he is a lawyer for tamir rice's family who filed the affidavits. and we're also joined by rhonda williams, the director of the social justice institute at case western reserve university. she's one of the eight community activists who signed the affidavits in tamir rice's case. she's also a member of the "collaborative for a safe, fair, and just cleveland" and the author of, "concrete demands: the search for black power in the 20th century." walter madison and rhonda williams, thank you for joining us. walter madison, let's start with you. can you explain what the legal avenue you pursued was, rather than waiting for a prosecutor in the case to bring charges? >> well, it is a very fundamental concept of citizens for dissipating. in ohio, they have that right. there are few and there states -- there are few handful of states that share citizen participation rights. at its core, it is the most american thing i've seen in my life. what the government and any person would want is their people to be engaged, the involved with a system to that engagement

lowman took tamir's fake gun for a real one. police responded to the lawsuit stating tamir's death was directly caused by his own actions. >> the city's answer was very disrespectful to my son tamir. >> three days later the mayor of cleveland apologized for city's response. >> we are apologizing today as a city to the family of contaminateir rice and to the citizens of the city of cleveland for our poor words and the insensitivity in the use of those words. >> the u.s. department of justice released the findings of a nearly two year investigation of the city of cleveland. today both the city and d ompj areoj areworking for sweeping are reforms. >> has anyone taken accountability for the shooting of tamir. >> not that we can see. >> for now this mother is trying to cope with life without her son. >> the support in the nation is just holding me up now. the only way i'm still moving and walking with the support of the nation. >> sameria rice is demanding that the officers involved in tamir's death be criminally charged but it is th

you want tamir rice to represent more than that. and again, i see even on today the same kind of resolve. >> absolutely. you know it's interesting how people view the commencement of violence. we share this thought that we didn't start this violence, you know. and we also shared a thought that this family didn't get in line to become victims. and it's just sad and somewhat offensive in many instances to say, or to -- for someone to infer that we want anything other than peace. tamir wanted to grow up pursue happiness, become a man have children. that's what he wanted. and that's peaceful. so yes, that's what we represent. but at the same time we will recognize violence for what it is. and that's exactly what was perpetrated on this young boy. >> walter madison, attorney for the tamir rice family, thank you so much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> joining me now, former prosecutor and host of "judge faith," faith jenkins. and former federal prosecutor paul butler thank you. both for being here. >> sure thanks rev. >> faith, th

to about tamir?on each other, laughing about that playing video games. >> where do you feel him most? >> in my heart. >> in your heart. is that tough to it feel him in there and not here? >> real tough. >> joining me now is veteran prosecutor paul henderson. thank you for being here. >> plerasure to be here. >> paul, prosecutor says the investigation could be finished in a matter of months. what is your take on that? >> well, obviously what he's talking about is his decision to use the grand jury. and we've talked about this before the prosecutor at anytime can charge on his own initiative and produce by way of preliminary hearing for charges like this. and so saying that it will be extended by a matter of months means that he's going to present the evidence to a grand jury to seek an indictment and to seek criminal charges rather than just filing the charges himself and presenting them in front of a judge. and we've heard commentary about what they think might happen or could happen on the evidence.

tamir responded with a nod to the head and reached for his hand. joining me now is legal analyst ariba martin and former new york city police officer and director of black law enforcement alliance mark calacston. thank you for being here. >> thanks, rev. >> the officer said he warned tamir rice how does this get resolved? >> very troubling. what we're learning is we've been told all along there was a warning given, at least multiple warnings but we're hearing from the investigation is no one heard that warning. no police dashcam, no body camera, so now we have this dispute between the officer who is claiming he did give a warning and the witnesses who were on the scene who apparently witnessed everything that happened saying they didn't hear that warning. very, very disturbing and also the timing. what we're learning is it happen sod so quickly it's doubtful there was a warning. >> you also have this judge. >> yes. >> that has come out with an advisory opinion based on the attorney for the family attorney madison going with the obscure law and the

particularly this case is about tamir rice, but we have to understand that tamir rice is happening incontext of issues, in the context of cleveland and elsewhere in the nation. but also in an historical context. and so we said the voice of the voiceless must speak. the community must be engaged. we are going to come together as residents and do this together and stand together. >> let me ask you to respond. i saw the statement from the police union in cleveland today. and it was -- strong. let's say. the president of the cleveland police patrolman's association says this. it is very sad how miserable the lives of these self-appointed activists, civil rights leaders and clergy must be. i can't imagine being so consumed with hatred. he went on to say trying to coerce public officials into filing charges is a very dangerous game. what is your response? >> you know, when i hear mob rule because i'm a social justice advocate and scholar, because when i hear mob rule i see and i hear and remember lynching. and i see and hear and remember parties where black bodies were hung from trees. i se

as seen on the surveillance tape, a police officer pulled the patrol car up to tamir rice. from the passenger side flavor timothy lowman shoots the 12-year-old in the abdomen. the gun turned out to be an air soft gun. it was this tape as we reported earlier this week that a group of activists used to invoke an obscure ohio law that allows "a person with knowledge of offense to file an affidavit and formally ask a judge to order arrests." today, just two days after that affidavit was filed, cleveland municipal court judge ronald adrine responded. while it is up to prosecutors to file charges and the ruling is advisory, he did find there is probable cause to charge the officer who 1409shot tamir rice with murder and probable cause to charge his partner with negligent homicide. his ruling specifically referenced the speed with which the officers approached and shot tamir rice. the video in question in this case is notorious and hard to watch. the judge wrote after viewing it several times, this court is still thunder struck how quickly this turned deadly. on the video, the car

the supporters of tamir rice and his family believe it's a victory. the judge said there was probable probable cause of pressing charges. murder manslaughter reckless homicide negligent homicide and derelict of duty. they wanted the arrest of the officers. that's where the judge stopped short saying he didn't have the power to order their arrest. he would need an order coming from a prosecutor. that means that's where it comes back to the prosecutor where this case has been. the family for tamir rice is saying that well this is one step toward justice. the attorney who represents timothy says this is prejudicial. there was essentially a trial, but not much in the way of evidence and no grand jury. totally wrong in the legal process. he spoke to me last night. >> i think his life will never be the same. he's a young man, wanted to be a police officer, is a police officer and depending on who you talk to everybody has a different version of facts. the only facts i would rely on are what the sheriff's department did. it's been assassination by innuendo.

ohio judge sides with community activist showing there's enough evidence to charge two police ofng of tamir rice. a new lead... >> blood hounds picked up a scent this morning >>> authorities picked up the scent for two on the run >>> health alert - a growing number of people in south korea, raising concerns the virus may show up in the u.s. >>> good evening i'm jonathan betz you are watching al jazeera america. we begin with a shocking allegation. the federal employees union says the security breach was far worse than what the public was told and the hackers possessed personnel information of every current and former government workers. jonathan betz joins us. >> yes, this is a big trade yun unist. the american federation of government employees, the biggest union that has government employees, 676,000 of them. tonight they are saying look, since the leak last week we have had little substantive information from the administration about what is going on. the union is saying they are hiding behind the fact that this is ongoing criminal investigation as a reason for not giving too many detail

it turned out tamir had a non-lethal pellet gun. investigators said the boy who had given it to him had cautioned him to be careful because it looked like a real gun. loehmann and his partner frank garmback declined to be interviewed by investigators. this report comes just two days after a judge ruled that there was enough evidence to charge officer loehmann with murder, and his partner with negligent homicide. that was only an advisory ruling, not binding on prosecutors. the prosecutor's office says it will take the case to a grand jury in a matter of weeks which will decide if the officers will face criminal charges, tom. >> and we'll be watching those developments. okay, ron, thank you. >>> and unsettled start to the weekend for the center of the country. and a cleanup from texas to the northeast after damaging winds. downed trees and power lines in eastern new york knocked out power to more than 1,000 customers. texas getting a new round of heavy raining driving rough on flooded roads. tomorrow a new round of severe weather. th

breaking news this the case of tamir rice.2-year-old boy killed by cleveland police six month s ago. it has drawn calls for an independent investigation. the local sheriffs department has been conducting its own investigation and gave findings to a prosecutor last week but no charges have been filed yet there. late today, however, a cleveland judge ruled there is cause to charge two officers in rice's death. judge ronald adron captured what many people have felt watching the footage. he writes in this new opinion that the video is notorious and hard to watch. after viewing it several times, i'm still thunder struck by how quickly this event turned deadly them judge found there is probable cause to charge one officer with murder and the other with negligent homicide and noted how quickly the officers arrived and killed rice saying they left virtually no time quote, for rice to react or respond to verbal or audible commands between the time police arrived and the time rice was shot. literally the judge writes the entire encounte

both responding police officers declined to be interviewed, as did tamir rice's family.owhere in the report does it draw a specific conclusion as to whether the shooting was justified or not. >> let's get some more insight and bring back cnn law enforcement analyst cedric alexander. when you hear all these take-aways from the report, what's the first thing you think about? >> what's interesting about this case, being that the investigation is now over, there are a lot of questions being raised and a lot of questions significant to this case in regards to what took place on this particular day. i'm thrown aback in the sense that that 911 operator did not deliver certain information to those patrol vehicles arriving on the scene. there's still a lot of work to be done in this case. and as they continue to go forward, particularly the district attorney's office, there are a lot of questions that still have to be answered in all fairness to everyone involved in this case. >> the fact they're saying this air pistol looked very real, the orange tip that establishes fake from r

we're starting this half with new details in the death of tamir rice. he was the 12-year-old boy shot and killed by a cleveland police officer. this is surveillance video from the incident. that was last november. and investigators have now compiled this report of the shooting. it's just now been handed over a grand jury. they will now study the report and decide whether or not to indict the officers. this comes days after a judge says that he believes there is enough evidence to move forward the charges. back to the report. martin savage delves deep into the findings. >> reporter: the investigation seems to confirm the story most people know, but delivers greater detail. in a key finding the report cannot confirm a police officer's statement he shouted ordered to rice before shooting him. according to interviews, it is unclear whether officer lohman shouted verbal commands to rice. investigators found lohman shot one to two seconds after getting out of his far, firing two shots, one that hit the boy who was standing four and a half to seven feet away.

. >>> a cleveland judge has recommended charges against police officers in the shooting death of tamir rice. he was playing with a pellet gun at a reck center when he was killed. martin, what has the community reaction been to this announcement? >> reporter: so far the community reaction has been watching and trying to discern exactly what did this judge mean and what does it mean going forward? the municipal court judge said there was enough probable cause in his opinion. and this is a nonbinding ruling. but in his opinion these two officers should be charged in connection with the death of 12-year-old tamir rice. in the case of the officer who fired the fatal shot he said there was probable cause for charges of murder involuntary manslaughter negligent homicide and der . what they wanted was the arrest of the officers. the judge said he can't do that. didn't have the authority. said that power still rests with the prosecutor. that's where this case now goes back to the county prosecutor. he says look i'm not charging anybody. that will be up to a grand jury. and as of yet the grand j

are you trying to sweep tamir rice's death under the rug?nd that's what everybody's asking. >> the judge in this case benjamin he makes the point. he's not able to order these arrests. so what does this really change? >> what it changes is you have a judge in a court of law saying there is enough probable cause to charge these officers with a crime. now, whether the district attorney does it or not, it's still going to be up to the district attorney and we know from what happened in staten island and ferguson that there's never a guarantee when you have the police being charged with a crime, or being questioned in a crime. and so the judge doing this here such a powerful message to the d.a. that even a court decision demanding that there's probable cause, but some crime. >> does it make you more optimistic about the outcome here? >> it certainly makes me optimistic. i likefeel like we got one step closer to justice today. >> benjamin crump the lawyer for the family of tamir rice. thank you for talking to us on the phone there. >>> just ahead

it turned out tamir had a nonlethal plastic pellet gun. tamir's mother told "good morning america" she wanted to see both officers charged with murder. >> i'm looking for a conviction for both of the officers. >> although that petition demanded that the two officers be arrested if there was a finding of probable cause, that will not happen. the judge saying only the prosecutors can do that. tonight, the county prosecutor's office saying it will await the decision of a grand jury, and, david, that could be weeks, even months or way. >> weeks or months. all right. ron claiborne tonight. ron, thanks. >>> now, to the severe weather hitting at this hour. 12 states, 20 million americans expecting major storms tonight. the images coming in from just the last 24 hours. incredible there, lightning blowing out transformers in florida. and this supercell filling the sky above callahan, colorado. and this is the map tonight. the severe weather concerns at this hour from colorado to michigan and now a tornado confirmed here in new york. here's meteorol

now to the long awaited report on the tamir rice shooting in cleveland. t the sheriff's department in ohiotm conducted the investigation into co what happened when a clevelandpe police officer shot and killed the 12-year-old who was holding a toy gun.ng the report is what the prosecutor will largely use in deciding who to move forward with charges. as dean reynolds tell us, the report contains new accounts about what happened on the playground last november. >> reporter: that's 12-year-old tamir rice waving a toy pellet-o gun at a cleveland park last november.ast witnesses that day said they had seen him and another boy aiming at the tires of parked cars. c and eventually an unidentified bystander called 911 because911 rice was, "acting gangster,"in waving a pistol and scaring people. but then he added this. >> reporter: according to the t sheriff's report separate constance hollinger transmitted information electronically to police dispatcher beth mandl. but mandl said she was not made aware that the officer called said the suspect may be a jewel knife o

gentlemen, just first on tamir rice before we pivot to something else. thoughts on what's happening. >> i'm encouraged to see that this had been taken to the prosecutor's office. this has been something that people have talked about even a week ago or two weeks ago when the other cleveland case is happening. people say that one is a lot fuzzier. but when we talk about tamir rice this is a kid, 12 years old, officer shows up starts shooting very quickly, calls it in as not a 12-year-old but a 20-year-old, which makes people think again, do law enforcement agents have difficulty reading the situation when black people are involved? so it's a hot-button issue. >> i don't think we're going to have an indictment here at all. the officer did act properly although the fact is their tactics were a little strange. i didn't agree with their tactics here and how they pulled up to that kid and jumped out and started firing right away. i think they should have stopped maybe about 50 feet away and tried to find out if he was going to take a shot at them or whatever. e

the shooting death of tamir rice in cleveland. he was shot and killed while he was holding a toy gun. a judge ruled there is enough evidence to charge the officers. ron allen with late details now. >> reporter: this police surveillance video captured the moment last november when tamir rice was shot and killed allegedly by timmy loehmann responding to 911 calls, the gun in the 12-year-old's hand was a pellet gun. a judge found probable cause loehmann should face murder and probable cause of accusations of negligent homicide and against his partner. the court is thunderstruck by how quickly the event turned deadly. his opinion in response to activists who used an obscure ohio law to ask the judge to weigh in. >> we're asking for an arrest. that's what the statute calls for. >> reporter: the judge's opinion is advisory, county prosecutors say they will present the case to a grand jury, well aware grand juries have not charged police in some recent high-profile shootings. rice's mother said she's trying to be optimistic. >> at the en

tamir rice was wearing a toy gun when shot by police. bisi onile-ere has more. >> reporter: thursday's decision comes days after a group of clergy and activists used a little-known law asking the court to order the roast of arrest of police officers involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice in november. >> the people decided to take the opportunity to make the government work for them. this is not a contradiction. this is not a circumvention. this is simply appplying the law that is available so that our government is responsible and accountable to us. >>> the boy was playing with a pellet gun in a park. the officers pulled up. the shooting caught on surveillance video. the judge released his opinoin on thursday, stating that he found probable cause that the officer be charged with negligent homicide and dereliction of duty, and said officer loehmann who fired the shots should face the same charges, including murder, involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide. >> this is more than about law, this is about a moral oblig

he added the video does not display the toy gun in tamir's hands. there appears to be little if any time reflected on the video for rice to react or respond to any verbal or audible commands. and the entire encounter is over in an instant. the judge also said probable cause exists to charge the other officer in the case with negligent homicide and dereliction of duty. this opinion today comes in response to a motion filed by a group of activists and clergy members. on tuesday they used an obscure ohio law to ask the judge to review the matter directly. tonight it rests in the hands of judge timothy mcginty. he will decide whether to charge the officers. but today's opinion could certainly affect how the public views that process. joining me from cleveland, one of the clergy members who filed court papers an outstanding leader in that community. they filed the payments asking the judge to review the case. we are also joined by ari, nbc's chief correspondent and co-host on msnbc. thank you both for being here. >> good evening. >> thank you for having

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. >>> and a judge says that the mister who killed tamire rice should face charges. >>> and the convicts who escaped from a maximum security prison six days ago remain on the loose. we begin with hour with new details with a massive cyber attack against the u.s. federal government. today, we learn from the federal employee's union that the attack was far worse than obama administration described. and hackers may from obtained the personal information of 4 million u.s. workers. and they may have compromised toss about every u.s. government worker. john joins us from washington. >> reporter: yes david good evening, and this is a very large unit here in washington, the american employees, and they say that this whole thing is really far far bigger than the administration has been letting on. and they are finding it very odd that they have 600,000 employees as members and so far yet very little substantive information has filtered through to them from the administration about what is going on. and they think that the administration is using as cover the ongoing criminal investigation in orde

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a grand jury will decide along with the prosecutor will decide if the officer shot tamir rice. >>> and the u.s. is looking to deploy a new lilly pad strategy in iraq. general martin dempsey says the best way is to expand a footprint in the region to set up bases in iraq with hundreds deploying to train iraqi forces. >> the key component is to improve the iraqi security forces and improve their capabilities and confidence on the battle field. >> proposed locations for the lilly pad base is tikrit and mosul. let's go to ian lee with the latest on that strategy with u.s. boots in the region. >> reporter: christine, that puts them close to the frontline, not on the frontline. what they will do is training the iraqi fighters and the military as well as sunni tribal fighters in communications and shooting and how to move on a battle field. especially in an urban environment. they will be working on command and control and logistics and resupply. these were reasons why ramadi fell in the first place. we need to point out what u.s. troops will not be doing. they will not go to the frontlines.

however, that may be construed as a victory for the backers of tamir rice. what they wanted when they filed this law was the arrest of the officers. that has nod happened and won't because he doesn't have the authority to do that. that power rests in the hands of the prosecutors. it goes back to where it always has been. i spoke to the attorney of timothy loehmann. he says it's made them look bad and no grand jury decided if they will be charged. here is what he told me. >> i think his life will never be the same. he is a young man, wanted to be a police officer, is a police officer. and depending on who you talk to everybody has a different version of facts. the only facts i would rely are on the sheriff's department. assassination by innuendo. any one of us would suffer under those conditions. >> reporter: he says nobody suffered more than tamir rice and his family over the tragedy that has occurred but, there needs to be a legal process and rests with a grand jury. alisyn. >> thank you. a win for dominique straszuss kahn. he's accused of hiring prostitute

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as did tamir rice's family. also not in the pages, any specific conclusion as whether the shooting was justified or not. >> hard to relive that. especially when you keep in mind the fact this is a 12-year-old child. all right. thank you for that. >>> well, we have known this for some time. today it becomes official jeb bush is expected to announce his bid for a white house run. cnn is live in miami where the former florida governor will launch that camp. >> good morning. jeb bush will be launching his campaign from here from the campus of the largest college in the country. this announcement comes after months of talk about his white house ambitions as well as after he spent a week on a european tour. now his campaign logo just revealed in a series of preannouncement videos that were released by his campaign. the videos also revealed his logo which consists of jeb followed by an exclamation point. there is no mention of the bush last name. he has made it clear that he plans to distinguish himself from not only h

you have that cleveland eight as tamir rice's family attorney has dubbed.ight people who went with that citizen's affidavit asked the judge, we want charges. we want arrests. they were ecstatic when i talked to member who had come to the judge asking for this. the reality is they didn't get what they wanted. there were no charges issued. this now a political football was tossed to the prosecutor who has promised he will then toss it along to a grand jury to decide if charges will be issued in this case. these folks are very excited about it but it didn't have the outcome they were looking for. >> yes, senator turner, the family's attorney says this is a blue print of what being engaged in your community can do but how much did it have and will it create a resentment in the prosecutor's office as he sends it to the grand jury. >> i will say the african-american community are not, we are not homogeneous be the folks are pleased with this. the cleveland eight brought pressure to bear and the judge responded quickly. that is something that the community has nod

little known law asking the court to arrest the police officers involved in the shooting death of tamire last november. >> the people have decided to take the opportunity to make the opportunity work for them. this is not a contradiction this is not a suhr company vince it's simply applying the law that's available so our government is responsible and accountable to us. >> reporter: the boy was playing with a pell get gun in a park when the officers pulled up. the shooting caught on surveillance video. the judge ronald adrian released his opinion thursday stating that he found probable cause that the officer be charged with negligent homicide and dereliction of duty. the judge also said the officer who fired the fatal shots should face the same charges including murder involuntary manslaughter reckless homicide. >> this is more than just about the law, this is about moral obligation. it's about a moral obligation for my little nieces and nephews who are on the streets of cleveland every day and i fear for their lives. >> reporter: cleveland authorities said the officers mistook the weap

no incident in cleveland has been more horrifying than the killing of tamir rice.security camera video captured rice playing with a pellet gun. the police pulled up, and within two seconds, an officer shot the boy. on the left, you see tamir's 14- year-old sister being tackled by police as she rushed to her dying brother. the police ride up, and almost even before the door is open the 12-year-old boy is shot. >> williams: a 12-year-old boy lost his life, period. and what makes it even more difficult for me, not just as a person that lives in the city but as a chief, is that that happened at the hands of a police officer. >> whitaker: the rookie officer who killed rice was hired by the cleveland p.d., even though another police department had found him emotionally unfit and forced him to resign. how did he get hired by the cleveland police department? >> williams: those are things that are under investigation that we're definitely taking a second, a third, and a fourth look at. >> whitaker: how did he slip through? >> williams: we know some of the things that happen

grand jury in cleveland will decide whether to charge two police officers for the fatal shooting of tamir rice. probable cause was found to charge them. >> this is more than about the law. this is about a moral obligation. >> rice was playing with a plastic pellet gun in a public park when police shot and killed him. activists used a little known law to ask the court to order the arrest of the officers. the judge declined, saying his decision is a recommendation. >> america's to be general says the u.s. could significantly expand its presence in iraq to help fight isil. the white house announced at least 450 troops will advice and assist iraqi forces. the chairman of the joint chiefs is pointing toward even bigger plans. >> even before the boots of the u.s. military advisers hit the ground, joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey said the so-called lily pads could be used elsewhere in iraqi. he told reporters with him on an overseas trip our campaign is built on establishing these lily pads that allow us to encourage the iraqi security forces forward. we're looking all the time to se

from the viral surveillance footage of the officer shooting tamir in the park. they argued and the judge referenced the video in the affidavit. he said the video is hard to watch, after watching it several times, the court is thunderstruck about how quickly this event turned deadly. the advisory opinion does not supersede the decisions of prosecutors. the prosecutor has been handling the case and said in a statement on thursday that this case as with all other fatal uses of deadly force cases involving law enforcement will go to the grand jury. joining me now is president and ceo of the na aacp, cornell williams brooks. obviously this is just an advisory opinion. but it was one that was met with many of us who have been watching this story closely as a potential turn as what we may see happen in cleveland. >> it's an encouraging turn. this judge, by this finding of probable cause, even though it's advisory with respect to the first officer, five charges, second officer, two charges has essentially made the case of why. the prosecutor is left with the question of

we also learned tamir got the toy gun just hours before he was killed. law enforcement on the scene said both officers appeared distraught after learning the weapon was a bb gun. a grand jury will decide if the officers will face any charges. >>> black or white? the question is more than just skin-deep. it's a question about identity and privilege. so it was no surprise that rachel dolezal sparked a fire storm when her parents outed her for passing as african-american. they say she's really white. dolezal a washington state naacp leader, sent a letter to fellow members today saying that she would address the controversy on monday. when she does, we'll be sure to tell you what she's going to sayn't it. >>> the muggy conditions will stick around tomorrow. plus, prepare for the possibility of storms. storm team4 meteorologist is coming up with the timing. >>> crab season is in full swing but we will reveal why some of your favorite restaurants may >>> a huge party today in northwest. thousands of people lined the streets of dupont circle, logan circle to wa

the family of tamir rice is very very encouraged by the judge's ruling. most people around the community there in cleveland are very encouraged by this. >> what will your team do if the prosecutor, who says and as you're saying, the case will now be going to the grand jury, elect not to charge the police officers? what are your next steps? >> well, you know there's a civil wrongful dealt lawsuit filed in this matter. however, the department of justice has just enters into a consent decree with the city of cleveland. if the prosecutor does nothing we will ask the department of justice to review this matter. understand it has been over six months now. it's on video. everybody sees what happened there, the question for the family in the community is what is taking so long. that's why the local pastors work with us to present this company the court because they were very concerned about whether or not there was an attempt to sweep the death of this 12-year-old child under the rug. >> speaking of the family, benjamin what's been their reaction so far? >> well,

tamir wright he was shot by police. community leaders there want to go directly to a judge, bypass the prosecutor and go to the judge because it's been six months and they have not seen justice. is it possible? >> it's possible. >> can they do that? >> legally, they can. that's not in dispute. the question is will it work and two, is it wise? first of all, i don't think it will work. >> why? >> it's an obscure law they are using to do this. the question is why are they doing it? these are smart people. they are doing it to keep the national spotlight on the issue. ask the question why haven't there been charges filed. >> harry, why haven't there been charges filed? >> the investigation is still ongoing. sometimes it takes a long time in an investigation like this. they are criminal investigations going on. they are going to have to take it to a grand jury either way. we have to wait to find out. the obscure law they are going to try to utilize to get him indicted their own way, it's not going to happen. >> it's not thei

it's a small amount of justice for tamir. >> the officers say they thought it was a real weapon. >>> doctors treating the germanwings co-pilot thought he was unfit to fly, but they didn't tell the airline because of german privacy laws. prosecutors say lubitz had seven medical paints before the crash that kill 150 people. a psychiatrist concluded he was unstable. lubitz consulted more than 40 doctors in the past five years. he feared he was going blind, threatening his career. it's not clear whether his problems were rear or imagined. >>> the body killed while fighting isis is on its way home this morning. they said his faith led him to take up arms. >> reporter: hundreds of people turned up in the kurdish town of kobani cheering the body of keith broomfield. the 36-year-old is believed to be the first american killed fighting against isis forces in syria. >> i'm here do what i can. >> reporter: broomfield's family hadn't heard from him in several months. they spoke to the media thursday saying keith's faith motivated him to join the fight. >> he really felt led by the lord to go ove