baca: he still has that little smirk on his mouth.al painting is best taught by virtue of people working with someone more experienced. the apprentice model, which is a historic model, is the best model for training people to become a mural painter. the formal aspects of doing large-scale paintings are only one part of the process. as far as i'm concerned, it really is not as important as learning how do this with patience and insight and sensitivity. woman: do you want any certain color scheme separated? that's it. public art is perhaps one of the most political of all art forms, because what we're talking about is whose idea of a story can be represented, and whether, in fact, it's good for the public to know all of the things that have occurred in history that might not be so pleasant. my feeling is that it's extremely important that we remember the past so that we can change the future. just an old rag... with 3,000 hours in it! in a sense, there's a legacy here that exists within a mural form. and if that form is not passed on, i

baca-oehlert says legalizing marijuana contradicts the anti-drug message taught in schools. >> marijuanampacts, negative impacts on attention span, brain development, all of these things that impact learning. >> reporter: colorado's governor and local law enforcement officials here worry about a potential conflict with federal law that makes possessing or growing marijuana a crime. >> jefferson county sheriff ted mink fears legallization will attract outsiders to grow here and sell to the rest of the country. >> i live in colorado most of my life and this is not what i think colorado is about, is to become the marijuana capital of the united states. >> reporter: state representative jonathan singer supports the idea of treating marijuana like alcohol. a former drug counselor, singer has seen the effects of drug abuse but he says most people who use marijuana do so responsibly. >> marijuana has a potential just like any other drug to hurt people and people need to make that informed decision. but this is not cocaine. this is not meth this is not heroin. >> reporter: a win here could boost

. >>> muy buenas noches, joe arpaio no es el único alguacil en la mira de la unión americana lee bacado de retener injustamente a miles de presos bajo el mandante de comunidades segur seguras, comenzamos con el informe de salvador durán. >>> a ley martínez es un inmigrante, que encabeza una demanda colectiva en contra del alguacil del condado de los a un xbrels. acusa a la entidad de violar derechos constitucionales tras un arresto por supuesta violencia doméstica que no fue comprobada, el pasá 3 semanas en la cárcel, porque inmigración le puso una orden de detención. >>> fue injusta, porque yo obviamente no tengo récord criminal no soy delincuente y no tengo problemas con la policía. pudo salir bajo fianza en máximo de 48 horas y debido a la orden migratorio el alguacil no se lo permitió y además no es indocumentado. >>> este otro demandante, británico también legal, pasó 89 días detenido, esperando que verifican su estatus migratorio acusan al alguacil de violar su derecho de la cuarta enmienda que específica el derecho. que su persona se encuentra a salvo de pero quizás y pensiones

kind of person to want to take it on, and in fact i at one point asked -- i sat down with sheriff lee baca, the chief sheriff of the los angeles county sheriff department and it's like the sixth most powerful law enforcement agency in the world. it's huge. and i said, why would somebody -- why did deputy sorenson volunteer for this beat? he said, whatever it was, it was his mission to protect god's creation. i thought that really told me a lot about deputy sorenson, and as you read my book you'll see that it's not just a line he threw out. deputy sorenson was -- interestingly enough he and kueck were the same side of a coin. and when he was called to meth labs he would take in abused pit bulls, and i wound up getting to go to his house during the eight years i was working on my book, and it turned out that all the animals he rescued were still at the house, which is an amazing thing. their spirit was there on his land, and it was very powerful, and kueck, too, his best friends were animals and he talked to bobcats and had breakfast with jack rabbits, so these two men, -- hermit and a sheri

elected sheriff lee baca and l.a.ave started an intensive self-improvement training course for inmates inside the l.a. county jail. the course was originally designed to reduce the racially motivated violence that was occurring daily within the wall, of the jail. >> we needed to take that environment and make it a productive one where people can reflect on the problems and get involved in the programs and leave the jail better than they were when they came in. >> the program is called ameri-i-can. it is a 60-hour program that takes 42 days to complete. ameri-i-can accepts any inmate regardless of their arrest charge and past criminal history. >> it's important because it teaches an individual to take control of their own lives. it gives them life skills, fundamentals, that allows them to understand how to succeed. a lot of people don't receive those from their parents. what you need is conscientious effort placed on education. education of all kinds. an investment in that, a real investment, you're going to always nee