avery brown says an unidentified woman also kicked the officer in the head.y after that did the officers partner pull his gun. >> he originally drew his baton and and badge. he identified himself as an officer. >> chief do you support your officers decision to draw his gun at that moment. >> yes, i do. his decision to draw his weapon is because he felt his life was in jeopardy. >> it's very dangerous. i would say this is reckless behavior. >> it was excessive and i think when you take police who are not accustomed to situations like this, bad things are going to happen. >> reporter: now the chp says the mission of those officers last night was to keep the protesters off of the highway. those two officers are not being named. chief browns says the alameda district attorney is reviewing what happened. >> such a tough situation. eric thank you. >>> we have new video out of alameda tonight where they said an ac transit bus struck and killed a man. the man was walking in the crosswalk when the bus hit him. the officers have not released the man's identify. the ac

brown. and this same week, the doj released a report saying excessive force was prominent and went unpunished in the cleveland police department. let's bring this our legal guys, averyd. good to see you. and richard herman, a new york criminal defense attorney and law professor, joining us from las vegas. good to see you as well. so, avery, you first. a lot happening in your backyard. you and a group of lawyers, in fact, meeting thursday with the attorney general and justice officials to talk about the justice department's probe and its report about the cleveland police department, which comes right on the heels of 12-year-old tamir rice by a police officer. so what did the report say and what impact may it have on these other cases, federal investigations including ferguson? >> yeah, it's 158 pages, fredricka. and it is riveting and devastating. it demonstrates how poorly police have been supervised, the inadequacy of training, the failure of community policing, a multitude of issues. but if there's any good news about that report by the department of justice, and it's going to impact ferguson, it's going to impact new york city and other major departments, and tha