>> this adventure with denver has been a lot of fun. the fact that denver's famous, but she's a dog so she's not a diva. >> denver, was this you? with cameras everywhere, we see it more and more. >> i will light you up! get out! >> violence encounters with police. >> ahh! >> sparking a national debate. and igniting a call for change. >> justice! >> now the stories behind the videos and the headlines. >> my gosh! >> it doesn't really matter if you have a ph.d. if you have your pants around your waist or around your ankles.

ultimately, being black in this country can be a death sentence. >> we demand answers! >> we want justice. we got to have justice. >> "caught on camera: race and justice." march 3rd, 1991. an african-american man named rodney king is violently beaten by los angeles police officers. the camcorder video is recorded by george holladay who is watching from his apartment. >> ran to the balcony, grabbed the camera on the way, started filming. >> king is tasered, kicked, and struck more than 50 times with batons. fracturing his skull and causing internal injuries. the use of force and the events that followed were the subject of heated controversy.

>> the viciousness and brutality of that video, that kind of video evidence, was rare. you didn't really see that much of it. but in the black community, people had long known that the police often used brutal tactics. now in an instant, you see it on twitter, you see it on facebook. so not only are we becoming more aware of what's happening, people are mobilizing around that. >> april 4th, 2015. a police dash cam is recording during a routine traffic stop in north charleston, south carolina. officer michael slager has pulled over a driver for having a nonfunctioning brake light. >> the reason for the stop is your brake light's out. >> oh, okay. >> inside the car is 50-year-old walter scott and a passenger. scott tells the officer that he doesn't have insurance or registration paperwork, but hands over his driver's license. but moments later, scott takes

off running. >> black male, green shirt, blue pants -- >> officer slager chases after him and within seconds he catches up to scott. nearby, faden santana is walking to work and sees what happens next. santana quickly takes out his cell phone. >> i remember the police had control of the situation. he had control of scott. and scott was trying just to get away from the taser. >> he had been tased at that point? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> you heard the sound? >> i heard the sound. before i started recording. >> soon after he hits record, the taser wires appear to be extending from scott's body. scott breaks away and runs from officer slager. >> he gets a good distance away. and officer slager pulls out his weapon, aims, and then just

literally unloads on him. shoots him about eight times, hitting him five. >> shots fired, subject is down, he grabbed my taser. >> put your hands behind your back! >> officer slager appears to pick up an object off the ground, possibly his taser, as another officer arrives on the scene. slager then appears to drop the object next to scott. >> you have to understand, officer slager didn't know he was being filmed. it was literally seeing that maybe there's truth to a lot of these cases that people just disregard because the officer says, we found a gun on him, we found a knife. what if that happens more frequently? >> for several minutes after the shooting, scott remains face-down without emergency medical aid being performed by the officers. he is later pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

at first, faden santana did sidside -- decides not to go public with the video. >> i felt that my life with this information might be in danger require thought about erasing the video and just getting out of the community, charleston. leaving someplace else. >> because you were that scared? >> yeah. >> later that day, a police spokesman releases the initial account of what took place saying that scott attempted to use the taser against the officer. >> police say the driver of the mercedes-benz grappled with an officer and got hold of his taser and the officer shot the driver in order to protect himself. >> the attorney for officer slager adds that he felt threatened. it's a version of events that doesn't add up for scott's family. >> i didn't believe that at all. he would not be aggressive with the police officer. i know my brother. something sounds wrong about what they're saying here. >> walter scott's family doesn't know why he decided to run

during the traffic stop. but they believe it could have been because he had a warrant for missed child support payments and didn't want to go to jail. >> whether that was why he ran, i don't know. but i'm sure that he did not run knowing that he was going to die. from running that day. >> he hadn't just robbed a bank. they had his driver's license. they could have come picked him up any time. once walter started running, you can't shoot a man in the back. there's just no excuse for it. at all. >> after reading the police statement, santana decides he can no longer keep silent. he gives the video to the scott family. >> and when i saw it, i mean -- my heart dropped. i always protected my brothers. the best way i could. and feeling that i could not

protect him that day -- it's hurtful. >> once that videotape emerged, the north charleston police department and the north charleston prosecutor's department acted really swiftly. >> i have watched the video. and i was sickened by what i saw. >> this was a rare kind of case where you saw the police chief not only widely condemn the shooting but urge charges to be pressed. >> three days after the shooting, officer slager is arrested and charged with murder. he maintains that he is innocent of all charges. after almost nine months behind bars, slager is released on bond and will live under house arrest while he waits for his trial. the city of north charleston settles a civil lawsuit with scott's family, including his four children, for $6.5 million. >> nothing can replace having walter in our lives. the city of north charleston

historic actions ensure that he did not die in vain. >> but we know we still have a long road to go. because we want him to be convicted of murder. and sentenced to life in prison. we want justice. we got to have justice. >> this is santana. this is faden santana. >> just days after scott's death, his family has the chance to meet faden santana for the first time. >> sure santana had no idea that that incident was going to go down the way that it did. but he felt compelled to not only watch it but to film. he's a hero. still, to me. and very brave.

>> scott's death stirs support for a new state law that will require all officers in south carolina to wear body cameras. >> which is phenomenal. because officers are justified in shooting some of these people. they just are. but when they aren't, the body cam will protect both sides. coming up -- >> oh [ bleep ]! >> my gosh! >> and a traffic stop that started a national debate. >> i will light you up, get out! >> when "caught on camera: race and justice" continues. in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher,

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don't touch me. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> the death of eric garner follows his arrest in new york. >> put your hands behind -- >> a grand jury decides not to inindict the officer involved on any charges. but there is public outcry with

some people saying this is one of many cases showing excessive force used on an african-american man. but it's a problem that extends beyond black men. >> i think in many ways we can forget about the fact that black girls and black women too face the same issue. >> say her name is really an opportunity for us to expose that what is happening to black girls is just as worthy of attention. >> july 1st, 2014. 51-year-old marlene pinnock is seen walking along an interstate in los angeles. she's struggling with mental health issues and homelessness. >> i was dropping off a few friends and we're getting on the ramp. i saw a woman in the emergency lane, barefoot. so i pulled out my phone and just recorded to see what happened. >> a california highway patrol officer says pinnock ignored his commands to stop walking.

when the officer catches up to her, the situation turns violent. >> [ bleep ]! oh [ bleep ]! he is beating her up. >> i couldn't believe it, i was in shock. he starts punching at her head. they weren't like soft. you heard -- these were knockout punches. >> it was as though he was trying to punish her. her underwear has come down, her dress had been torn. she was in a complete, helpless, and disabled mode and he took advantage of that. >> within seconds an off-duty officer jumps in to subdue pinnock. >> he's holding her down. >> pinnock's attorney says she received treatment for injuries to her head, shoulders, and back. >> i don't want to be hurt like that no more. no one deserves that. >> the california highway patrol reaches a settlement with pinnock for $1.5 million, which will be placed in a special

needs trust to support pinnock for the rest of her life. the officer involved resigns. and the district attorney's office decides not to file criminal charges against him, saying the use of force was necessary to protect freeway drivers and pinnock from danger. july 10th, 2015. a police dash cam is recording inside state trooper brian insina's vehicle in prairie view, texas. driving ahead is 28-year-old sandra bland. when she moves into the right-hand lane, the trooper pulls her over for not using a signal. >> driver's license and insurance. >> bland is in town from chicago after receiving a job offer from her alma mater, prairie view a&m university. she called her family earlier that day with the good news. >> i could hear the smile in her voice. i quickly responded via text that i will call her after work.

and she said, i promise to answer, i love you. >> the trooper returns to bland's car after a few minutes and she makes it clear to him that she thinks the traffic stop was unwarranted. >> you seem very irritated. >> i am. i really am. what i was getting a ticket for, i was getting out of your way yore are you were speeding up, tailing me, so i moved over and you stopped me. so yeah, i am a little irritated but that doesn't stop you from giving me a ticket, so. >> are you done? >> you asked me what was wrong and i told you. >> okay. >> so now i'm done, yeah. >> okay. you mind putting out your cigarette, please, if you don't mind? >> i'm in my car, why do i have to put out my cigarette? >> you can step on out now. >> i don't have to step out of my car -- >> step out of the car. >> a law enforcement officer does have the right to order a person out of their car. they can only command someone to extinguish a cigarette if it's

perceived as a threat. >> it's not illegal to smoke in your car. he just didn't like her attitude, he didn't like the way she spoke to him. you then have the officer really escalate in terms of his own tension, his own seeming anger. >> get out of the car! >> don't touch me, i'm not under arrest, you don't have the right to touch me. you are under arrest! >> i'm under arrest for what this. >> trooper insina points his taser directly at bland. >> i will light you up! get out! >> wow. >> now! >> wow. >> get out of the car! >> for failure to shall? >> out of view of a dash cam a police officer arrives on the scene to assist insina with arrest. >> you're about to break my wrist, can you stop? you are about to break my wrist, stop! >> stop, now! stop it! >> stop resisting, ma'am. >> you slam me, knock my head in the ground, i got epilepsy, you mother [ bleep ]! -- >> good, good. >> you should have thought about that before you start resisting. >> all right, all right -- >> seeing the confrontation on the side of the road, a

bystander takes out a cell phone camera to record it. >> you need to leave! you need to leave! >> thank you for recording, thank you! they slammed me to the ground and everything, everything! >> before leaving the scene, insina is heard on the dash cam telling his version of what just took place. >> tried to de-escalate her and wasn't getting anywhere all. i tried to put the taser away, i tried talking to her, calming her down. that was not working. >> insina also says that bland kicked him. she is charged with assaulting a public servant. bland is booked into the waller county jail where security cameras record the intake process. she is screened for mental illness and indicates on forms that she had attempted suicide in the past year. however, some of the intake documents are inconsistent and

fail to mention the suicide attempt. bland isn't designated a risk or marked for closer supervision. >> she did end up speaking with her sister saturday afternoon. and that was when the family started gathering the bail money necessary to try and get her out. >> on july 13th, three days after the arrest, bland is still behind bars. that morning, a jailer makes a startling discovery. bland is in her cell, hanging from a plastic trash can liner. emergency workers are called to the cell and attempt cpr. but it's too late. bland is pronounced dead. >> by virtue of being at work, that's only thing that stopped me from screeching. i was just completely devastated. >> according to the district attorney, a motion-activated security camera does not record any activity outside of bland's cell for 90 minutes prior to her death.

an autopsy finds that her injuries are consistent with a suicide. but there is a nationwide backlash with many people suspicious of the circumstances surrounding bland's death. >> the social media activists, if you will, were out there being the digital soldiers calling for answers. >> state inspectors find that the waller county jail did not meet the minimum requirement to personally observe an inmate at least once an hour. they also find that jail employees did not receive adequate training in recognizing and handling mentally ill inmates. >> when we say that sandy is in custody, that means they have duties and responsibilities to ensure her safety. one of the inmates that was in the cell across from sandy seems to indicate that sandy was sobbing quite a bit, was very distraught, wasn't eating. these are all things that should

have drawn attention to sandy from those people whose custody she was in. >> you have this level of negative events that certainly could have produced a suicide. but i think you do have to go all the way back to the traffic stop and ask yourself, why was sandra bland even there? >> five months after bland's death, a grand jury concludes that no felony crime was committed by the sheriff's office or the jailers. they later indict trooper brian insina on a perjury charge for allegedly lying about his confrontation with bland in an affidavit in which he called her combative and uncooperative. >> up to a year in jail, up to a $4,000 fine. >> insina's attorney says he'll plead not guilty. as a result of the indictment, trooper insina is fired by the department of public safety. bland's family says they continue to be denied access to evidence, including the jail security footage.

>> we've been provided copies of the original footage. there are some problems with it. some of the frames freeze for several seconds. there are skips and seem to be time that's missing. that's a concern that we have to flesh out by having the original footage examined forensically. that's why we've been asking for it. we don't know whether or not there's any fingerprints on the ligature that was used. they're claiming that this was self-inflicted. and frankly, the family just wants to see that to be the case. they have always shared that they're prepared to deal with that as an outcome. >> bland's family has filed a federal wrongful death suit against trooper brian insinat. jail employees and other state and county officials. the trial is set for january 2017. >> it is undoubtedly challenging. because if you see a picture, it causes you to confront just how

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i'm not saying nothing. >> turn around. >> get your hands off me. >> an encounter with police quickly escalates into violence. >> ahh! [ bleep ], [ bleep ]! >> october 8th, 2015. in prairie view, texas, 26-year-old jonathan miller serves as a member of the city council. he spends the day doing community service with his fraternity brothers who are in town preparing to celebrate

homecoming at their alma mater, prairie view a&m university. >> sitting down, watching the football game that was on tv that night. and that's when we decided, hey, let's go practice some steps outside. >> stepping is basically a traditional dance that fraternities and sororities do at the college campuses. >> jonathan miller stays inside while the three frat brothers begin to practice their routine. >> we're out here like 15 seconds. my line brother came to change his shoes at his car. as soon as he came to change his shoes we saw a police officer coming from down the street. >> police officer comes up to us, asks for our i.d.s, asks us what are we doing? we're up to no good? >> and i can see the police lights off this paneled wall. so that kind of showed me that i need to at least see what was going on outside. >> the officer explains to

miller why she asked to see his friends' i.d.s. recording it all is a police dash cam, as well as a body camera being worn by a second officer who has just arrived on the scene. >> let me finish. little girls and little guys in the cars doing whatever. when we see this, we come and investigate it. when i pulled up -- >> they were at my house. >> i don't know they're pulling up. >> okay, that's fine, i'm not trying to be combative -- >> okay, i'm not either. >> he's a city councilor. >> i know who he is. it don't matter, i know who he is. >> all i'm saying is we were standing outside, we were just going over some marches. we're not doing anything illegal. >> we're already getting profiled for literally standing outside. it doesn't matter that we said we're alumni, it doesn't matter that we just did community service. none of that matters. >> just three months before this incident, the prairie view police department made national news in the controversial arrest

of sandra bland, who would later die in jail. >> i will light you up! get out! >> wow. >> now! >> wow. >> get out of the car! >> after listening to the conversation with jonathan miller, the second officer, michael kelly, steps in. >> you had these three right here? >> yeah. >> okay, come on go stand over there, man. this is a scene. this is a scene. come on -- >> officer -- >> put your hands up before you go to jail for interfering. i'm not going to tell you again. we're not going to keep playing these games, brother -- >> you're not my brother. >> go back over there. >> -- second of all, i live here -- >> i'm telling you, this is her scene, back off, you're interfering. go over there before you go to jail. >> and i moved back maybe about 20 feet. once i got to that distance, i didn't feel like i was interfering. i didn't feel like i was physically trying to be combative or anything. i just wanted to hear what was going on with my guests. >> i'm telling you one more time, man. go over there before you go to

jail. turn around. >> i'm not saying nothing -- >> turn around. >> keep your hands off me. >> i'm not saying nothing -- >> the officer grabs miller's arm and forces him to the ground. >> go ahead and do what he said, put your hands behind you -- hey, put your hands behind your back and quit resisting him are quit resisting, okay? i need you to quit quit resisting -- >> i haven't done anything wrong. >> i'm recording you. get down and put your hands on your back -- >> down on the ground before you get tased. put your hands behind -- >> you're not doing like he's asking. >> put your hands behind your back. >> that's when i knew i needed to get my camera out. if he's going to slam a councilman on the ground, there's probably no limit to what he's going to do. i started recording everything that he's doing. >> put your hands behind your back. >> he's going to have to details you. you're not doing like he said -- >> ahh! [ bleep ], [ bleep ]! >> put your hands behind your back! >> [ bleep ]! >> put your hands behind your back! >> what the [ bleep ] -- >> put your hands behind your

back! put your hands behind your back! >> i live here, man! >> stay back, bro. >> i live here, i live here! >> cases like this where, especially a man on his knees, some would wonder what kind of threat is he posing? what prove dated this kind of extreme level of force? tasers kill people. it's a less-lethal form of force. less lethal, right? when you have thousands of votes of electricity pumped through your body, that 's a very dangerous situation. >> you guys are fine. i appreciate you guys cooperating, i really do. >> the three fraternity brothers are free to go, but miller's ordeal is far from over. an emt arrives on the scene to remove the taser barbs that are still attached to miller's back. >> you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be

used against you in a court of law -- >> miller is charged with interference and resisting arrest. he is released from jail the next morning. >> i've never had a mark on my record. i honestly look back on it. fy really was interfering, i feel like he could have wrote me a citation. i feel like there's other ways you could have gotten your point across without putting a taser in my back and sending me to jail. >> put your hands behind your back! >> what the [ bleep ] -- >> three months after the incident, the charges against miller are dropped. a grand jury indicts officer kelly on a misdemeanor charge of official oppression. which accuses the officer of unlawfully arresting miller. officer kelly is suspended without pay. he has pled not guilty. coming up -- >> i'm scared, you just pulled a gun out! >> frightening moments for a family during a traffic stop. >> ahh!

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i'm richard lui with the hour's top stories. national outrage has moved nearly 1 million people to call on the removal of judge aaron persky. the critics say the judge's decision to sentence brock turn tore six months in prison for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman was unfair. hillary clinton scored an endorsement for president from reverie jesse jackson who called her "the most qualified." jackson encouraged clinton to develop an urban agency. now back to "caught on camera." in 2013, comedian chris rock was shooting an episode of "comedians in cars getting

coffee," a web series hosted by jerry seinfeld. during the taping, they're interrupted by a traffic stop. >> oh, boy. now here's the crazy thing. if you weren't here, i'd be scared. i'm famous. i'm black. >> stop it. that's terrible. >> two years later, rock takes to twitter to document three traffic stops in just seven weeks. >> when you see those blue lights behind you, even if you're not doing anything wrong, that fear in the pit of your stomach is something so common for african-americans. >> whether it's real or imagined, the fear that people say they have, i think we should probably take their word for it. people have said time and time again -- seen time and time again the violence police will use against people for small offenses that escalate. >> september 24th, 2014. in hammond, indiana, lisa mahon

and her partner demal jones get a call from a doctor telling them that mahon's ailing mother is in grave condition. >> we picked up the kids from school. and was en route to the hospital. and the officer pulled us over. so i pulled over on this side. and he pulled over back of me. got out of the car. he asked me for my driver's license and my insurance. and i gave it to him. >> the officer informs mahon that she was pulled over for not wearing a seat belt. he then asks to see her partner's i.d. >> i didn't understand why he needed my identification. kids and me, we had on our seat belt. >> jones tells the officer he doesn't have his i.d. that's when mahon says the officer takes out a stick strip and lays it down in front of her tires. >> i don't understand what even made him think that i was going to run because of a seat belt

violation. that's when i called 911. >> 911. >> i asked if a superior could come on the scene because i did not trust him. >> mahon's two children, 7-year-old jenia and 14-year-old joseph are sitting in the back seat. >> i heard that it was legal to film police. when i started seeing how he was escalating it, that's when i pulled out my phone and started recording. >> i got a white shirt -- >> jones asks to speak with the so-called white shirt. commanding officers wear white shirts in some police departments. in others their rank is displayed with an insignia on their shirt. >> y'all got a white shirt? >> look at my shoulder, dumbass. i got the bars. >> dumbass? he calling names. >> this man that's disrespecting me in front of the kids, in front of lisa, i say, no, i'm definitely not getting out of this car now.

>> a second officer arrives on the scene. since jones doesn't have his driver's license, he looks around for paperwork that could help to identify him. >> my kids are in the car! i'm going to get my book bag. >> once i reached to the back to get the book bag from joseph, that's when the officers pulled out their guns. >> i'm scared, you just pulled a gun out! >> i don't know you, i don't know you -- >> i don't have a gun, we don't have a gun! i'm scared! did you take that? i'm scared! >> i reached in the back for my book bag. you asked for my i.d. so i have to get information -- >> you just pulled a gun out on us, we don't have a gun, in front of my kids! >> you asked for my i.d., you asked for my i.d. >> what the hell? >> mahon is still on the phone with the 911 operator. >> why won't you open the door? >> because he pulled a gun out.

>> if he's pulling a gun he's in fear of his life as well. >> no, we don't have any -- >> ma'am, ma'am -- >> yes, yes. >> he cannot see in your vehicle. you are being asked to roll down the window. you are being asked -- all you need to do is follow the officer's orders. >> it's a gamble. it was like, stay in the car or get out the car, he say that i move funny and shoot me? i believe something worse would have happened. >> a third officer arrives on the scene with a dash cam rolling in his vehicle. >> open the door, sir. we're going to on the part door for you. you understand? >> are you going to open the door? >> you need to get out of the car. they're not going to hurt you if you listen. >> why do you say somebody's not going to hurt you, being black and stopped by the police -- [ screaming ] >> i thought i was dying at that moment. i mean, i just felt myself being

pulled out of the car. i didn't even know that them little streams was that strong to pull my body out of the vehicle. >> turn over, turn over! >> i have never been that scared in my life. i saw the look on my sister's face. she starts screaming. >> no! >> this is -- wait, y'all recording that? >> that's my daughter, man! >> i was thinking like, should i start recording? i just had to think. you've just got to go with what's going on and try to keep calm. because i knew in the long run, this could really help us. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> no! >> i told you my kids are in the kid, why would you all do that -- >> jones is arrested and charged with resisting law enforcement, refusing to aid an officer, and

refusal to provide identifying information. he has pled not guilty. >> they took him to jail. he had a $750 bond. i went and bonded him out. i didn't make it to the hospital until 10:30 at night. when i got there the lady said that my mom was moving around. before i got there. i didn't ever see her mom around again. if i had got there a little earlier i would have been able to see. >> using joseph's cell phone video as evidence, mahon and jones have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the police officers of excessive force and false arrest. the hammond police department says the officers feared there could have been a weapon in the car and acted in the interest of officer safety, in accordance with state law. >> it's a part of my life now. because i have wounds that remind me of it. just a moment enia, any time she see a flashing light, she hear sirens, she gets scared.

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>> police every single day are dealing with some of the most violent among us. people who will kill them. but i think that the police department do not hold individuals accountable in problems within. >> tamir rice playing with a pellet gun in a cleveland, ohio, park. >> there's a little orange clip on these pellet guns which is supposed to identify them. that had been removed. >> a bystand history sees rice with the pellet gun calls 911 and says there's a black male pointing a pistol at people in the park. police are dispatched to the scene but they are not told that the caller also said the pistol is probably fake and the person holding it could be a juvenile. when two police officers arrive on the scene, they open fire, killing rice. police report that they had given rice an order to show his

hands, and instead, they say, the boy reached for the gun in his waistband. >> so there was really a disconnect between what the officers perceived was happening, meaning they were confronting an armed man, and the realization that what they were actually confronting was a 12-year-old boy. >> a grand jury declines to indict the officers on any charges. the city of cleveland agrees to pay a $6 million settlement to the estate of tamir rice. but does not admit any wrongdoing. >> if we don't wrestle with the fact that we have given law enforcement absolute immunity from any legitimate accountability for the choices they make to take another human being's life, in this case two seconds for a small 12-year-old child in a public park, then we're to blame. it's our fault. because we have the right, we have the obligation, to change

the laws when they don't work or they be they abjure or violate our sense of responsibility. >> at the heart is training. at the washington state criminal justice training commission officials are determined to change the culture of policing. their goal is to turn every recruit in the state into what they call guardians of democracy who will serve and protect rather than conquer and control. >> what did he have the right to do versus what's the right thing to do is really what we stress here. does it make sense from an ethical standpoint as opposed to a legal standpoint? so you have to take those things into account when you're going to use force. >> by use the discretion and common sense, to be thinking like free-thinking, critically-thinking people, we can give to gain back some of the ground that we've lost in recent years. >> one of the programs is our

diversity program in which we're looking at implicit bias. we're acknowledging that everyone has biases. and sometimes they're implicit. you don't know about them, they come out during certain things. we want you to understand yourself better so you can treat others better. >> for the recruits, lessons in de-escalation and critical decision-making are integrated into their traditional firearms training. >> our philosophy is we teach you how to operate that weapon, but we also want you to exhaust as many opportunities as possible to avoid that conflict. so when they get into some situations, they now have streams of information that they can pull together to help solve a problem. and knowledge versus fear. >> the good cops out there are doing this already. if you can stay on that track, then you can make it through some of the ups and downs in a tough career. if your mind's in the wrong spot, if your heart's not in it anymore, you're not here for the right reasons anymore, you'll start drifting away and you'll be one of those officers that we

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s. august 5th, 2014. security cameras inside an ohio walmart show 22-year-old john crawford iii holding a pellet gun that he had picked up in the store's sporting goods section. another customer seeing crawford with the gun dials 911 to report an armed man in the store. moments later, police officers arrive on the scene and open fire on crawford. he is later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

according to police, crawford did not respond to their verbal commands to drop the gun. but an attorney for crawford's family disagrees, saying the officers fired within seconds of arriving. while crawford was on his cell phone with his back turned to the officers. >> he was walking around walmart with a product that walmart sold. they immediately begin firing without checking out who the person is. and so i think for a lot of african-americans, that is the big disconnect in policing. that if they're confronting a white american, a white citizen, there's an inherent sense of that person is less dangerous, that they can take the chance to talk to them. >> a grand jury determined that the officers involved in the shooting were justified in their actions. november 27th, 2014. 25-year-old brandon mckeon records a video on his cell phone that he later posts to facebook showing a police

officer stopping to question him near his home in pontiac, michigan. >> you're making people nervous. >> by walking sfwhi. >> they said you had your hands in your pockets. >> wow. walking by with your hands in your pockets makes you nervous to call police, when it's snowing outside? >> it is. >> okay. >> the officer is using a cell phone to record his own video of their action. >> what are you up to? >> walking. with my hands in my pocks. walking. >> is it an inconvenience to talk to me right now? >> hell, yeah. because of the whole police situation across the country it's outrageous. somebody walking down the street with their hands in their pockets? there's 10,000 people walking around with their hands in their pockets -- >> you're right but we do have a lot of robberies so just checking on you. >> we don't talk about in many cases the person who actually picks up the phone and calls a police officer in the first place. >> many of these situations, the police aren't just showing up, right some someone called them. so there is a societal issue

where society views black men in particular as some sort of threat. >> the oakland county sheriff's office says that minutes earlier, they received a 911 call from a local business owner who had previously been the victim of seven robberies. >> there's a guy that passes five, six times back and forth, back and forth, looking at us, looking inside. he looks suspicious. >> the caller said the man was wearing a green hoodie and black jacket. and was walking by their window with his hands in his pockets. >> you say you're fine, you're good. >> that's fine. just make sure i have this on camera -- >> me too. >> for sure. for my safety and yours. i'm being very respectable, you're being very respectable -- >> high five. >> the whole situation -- i'm really mad at the situation and whoever called. that's crazy. >> hey, we got to check out, the same way if you're feeling nervous and called us we'd check on it for you. >> i'm glad that there are police out here, know what i'm

saying, who make sure. but hell no. >> all right. you have a good one. >> it was good to see that ended without anyone being hurt or unjustly charged in anything. >> walking. >> we talk about the crime of walking while black. this was literally a black man walking with his hand in his pocket. that sparked calls from neighbors that were concerned. i think we really need to sometimes sit back and see who we actually are as americans, right? and to see how much stereotypes and bias plays in our everyday thinking. >> and unfortunately, for all the body cameras that are being purchased across police agencies in the united states today, for all the empowered citizens who are pulling out their phones just in case something happens when they see law enforcement officer pull someone over, till we change our wiring, until we change our cultural attitudes, until we recognize the humanity of individuals, we're going to continue to see a debate about what's really on the tape

itself. this man -- >> hope you're not married. >> wants the prostitutes in his neighborhood gone. >> if i catch you, you get a life sentence. >> he -- >> you ought to be ashamed of yourself! >> -- wants government officials to play by the same rules as everybody else. >> they're afraid of me. >> you're not allowed do that. >> and they're afraid of my video camera. >> and she -- >> i probably cried more than i have in my life. >> -- summons the strength to protect her father. what all three of these people capture on camera is shocking. >> something just hit me like a ton of bricks. >> in plain sight. >> you're going to jail, buddy. >> and in their homes. >> get out of my face, man! >> using video cameras.