>> yeah, this is billy murphy. he's attorney for the gray family. he was also a very powerful speaker at today's funeral for freddie gray. billy, your reactions to what's occurring right now and particularly from this family's point of view? >> this is the family's worst nightmare. they don't want this. they want a peaceful protest against what's going on, not a violent one. and what i would ask that these kids do is to go home and let the adults take care of this in a peaceful way. and if you're not inclined to do that, stay off the street. we don't want violence. we want peace and we want justice and we want it in an orderly way and not this way. >> you talked today in your eulogy about so many people coming to this church that didn't really know freddie gray, but they know so many freddie grays. tell me about that. >> every one of us knows somebody that's been the victim of police brutality whether seriously injured or not. many of us know people have died, or knew people who died because of it. this is something that causes the cup to runneth ove

>> think billy -- i think billy murphy makes a good point.h baltimore police department investigating its own. we've seen that is not the right way to do it. you should have a separate investigative team investigating this. it has been ten days and we haven't heard from the police. and they do have the same rights that everyone else has, but they have lawyered up and haven't spoken and now how do you expect the baltimore police commissioner to investigate his own. and you have to have someone come in with a fresh set of eyes to look at this case. >> and harry, to that sort of independent civilian review? >> i have no problem with the -- the attorney general coming in and taking a look at it. they did a good job in the eric holder case -- in the other case in ferguson. i have no problem with eric holder u.s. attorney coming in and investigating this case and i don't think the police department should have any problem with that either. >> how much can the family at this point learn from an autopsy, professor? >> well you know we haven't seen x-

>> i think billy murphy makes a very important point.ortable with the baltimore police department investigating this investigating its own. we've seen time and time again that that really isn't the right way to do it. you should have an independent investigative force or team investigating something like this. i mean like you said it's been ten days. we haven't heard from the police. obviously, as harry said they do have the same rights that everyone else has, but they've obviously lawyered up. they haven't spoken. so how now do you expect the baltimore city police commissioner to investigate his own? you've got to have someone else come in with a fresh pair of eyes a disinterested pair of eyes and look at this case. >> harry, traditionally, there is great resistance among police forces around the country to that sort of independent, civilian review. >> right, yea. typically, i mean i don't even know why. i've got no problem with the, you know the attorney general coming in to take a look at it. they did a good job in the eric holder cas

billy murphy and eugene o'donnell, professor of law and police study at john jay college of criminal justice. thank you both for being here tonight. >> sure. >> thank you reverend for inviting us. >> attorney murphy let me ask you, first, what is family's reaction to the justice department looking into this case for possible civil rights violations? >> they are delighted. they know that the more eyes on this situation the better and under barack obama and eric holder i have informed them that they have a trustworthy ally in getting at the truth. >> now, what questions do you still have for police and is the family confident in the police investigation? >> you know your show is not long enough for me to list all the questions. and the first one that i would ask is since when has running wild black been a crime, and i know that the police have always thought it should be but felony running does not exist, and the only thing wrong that that kid did is he didn't run fast enough and if you are ever looking for -- if you are ever looking for a reason why black kids in the inner city should

you heard the attorney for the gray family, his name is william billie murphy. he said that he has no confidence that the police can investigate themselves. and he referred to what he says is a blue wall of silence. do you have any confidence in this investigation? because it's not just the police investigating, it is the justice department as well. there's a federal investigation. there's also one by the state as well. >> yeah. i think that first of all, let me simply say that i know mr. murphy is a great attorney here in the city of baltimore, and the family is represented well but i can tell you that the sentiment from the residents here in this community and across the district is that there needs to be an independent investigation, as well. and we understand that there are several investigations that are beginning to take place and that are -- that are in the process of taking place now. and so we are urging individuals to let the voices be heard, but at the same time to exercise nonviolence. >> and great care in the way they protest. >> absolutely. >> so i

billy murphy the family attorney was begging people. the mayor, stephanie rawlings blake, was begging people. the twin sister of freddie gray begging people not to riot in this kind of way, not to protest in a violent way. that it doesn't do any good. >> as you were saying as you started the report you're standing there at the location of the service. and they are absolutely against what is happening only five blocks away from them and the family members and the mayor, they've been very consistent in hoping this would not happen. here we see what is happening within the last few hours. not the wishes of freddie gray's family as well as the elected officials. brian, stand by because i do want to get to an individual who was a part of the government there. and that is nick mosby. thank you for being with me. from what you have heard from the officials in the city what do you know that we may not have been able to have information on yet? >> the one thing is when you talk about what's going on now, i attended the funeral earlier today. i t

billy murphy, an attorney for freddie gray's family, addressed the mourners. >> most of us are not here because we knew freddie gray. but we're all here because we know lots of freddie grays. amy: we will speak to reverend jesse jackson after headlines. not far from the upheaval in baltimore, loretta lynch was sworn in as the nation's first african-american woman attorney general at a ceremony in washington, d.c. >> is a little girl from north carolina who used to tell her grandfather to f on the back of his mule so she could see way up high granddaddy, can grow up to become the chief law enforcement officer of the united states of america, we can do anything. amy: lynch released a statement on the situation in baltimore, vowing to -- "bring the full resources of the department of justice to bear in protecting those under threat, investigating wrongdoing, and securing an end to violence." the justice department is investigating freddie gray's death. the prime minister of nepal has warned the death toll from saturday's devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake could reach 10,000. the toll now

billy murphy, jr. represents the gray family. >> they're very angry because they know something horrible happened that should not have happened. >> ah! >> baltimore police are promising a thorough investigation. >>> seven armed robberies between 2:00 a.m. and 6:20 this morning. a juvenile was responsible for all of them. among the places hit, two 7/11s and a pizza place. the juvenile is facing a host of charges including robbery, armed robbery, and armed carjacking. >>> the man wanted for killing a university of mary washington jr. last week is still being held without bond. he will be back again in court next month, but today those who knew the victim were saying good-bye in falls church. >> reporter: today there's a large and emotional turnout to remember the university of mary washington student killed last friday. 1200 people came to pay their respects. those closest to her locked arms as her parents followed her casket. those parents, melissa and fairfax judge thomas mann making this plea. >> do w

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billy murphy the lawyer representing freddie gray's family says patience. >> don't wait today, and that it will be inconclusive. they know a lot of people out there that thinks that's the case, but they shouldn't. that's not what the family wants to have happen. they warranted patience. they want a thorough investigation. >> reporter: in baltimore scott broom, wusa9. >>> the state's attorney is conducting their own investigation and they have not said how long that decision on whether or not to charge anyone will take. >>> the protest in riots sparked by gray's death have left nearly 100 police officers hurt. since monday, 98 law enforcement numbers reported some type of injury for 13 of them. it's bad enough they can't go back to work right now. released this morning with charges pending. two of them were juveniles. >> reporter: they admitted that they had some problems, determined to fix them as they got heated today with the community leaders and how to move forward as they would say as a nation that they cannot treat cases out of baltimore for ferguson and new york as isolated incid

bring back in nbc's brian mooar, who's with the gray family attorney who i've known many years, billy murphy. >> billy, reverend al sends his regards. we're doing this the old-fashioned way. your thoughts on the situation that's happening, the burning, the looting, the confrontation? >> i hope we're not inadvertently spreading it by covering it in the way that we are, because these are kids who are disconnected. they're 12 13 14 15 16-year-old kids. these are not the adults in the community who are doing this. and these are kids who haven't been reached by our politicians and our educators and the systems in place that are supposed to be work inging, so they don't have anything to do. so they see opportunity and they get involved in the right way. this is not representative of most kids in baltimore and certainly not the adults in the community. >> we understand that the gray family is watching this play out on tv in realtime on what is perhaps the worst possible day of their lives. >> they're brokenhearted by this development. they don't want violence. they know violence is not the answer t

and nobody wants to get to the bottom of this more than billy murphy does because he is representing the family. but today in the face of all the information in the face of the police investigation that coming out a day early that he is councilling patience, especially as details and conflicting reports will -- will begin to leak. >> i'm not going to run down every rabbit hole that is suggested by the police department to try to divert us from getting to this whole picture. i'd rather be patient. i don't have any comment, other than that it doesn't sit well as they think that this man may have broken his own neck and severed his own spine? come on. i'm very skeptical. >> unease growing. >> it's a cover. tell the truth. >> reporter: the picture is americaier than ever after appearing to be a leak from inside the police department to the washington post. an affidavit that suggests another prisoner loaded overhead freddie gray, possibly injuring himself. that's the direct contradiction given by the police commissioner himself that he was reported to be quiet. and the contradiction of ot

amy: billy murphy speaking on cnn.n tuesday, john conyers reintroduced a bill to curb racial profiling and provide relief to profiling victims. senator ben cardin of maryland introduced a companion bill in the senate. the news conference, brisbane conyers cited the death of freddie gray in baltimore. >> all lives matter. i'm thinking now of sean bell kimberly gray, oscar grant michael brown, jemere rice, eric garner, walter scott, and now, sadly, freddie gray. all of these african-american young men were killed at the hands of local police officers. ultimately, they are tragic examples of the risk of racial profiling and the use of excessive force. amy: that is congressmember john conyers after richard using a bill against racial profiling. lawrence bell, would you call stopping a man while he is running racial profiling? again, the police union attorney said yesterday in the news conference that if they are running in a high crime area that is cause enough. i was just watching on television, the former police chief of

>> reporter: yeah and billy murphy who is the lawyer for the grey family says look don't expect manyetails on friday a lot of people feel we may be getting back to normal but 350e78 will be angry when they don't get many details from the interim police report. and he is telling everyone that will listen that you shouldn't expect too much and that's the way we want it to be at this point. it's expected to go straight to public prosecutors. the police may or may not give many details. larry hogan has asked the medical examiner to speed up the autopsy into freddy grey's death. steph? >> what about the cleanup? >> reporter: the cleanup has been one of the great side bar stories of this event. the cleanup started while the rioting was going on. people were cleaning up right behind the rioters and looters. then first thing yesterday morning, there were teams of people out here from churches and faith groups and community organizations clearing up. right here where we were was a mess. they cleaned up before the mayor and governor came to visit, and overnight the cvs, you remember the scenes

billy murphy is the attorney for the gray family. >> we're calling for the police, the six of them who are at least being partially if not totally implicated, to come forward and tell it all, just like you tell our citizens to do. >> reporter: the speaker the pastor who gave that spirited eulogy later went out into the streets to ask for calm. the gray family has asked for calm. scott, at this funeral speaker after speaker challenged the community to show the world what baltimore is made of, but all this violence is not what they were hoping for. >> pelley: wyatt, thank you very much. let's have another look at the scene on the streets of baltimore this evening where protesters over gray's death have been battling with police. this is a live shot here. you can see the large police presence. as we watched this during the day, we found it remarkable that even though they were being pelted the rocks and bricks america times police officers retreated rather than confronting the protesters, at least seven officers have been injured. the mayor has promised the results of the police departmen

billy murphy is the attorney for the gray family. >> we're calling for the police, the six of them who are at least being partially if not totally implicated, to come forward and tell it all, just like you tell our citizens to do. >> reporter: the speaker-- the >> call earlier this evening to all available available clergy to ask for calm. one hour ago 100 clergy members left linked arm in arm saying they're on a mission to weighed into the violence and ask protesters to go home. >> now another look at the scenes of baltimore where the protests over gray's death turned violent. there's been many arrests. onto the other major story. the ca cast fee the catastrophe in nepal. the death toll has passed 4,000, including at least four americans. in some villages at least three- quarters of the buildings collapsed in saturday's quake. survivors are being airlifted to overwhelmed hospitals in the capital kathmandu, and that is where holly williams begins our coverage. >> reporter: in kathmandu today, they worked frantically, digging through mountains of rubble with shovels and even their bare

billy murphy who is one of the lawyers for the gray family said to us we do not want a rush to judgment on this. if you rush just advertise advertise -- justice, you miss something. so we have to be prepared to know very little tomorrow. >> john thank you. >>> thousands of people in several other cities across the u.s. came out to protest what happened in baltimore. more than 100 people were arrested in manhattan. organized hope 4 to 5,000 people would show up for the march, the numbers were in the hundreds but those who did attend were passionate about their reasons for turning out. >> every time i look on the tv there is another innocent black father, son, student, person that quite frankly looks like me being killed or unjustly handled in some type of way. >> that's why i'm here. because i have a son, and he's 15, and he's also black, and i just don't want to see him get killed. >> new york saw weeks of protests against police brutality last year when no criminal charges were brought against officers in the death of eric garner. >>> now some are asking if the city's struggling public

look all around you >>> that is attorney billy murphy representing the family >>> we were listening to the attorney for the family for the gray family speaking powerfully about how all the people there are calling for an end to the violence in baltimore. adam may has been seeing some of that violence, and is close to the center of where it happened. the governor declared a state of emergency. what is there now? >> yes, the governor imposed that state of emergency. he issued it within seconds after the request was made by the mayor of baltimore. the mayor is taking heat many wondering why he didn't request additional help sooner. we understand members of the maryland national guard are geared up and some are deployed heading into the city at this moment. >> we called everyone together in advance of the city so we were ready to engage immediately. we are going to put every available asset and man power as it takes to get this under control as quickly as it can, and maintain the state of emergency until it is put to rest. in addition to that the governor requested law enforcement help fro

billy murphy junior is the attorney for the gray family. he says he doesn't believe the police promise of transparency. >> you've got to initiate the use of police cameras yesterday because it will make everybody be on their best behavior. >> reporter: craig boswell, cbs news, baltimore. >>> in tuls so, the county sheriff said the voluntary deputy who shot and killed somebody but admits he can't find all of robert bates' training records. >> reporter: tulsa county sheriff stanley glanz said he has no knowledge of anyone falsifying the records of training who shot and killed a man earlier this month. >> we'll try to locate all of those. some of those are administrative in nature. and we will provide those as we find them. >> reporter: bates, a 73-year-old retired insurance executive is charged with second degree manslaughter in the death of eric harris. >> oh, i shot him, i'm sorry. >> reporter: harris was shot after he ran from police during a gun sting operation. bates said he mistakenly fired a handgun instead of his taser. >> in his mind

. >> reporter: gray family attorney billy murphy wants to know why freddie gray was being chased in the first place. >> the man was arrested for literally running while black, or as we also jokingly on the inside say felony running. >> reporter: just over the past four years, baltimore has paid out nearly $6 million in judgments and settlements involving allegations of police brutality and civil rights violations. the mistrust in the community goes back decades. local nbc reporter jane miller has covered the city for 30 years. >> these folks in these communities where there's higher crime, where there's depopulation and there's blight they are dealing with this kind of interaction with police all the time. >> reporter: today the police commissioner is meeting with residents in this same neighborhood. >> we have a long way ahead of us. there's a lot of frustration out in the community. we're aware of that. >> reporter: tonight, with the eyes of the country on baltimore, the police insist their investigation will be transparent. and they say it will be honest and complete, lester. >> tom

while president obama was speaking along with billy murphy who is the lawyer, one of the lawyers for the freddie gray family, and i asked reverend jackson how he characterized what happened in baltimore last night re repped jackson how do you characterized what happened last night? >> last night was -- unfortunately, when the police took fred into custody alive, and the police wagon became a tomb and he came out dead that was a big triggering factor. it opens a bigger factor. he is number 111 in the last three years in this area where we are now. 18,000 vacant homes and abandoned lots. most police don't live here, some are as far away as jordan. so you need fireman residents they should be neighbors not occupiers. department of labor health and human services and let some of the prospects we have seen around the river front be here, the river front is growing because as pension money, bank money that should be in this neighborhood. >> what do you make of the families response last night? they came to a baptist church, they spoke they didn't want to, they were asked to come, they did

billy murphy is the gray family lawyer. >> running while black is not a crime. felony running does not exist. and the lesson here was that he should have run and he didn't run fast enough. >> reporter: you may be able to see a block away is a major protest going on right now. some people, i am told are lying down in the street. and by the way scott, freddie gray's family spent the day planning his funeral. we may get an announcement on that tomorrow, and when that funeral does happen, it is going to be a major event in this city. >> pelley: chip reid on the story in baltimore furst this evening. chip, thanks very much. we've learned tonight that there have been concerns for years about the training of a 73-year-old reserve deputy in tulsa, oklahoma, who is now charged in the accidental shooting death of a suspect. robert bates pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges yesterday. he killed the suspect after pulling a gun instead of a taser as he apparently intended. omar villafranca is working the story for you in tulsa. omar. >> reporter: scott, since that inci

billy murphy, jr.mily. >> they're very angry because they know something horrible happened that should not have happened. >> ah! >> baltimore police are promising a thorough investigation. >>> seven armed robberies between 2:00 a.m. and 6:20 this morning. a juvenile was responsible for all of them. among the places hit, two 7/11s

he covered the funeral today and spoke with billy murphy, the attorney representing freddie's family. marcus what is your perspective on all this? you were there. you saw the celebration of the life of this young man. we've heard the family call for calm and it's just not happening right now. >> that's right. earlier today during the funeral a lot of people were here. people said yes, they were sad but they laughed even in the funeral. they said there were a lot of different emotions going on at the funeral. really the family has been call ing for peace. by the reverend, the pastor here at new shiloh baptist church as well as reverend owens here. both you are here to explain to us what's going on tonight. >> seems as though a group of high school students through social media decided they wanted to at least get some attention and that's escalated to what we're witnessing here this evening. on the shoulders of what was a very powerful and soothing and god blessed home going service for freddie gray, unfortunately what we're witnessing now is terribly out of kilt of what our expectation

>> billy murphy, junior, is the attorney for the gray family. he says he doesn't believe the police promise of transparency. >> you've got to initiate the use of police cameras yesterday, because it will make everybody be on their best behavior. >> the six officers involved, in gray's arrest have, been suspended with pay. craig boswell cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> and it is 5:13, here is our traffic and weather together. katy? >> ukee, still actually tracking what's left at this point of our storm system it, came through basically in two pieces, but there is actually, believe it or not, third piece of there is that's going to be coming through by tomorrow, just secondary cold front that comes along, in the wake of the first two so, yesterday this same time, dealing with the warmfront we ended up with pretty nice day overall in terms of the second half of the afternoon. then of course, all the storms rumbled in last night. we take you on outside. i want to show you what's happening on storm scan, at this point, still messy. you have some activity

joining us is billy murphy an attorney for freddie gray's family. freddie gray the 25-year-old individual who died in police custody, a severed neck spinal cord and his funeral was only today. billy, tell us tell us what's going on in baltimore. >> well depends on what part of the city you're in. right now, the violence is confined to i'd say an average age group of 16 17 years of age. kids who are disconnected from the overall group of people in baltimore who are productive in society. these kids have had bad experiences in school. they frequently are harassed by the police. they are unemployed because there's no summer jobs and so this is what you would expect in a tense time like this. that's not a justification, though. because what they're doing is wrong and we need to stop them and those of us who are more mature in baltimore, black and white together we need to have a demonstration that shows them the right way to do it rather than permitting them to go without leadership the way that they're going now. >> we're showing, freddie, live pictures

that was billy murphy the gray family's attorney. again he's counseling patience to be calm here in baltimore. all eyes on the state's attorney. what will she do? will she bring charges, how quickly she's got to sort this out with the police investigation. she is conducting her own independent investigation. and she unlike the police department have not provide add timeline when her investigation will be complete and when she's going to make a decision on charges or not. she issued a statement today saying, "we ask for the public to remain patient and peaceful and to trust the process of the justice system." reporting live in baltimore at police headquarters scott broomth. >> scott, thank you. >>> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake. >> we begin with reverend sharpton who says police brutality isn't even a baltimore problem. >> there must be a national response to a national issue. and we can't keep running on the treadmill from one town to the next. it is time for a national answer to a national crisis of policing. >> we will g

to jane's point, billy murphy, the family attorney, brought the crowd to its feet to not focus on halfercent of people that didn't know how to acts. this is a legitimate concern he has. he's calling on people of baltimore to bring down what he calls blue wall of justice, officers protecting officers. you walk inside this service. it's a cathedral here absolutely packed to capacity. people standing room only inside to hear this message. when you walk through the door literally the temperature jumps up about 15 degrees. there's so many packed in there. it's also symbolic of pressure inside of people waiting to see what happens next on the part of demonstrators but more importantly on the part of officials here in baltimore. they're waiting to see whether justice will be done here and what exactly that means. >> jane we are basically out of time. just very quickly update us on the investigation. do you have a sense of when it's going to be completed? how much urgency is there? >> i can guarantee this is urgency with a capital "u". this is an active investigation. not just the homicide uni

>> reporter: billy murphy was hoping to tell the family some news, that the autopsy report would be handeddy being happened handed over to the family. neither one of those happened today. admittedly murphy is saying that he's not satisfied and not impressed with what he's heard so far from police. >> they're all hear to hurt us. >> in baltimore, tensions are high. as police struggle l to answer for the death of 25-year-old freddie gray. gray's arrest was captured on these dramatic cell phone videos. shortly after this gray's attorney say his spine was somehow nearly severed then he slipped into a coma and died a week later. police say the incident began when gray inexplicably ran from police in a high crime area. they found a switchblade on him and they arrested him. >> he was stopped for running while black. it's never been probably cause for arrest. >> the police cant explain how gray's neck was broken. >> when mr. gray was placed inside that van, he was able to up up talk and he was upset. when we was taken out of the van he could not talk and could not breathe. >> all involved with gra

i'm joined now by billy murphy, the gray family attorney. mr. murphy, thank you so much for being part pa of the program today. so many questions for you. first and foremost, the witness that we just heard on tape, suggesting that he feels he saw mr. gray in a pretzel-like condition, that his body was bent severely at the time of the arrest, had you been aware of that up until now and what are your thoughts on that? >> we've seen this video from the beginning and they were originally given to us and this is a distressing video, to says the -- say the least. the police have said there was no evidence that physical violence was used. how do you account for the constant screams? that's not a normal part of an arrest unless the pain was real. and the police are disregarding that. and now they have this theory it must have happened after he was put in the -- in the police vehicle. but they throw their hands up and say we don't know what happened. there are six police officers who as far as we know participated in all or part of this incident and they

. >> reporter: billy murphy is the lawyer for the gray family. >> well you know black men running is probable cause. black men being scared of the police and running from police is n commissioner said yesterday the reason for chasing gray is part of the investigation. established case law allows police to use the mere act of running away for a reason to stop someone if it's in a high crimea crimea. but handcuffing and search searching gray may have caused additional probable cause. longtime community activist see the freddie gray case the reason to change the hardcore policing practices that have been in place in baltimore for years. >> if the police see people on the corner 8:30 a.m. they could pull up and say, get off the corner, move. but to apprehend someone then charge them, didn't know what he was doing, is just drugs on the corner. it could have been me or you. >>> right now at 6:00, new reaction to a $3 million payout after fairfax county police shot and killed a man. we'll tell you what's next in the case for the officer who pulled the trigger. >>> remembering a local colleg

i spoke with billy murphy the family attorney. this is how he describes how he says the family -- what they are coping with and dealing with now in light of the fact that they have so little. >> they're grieving. this has been so catastrophic and so sudden. can you imagine how his mother feels that he's no longer here? can you imagine how that community feels that yet again there's somebody victimized who didn't deserve it? it's been traumatic for them. in addition to being in grief, they are outraged. outraged that the police did it to them this time after they've seen it done to others so many other times. >> reporter: what's happening today is there are three things. the law enforcement officers bill of rights essentially prohibits a supervisor from interviewing those police officers involved in the arrest of freddie gray for ten days. that expires today. it's potential now for the police to directly talk to those who were involved in the arrest of freddie gray to get more information. the second thing that's happening is at 5:

. >>> billy murphy jr., the attorney for freddy gray's family. good to have you with me. to be here. >> not trying to make this a racial issue, none the less baltimore is a is city that has plenty of problems related to you. your client lost his life in this altercation. do you think this would have happened if he were not black? >> well to understand the answer to that question and the probable answer to that question you got to look at the history of police brutality in maryland and across the country. it's primarily white police officers beating up and killing black men. so if that's the history, if that's the pattern, certainly you'd be remisnots not to ask the question did race have anything to do with this incident. of course it did. we had this long history in baltimore of literally whitewashing these kinds of cases. that didn't come to an end until cell phone cameras made it dangerous for the police to lie about what they had actually done to a suspect. and so yes there's a history of racist police brutality in baltimore and across the country. >> so when you see

billy murphy, jr., represents the gray family. >> they're very angry because they know something horrible happened that should not have happened. >> reporter: the family says the police had no reason to stop gray in the first place. >> how does a healthy guy who gets arrested for nothing end up with 80% severed spinal cord and broken neck, how's that happen? >> reporter: the tension is palpable in the neighborhood where gray was arrested. many are wearing black ribbons. >> we want answers, justice. we want them to be charged. >> reporter: baltimore police promise a thorough investigation. craig boswell, cbs news, baltimore. >>> the sentencing phase for the convicted boston bomber started today. they started by showing jurors the photos of the people who died in the terrorist attacks. they also showed a photo of dzhokhar tsarnaev making a crude gesture to a jailhouse camera after his arrest. they say it shows that he was unrepentant. 21-year-old could face the death penalty if all 12 jurors agree on that penalty. >>> still ahead, a new distraction on the road. smartwatches now a billion- d

but a good friend of mine billy murphy is representing the family. i talked to billy.illy is a great lawyer. we've just got to make sure we stay on this issue because if not they will sweep it under the rug. we've got a demand to be transparent. >> don't you have confidence in the mayor of baltimore, the police commissioner in baltimore? don't you have confidence in them that they will do the right thing? >> i want to believe they'll do the right thing. people ask me don't you want to believe they're a good police officer? i want to believe they're a good police officer. but when things like this happen where are the good police officers. why aren't they telling us if there's misconduct, they come forward. if there's a video that shows it why do they hide it. we want people to be transparent. if this was another community, wolf, nobody woman askinguld be asking for this to come out, it would already be out. >> how do you know there's other video. >> that's the thing in baltimore, everybody has been talking about there's video. so there's an issue whether or not there's

billy murphy who is the gray family's lawyer is one who spoke.know most of you didn't know freddie gray but most of you or all of you know many freddie grays. what he meant by that is they know other young african-american men and in some cases women who have also had violent, unpleasant, whatever you want to call it, confrontations with the local police here. if there was a scene, this is a moment baltimore leaders need to seize to perform. he was talking about outfitting police officers with body cams, to investigate allegations of police brutality and for the police department to hire more local people train them as officers and let them walk the beats in the communities where they came from. >> woodruff: is there a sense those kinds of things are being taken seriously? we know gray's family is saying to the community, don't commit this violence. >> gray's family has spoken out. they very much want to see a peaceful protest. they said it over the weekend. some relatives said it again today. one of the ministers who spoke a few hours ago said w

the gray family attorney billy murphy appeared on this show on tuesday where he had this to say abouts may be playing a role. i want you to listen to that. >> she knows what time it is. she knows that there has been a sorted history in baltimore city of police brutality and she knows what needs to be done about it. the problem we are having with her as we have had with previous mayors is that when you are looking at higher political office that keeps you from immediately doing the right thing and causes you to make calculations. so is higher political office the goal here? are you playing politics? >> i think mr. murphy's comments were regrettable. i have known him since before i was born. he knows my father. he knows the history that i come from and it is a family that has fought for civil rights. he knows i am a former defense attorney. he knows if i put my political aspirations before doing the right thing for the community i wouldn't have fought so hard to strengthen and reform the law enforcement officers' bill of rights. i was one of the few elected officials, highest profile in

. >> i'm joined now by william billy murphy, the attorney representing the gray family. sir, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you, tamron. we are big fans of your work. >> thank you, sir. as i understand it you believe that the medical attention, authorities say, was given after 40 minutes, that it actually even took longer for mr. gray to receive that medical attention. >> well there lacks the mystery in this case but one thing is clear, this was a healthy man, who died as a result of serious spinal cord injuries and a broken neck while he was in police custody. that much is clear. it is also clear that the police are entirely responsible for this. what is not clear is how it happened and precisely who did it, and when it happened. >> according to -- >> it is also clear that -- it is also clear that the police had no good reason to arrest this man, and in legal terminology we call that probable cause, they didn't have it, so the arrest was illegal. police have virtually admitted it but not quite, which is maddening. we know he shouldn't have been in custody in

her tied to billy murphy who's representing the gray family. those ties are going to be questioned. this is a case i think she's going to keep in her office but it will be a true test of her leadership. >> she's got the case one day early here in baltimore. sunny hostin thank you so much. listening to the police about 90 minutes ago, they said they will give a news conference every 90 minutes. we're waiting and watching to see potentially the captain, the deputy commissioner, the commissioner here. we're standing big for that. also ahead, former baltimore ravens star ray lewis definitely a voice of influence here in the city. he went to one of the local schools this morning and wanted to talk to these young people and we spoke with him. hear from ray lewis himself coming up. you're watching cnn's special live coverage. >>> all right. just a reminder that we are watching and waiting for that baltimore police news conference to happen. they say they're going to have them every 90 minutes. so we'll take it as soon as we can. meantime let's talk football in the city. several former and

he has an excellent lawyer in billy murphy who knows this community has been a real pillar of that communitys and i think he's going to go after these people tooth and nail and i hope heads roll. >> well police say that they have no physical or video evidence. mr. henderson, what do you make of that? >> well we see once again, and i think we're going to have this conversation again and again, where we're seeing video coming from the community. so once again this is going to raise the issue of body cameras, again with police and police departments determining whether or not they're going to record things and how they're going to record things. because that's going to play a vital role in whatever liability comes out of this investigation that's ongoing in this case. this is exactly why we have the real concern. and this is the bigger issue, that we have this arrest or we have this incident that escalates into yet again another death of an african-american man involved in law enforcement somehow and the community has answers. that's why we're having these protests again to try and figure out w

but i do want to piggy back a bit on what billy murphy said because the bottom line is may 1st is the deadline that the community is talking about, because that is when the police department is scheduled to turn over their investigation to the state's attorney office and people think those rorpts are to be -- those reports are to be made public and i don't know that will happen and that is when the prosecutor continues the investigation. so i hope our viewers and the public understand they may not have all of the information. >> and mr. murphy, it sounds like that will not happen and they won't have that information that will be released. van jones, we talked to -- to guests earlier about a councilman about what do you say to young people here and to people whose voices feel they won't be concerned and you have experience in this realm and what do you say to people. >> first of all, we have to be very clear. these young people are -- they are not stupid. they have gotten the message. they have getten the mommo -- gotten the memo that america that does not care very much of them. many

. >> it's interesting, today at the service, billy murphy, the attorney for the family spoke out in favorere. and he said that mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is one of us. she's from this community. her dad has a long history in state and local government very trusted and well known name. and he said that she is on our side but then took it a step further and said she knows what time it is. she knows what's going on here. she knows how the police are. we all know how the police are. there is this sort of us versus them but there is a sense here today that there's some people in this government who do care about getting to the bottom of what happened. a sense especially on the part of the family of giving the police and the baltimore city government the benefit of the doubt that they are going to try to do a full and fair investigation. but you go down on the street let's talk about inside the church today. there was a projection on the wall that says black lives matter, all lives matter. just about a half mile down the street coming here i saw a sign that said, they did this to freddie gr

thank you to billy murphy. ari melber eugene o'donnell, jemele buoy and benjamin wallace wells. we are continuing to follow breaking news out of baltimore. there have been a handful of arrests, according to the baltimore police. at least seven officers have serious injuries. in a press conference earlier this hour, police said they were attacked without provocation and called those who attacked them criminals. our coverage ends now, but "the ed show" picks up our coverage beginning now. >>> i'm sitting in for ed right now. we start with breaking news, as you've been watching on msnbc out of baltimore, maryland. looking at live pictures right now in baltimore where young demonstrators are clashing with police. earlier, demonstrators were throwing rocks and other objects at officers. at the moment fire trucks arriving at this burning vehicle. we've been watching it over the last hour here from this helicopter that was over this area, which we believed to be around the mondawmin mall not too far away from where the funeral was held earlier today for freddie