunity radar, to avoid international scrutiny. >> but kirby says this is an

important first step towards accountability. >> no one will be able to say in the future, if only we had known where north korea, as they said after the second world war, if only we had known. well, now they will know, it is a wakeup signal to the world and hopefully the wake up signals to the world. >> return to david hawk who is a human rights investigator and the author of the report, the hidden gulag. mr. hawk, we appreciate you being with us. you heard what the amnesty international video showed. this cannot be a surprise to you. >> no, that's correct. it's, the testimony of former prisoners has been available for some time. what's different now is that the united nations in a high level

formal official investigation has looked into the situation, in great depth. >> and to what end do you think this goes, mr. hawk? i mean, as we've outlined if china does not take action here to allow this to reach the icc, i mean what happens here? north korea seems to want to ignore it. >> in in the long run, the determination by the united nations and by its member governments, that the human rights violations in north korea constitute atrocity crimes against its own population, will i think, in the long run, encourage the north korean leadership to realize that if they want normalized relations, if they want trade, aid and investment from the outside world, they'll have to deal with and put an end to their atrocity crimes, and

release the 80 to 120,000 persons who are now being held in these labor camps. >> does it also put pressure on the international community to highlight and spotlight more of these kinds of abuses after all, you heard him say, now everyone will know, we can't say this was like after world war ii, gee, if we'd only known. does this put the international community on record, look, they know about this they've detailed it, what action are you going to take? >> oh very much so. the commission of inquiry was tasked to determine if it was crimes against humanity and if so the member governments requested the commission to make recommendations about what the international community should do. and those recommendations are in the report, and will begin to see next month in geneva at the human rights council and then

later at the general assembly next november if the governments of the world will support the findings and the recommendations, which they requested from the commission of inquiry. >> tbaifbased on your research d your inquiry, these are kind of parallel, some of the things you would recommend in your reports are the same things that the u.n. is recommending, correct? >> that is correct. >> so what kinds of things are you talking about? >> oh, well, there's -- in the commission of inquiry report, there's a whole list of recommendations to the north korean government on the steps it should take to end these atrocity crimes against its own people, beginning with releasing people in the prison camp and stopping the torture and the arbitrary detention and the forced labor of revolution that

are sent back from -- refugees that are sent back from north korea to china. the concrete measures in great detail that the north korean authorities should take is spelled out in this report, and then there's the recommendation that the security council forward this case tot international criminal court. -- to the international criminal court. >> we'll see if that actually happens. human rights investigator and author david hawk. thanks very much for being with us. >> thank you. tonight": injustice. it is a case of environmental racism. we see how chevron operates in nigeria. we see how chevron operates in ec wa ecuador. countries that are not powerful

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. >> an now a snatch shot of stories making head lines on "america tonight." the hijacker was the co-pilot. the plane was taken to geneva, where the co-pilot asked for asylum. no one was injured. pope francis, looking for proposed vatican bank and some on-family issues, contraception, divorce and same sex unions. north carolina, the governor faces sharp scrutiny to power giant duke energy which is accused of dumping 80,000 tons of toxic ash into the river there last month. he had briefed the governor about a minor penalty against duke, critics claim it is a sweetheart deal for duke energy

which promoted the governor for 20 years. toxic communities that don't have the power to fight back. michael okwu has the story, richmond, california, called a toxic city. citizens refuse to be held hostage to industry. >> there was a big boom! and i got scared. i got really scared. and then i saw the fire, this big fire ball, go in the air. and we all took off running into the house. >> on august 6th, 2012, courtney cummings and her family were in the front yard when a massive fire erupted at the chevron refinery just six blocks away. the smoke and toxic fallout sent more than 15,000 residents of

richmond, california to area hospitals with respiratory problems. investigators later discovered a severe pipe corrosion caused a rupture that expark -- spark sparked the blaze. chevron's own inspectors had repeatedly warned the company to replace the pipes. richmond lies just across the bay from san francisco's info tech boom. petrochemical containers are hard to miss. it is also a battle ground between an entrenched industry and a crusading crusading mayor. gail mclaughlin is the mayor of richmond. first elected in 2004 as a green party member she has up ended politics as usual by confronting chevron head on. injustice. it is a case of environmental racism.

we see how chef ran operates in nigeria. we see how chevron operates in ecuador. they see communities that are not empowered enough to fight back. >> last fall chevron agreed to pay $2 million in fines and pled no contest to six charges including failing to protect employees from potential harm. many residents here insist the 2012 fire is emblematic to a fill full negligence -- to a willful negligence. employees can't afford to leave. according to a 2009 report, people who plif within a mile of the refinery are people of color, living below the poverty line. courtney cummings has called richmond home for the past 30 years.

she is proud of her community with one glaring exception: chevron, the oil giant whose refinery dominates the landscape. >> i like it here. richmond's my home. but at the same time, there are other cities where there's not a chevron in your backyard spewing 24-7 toxins into the air and nobody communicating with you. this sediment is going into our bodies. was going into my children. who have no protection except me. that's what makes me sad. >> the entire family has breathing problems that require them to use inhalers. but cummings says they're not leaving and neither is chevron. the company has operated its 2900 acre richmond facility for more than 100 years.

it's the city's largest campaign and largest taxpayer. storage tanks that dot the hillside, the glossy billboards that line the streets. its critics are complaining that very little is being invested in richmond. >> this stuff is chevron stuff here and the neighborhoods around it. >> while the headline grabbing accidents keep taking their toll. one year after the august 2012 fire the city council led by the mayor unanimously voted to sue chevron for lax oversight and corporate indifference to safety restrictions and repairs. are you saying chevron just doesn't care? >> yes, chevron doesn't care. chevron is very clear that profits come first. in fact they have been charged with criminal charges and they admitted to them. >> i can almost hear people right now saying oh there's that green mayor, spouting hyperboles

about the big, bad oil company. why should we take her seriously? >> because it is the truth. it is a big bad oil company. they are the ones who are bashing the people of richmond if you will. so when we push back we are fighting for our lives. we are fighting for our dignity as a community that has a right to health and well-being. >> chevron has dismissed the lawsuit as a waste of city resources and yet, another example of failed leadership. but the mayor pushed the u.s. chemical safety board to investigate. and in december the richmond city council got a shot in the arm from its staff which blamed chevron for what it judged to be a preventible incident. the board went on to recommend sweeping reforms that would compel refinery operators across california to be more proactive in addressing potential risks for workers and local government. >> the team proposing to the

board the following recommendations. >> on january 15th, area residents packed city hall for a hearing on the proposed safety reforms. >> but we called on you to do rights. >> if you and the city and these other regulations don't do the job, we'll do the job because as we said, it ain't no power like the power of the people. because the power of the people don't stop. and we don't stop. [applause] >> in a highly unusual twist, the board refused to adopt the recommendations made by its own staff. >> we thought it would pass. it's a proactive rather than reactive model of safety. so it was a disappointment. >> environmental activists in richmond say chevron has a long history of polluting the city with impunity. henry clark is the director of the west county toxics coalition, an organization that

works on behalf of minorities. >> a lot of people have moved out not only because of the issues relating to chevron, but you know, crime and just like an investment in the area. >> what would you say about the fact that having industry in towns like this creates jobs that put millions more back into the state? that they might do a little bit of harm but ultimately they are doing good as well? >> well, they do create jobs, and attack space. but the jobs is not coming to the people here in north richmond, primarily, who's on the front line of the chemical assault. we get the childhood asthma, the cancer and health problems. chevron and the other workers get the profits. they laugh all the way to the bank and we cry all the way to the graveyard burying our people. >> across the street from clark's office is the north richmond center for health.

it was funded by a settlement from richmond based general chemical, following another fire in 1993 that filled the air with sulfuric acid. >> we'll do it again. >> peggy polk is one of many senior patients here suffering from respiratory problems. she blames them on years of toxic exposure. >> you know i've developed severe allergies, asthma, lung problems. sometimes i can come outside and the air is so thick it takes my breath away. i have to go into a breathing treatment, do my medihalers. >> university of california berkeley studies the health problems in the bay area. though richmond averages problems are twice the natural average, he says it is unfair to connect them to chevron

alone. many issues including traffic and other issues play a part. >> many kids in richmond do have the risk of developing asthma and the events like the chevron fire could be an important exacerbating effect. but there's a vulnerability of the richmond population because it's of high minority status as well as low socioeconomic status. >> chevron refused our repeated request for an interview. in an e-mail statement, spokes spokesperson says chevron has worked 1 million hours, and provided $10 million to cover medical expenses of residents. and a website that can be referenced online.

>> that doesn't mean we give chevron a blanket approval to continue to increase their pollution. >> the mayor has led the drive to hold chevron responsible. but her term is up in november. there are concerns that the hard-won momentum to hold the company accountable may be lost. >> obviously this town means a great deal to you. are you worried? >> yes, absolutely. i know for a fact that chevron will put more money than ever into this year's electoral season. in 2012, they put $1.2 million into campaigns to attack our candidates. i know that they will be working harder than ever to try and turn us back. but so will we. >> you're up for the fight. >> i am up for the fight. i am -- we cannot go backward. >> since the chevron fire, courtney cummings has moved further away from the refinery.

but the trauma of that dark day in august still links. lingers and it moved her to speak up about. >> when chevron happened, the explosion, it's like, do we leave? do we say enough and go home? but we didn't. >> why not? >> because. i have a real big problem when people try to take my boys. >> in spite of all that's happened, chevron is not going on the defensive. on the contrary, you could say it's doubling down. it's now pursuing a $1 billion expansion of its richmond plant. chevron insists the upgrade is necessary to stay competitive in the global market while conceding that the changes could lead to an increase in overall emissions. chevron officials would tell you the upgrade would make the refinery more environmentally friendly by reducing emissions per unit volume of production.

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so the phrase you use, on the fence line, what do you mean by that? >> they could go to the store and walk the fence, but sometimes the jobs are not for them. people spend eight hours in and drive out and that's another form of economic injustice. >> that goes to the chick and not the egg mentality, right? if people are drawn to these communities because there are jobs there, is there a risk, a sacrifice this they need to make to have that. >> sometimes it's not really a chicken and an egg. in many cases, the communities were there first, before the facilities, and even if the facilities were there, and people moved around the plant, that doesn't negate the fact that there has to be protection. and you can be just as dead before you have an accident,

like the plant was down first or the mute was, and it really doesn't matter. >> has there been a federal effort to try to cane this and try to bring justice to communities that suffer disproportionately through pollution? >> well, the justice movement has been fighting for four decades, trying to ensure that there's equal protection, and there are communities that are near these facilities are not disproportionately affected. and just this past week, we signed celebrated the 20th anniversary of the executive order, signed by president clinton in 1994. >> but 20 years, has it made a difference some. >> we have had 20 years of working. >> so you do see progress on that front? >> well, we have seen progress, and we have seen the fact that we've had action that has been taken at the federal, state and

local levels, but there's still a lot of work that needs to be done, and the communities still impacted in a negative way have to be communities in communities of color. and it would be different if the communities get the jobs, but they don't get the jobs. they get pollution, unemployment and poverty and in many cases, they get sick. >> dr. robert bullard, thank you for being with us here. >> ahead in a final thought, a monumental effort. >> people need to understand that monuments are living history memorials and they have the opportunity to learn about communities and themselves, and thus, we need to be sources for these sights. >> american heroes, they served on the battle feed and return now to heal memories.

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>> mt. ver enron, across from the nation's -- >> matt: mt. vernon, across from the nation's capital. finally from us, a thought about memorials and memories. a national project that brings american heroes to its historical markers and helps restore and repair the wounds of time. >> my name ask eugene huff. i travel across america restoring monuments and preserving american history. >> eugene huff served nine years in the pennsylvania national guard. now he spends his time restoring

monuments that honor the war dead and in the process, heal those who fought. >> people need to understand that monuments are living history memorials and they have an opportunity to learn about their communities and themselves. and thus, we need to be stewards for these sites. i've been doing monument preservation for the last 15 years. in a typical year, i do approximately 15 to 20 monuments, depending on the size and the nature of the monument. across the united states, there are several thousand monuments that are in need of care and restoration. if we lose our monuments, we lose a piece of ourselves. >> together with friend and fellow vet marty cos costello, he created a foundation called saving hallowed ground. they bring communities together to save historical markers. >> eugene thoughts about this.

he goes, "this will be a great thing for wounded warriors, disabled veterans, veterans to work on. to reestablish themselves with a sense of being." >> with bronze we don't want to scratch it so we're using basically a simple bru bristle brush which is very soft. the challenge is to work with them to see what their capabilities are to make them feel comfortable but also to engage the importance and history of the monuments they're working on. >> the vets working alongside gene and marty today served in the vietnam and iraq wars. >> my name is sergeant william pagan, i got injured in taji iraq in 2009. i was a foot soldier protecting the convoys, protecting the iraqi people. we were doing foot patrol out of

our forward observation base in machada. observation patrol. we all of a sudden started taking fire. from the equipment i had on me, just the movement it crushed my lower back, and i had a small traumatic brain injury. >> what we're going to be doing today is learning about the process of cleaning and waxing the bronze plaque. >> my name is mohamed, i was in service as interpreter in 2008. >> you can see how this is beading up here. in other words that is lifting running down. that's because this area's been waxed and what's happening is, that surface is now protected from impurities, acid rain and other things. we take the rag and we basically buff around on it. you can see there's a little bit of dirt on the surface there.

>> in 2006 in january it was my birthday, also as a muslim, i was ready to go to the mosque to do my service, they exploded and killed some members of my family including a seven-year-old, my cousin, she's a seventh grade. and she was beautiful. and she was like five yards away from where i was sitting. and i lost my leg. and i got metal injuries in my other leg and my body. >> fallujah was a tough battle ground. >> it was. >> a lot of american soldiers got killed there. >> my name is bob o'neil, i was a sergeant in vietnam. i had a ten ton low boy, hauling munitions up and down the coast.

they got my friend but they didn't get me. >> they battle post-traumatic stress disorder or ptsd. >> i can't leave the house, screaming, not knowing why. that actually stays with you. not knowing why. back here in the u.s., back in your house, your body is here but your mind is still over there doing missions. >> this is the world war i plaque, soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice. will is an iraqi war veteran and he's taking care of this world d war i monument. this is very important. because me and bob were vietnam veterans. these guys are going to be taking care of our monuments when we are gone. it is the biggest fraternity

that is ever, we can't ever forget. >> what happened over time is they had put a layer of paint and not treated the rust before they put the paint down. it's a just cause we have here gentlemen. the process of taking on a monument like this, people say well, it's going to cost lots of money and we have to have meetings. no, it doesn't have to be complicated. but whatever we do, we want to educate other people so we can pass the torch. because we can't do this forever. >> today i got my first experience, and it definitely mihit me at a level i was not expecting. it give you a purpose. the mission doesn't stop once you become a veteran. you need to continue and leave a legacy. i never really understood. one day i would like to see my name in a monument. but i will be more honored if

just people keep doing this type of work, regardless if it is my name or not. one day, after i pass away, people is going to come to my battle field and going to come and remember mohamed al jamili. he was also a soldier. it is a big thing, going to make my emotions really happy, because i didn't really lose my leg for no reason. >> watch your fingers there, buddy. gentlemen, this has been great. marty, bob, i helped everybody learn something. this has been super. what we want to do is pass the torch to these communities to not only become educated for their monuments but take stewardship and care their monuments and markers and spread it on for others to get involved. veterans.

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