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>> calvin williams: of course there are.and it's my job to make sure we weed out the bad people from this division, and that we nurture and grow and support the good officers that are out there. hang tight for a second while you guys sit in the car and let me talk to the commander, all right? >> all right. >> williams: okay. >> whitaker: chief calvin williams has been a cop in cleveland for 29 years. he's faced one crisis after another since assuming command last year. 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
>> calvin williams: of course there are.and it's my job to make sure we weed out the bad people from this division, and that we nurture and grow and support the good officers that are out there. hang tight for a second while you guys sit in the car and let me talk to the commander, all right? >> all right. >> williams: okay. >> whitaker: chief calvin williams has been a cop in cleveland for 29 years. he's faced one crisis after another since assuming command last year....
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. >> whitaker: chief calvin williams is trying to reform his police force while working in one of america's most violent cities. you've got a predominantly black city and a majority white police force. does that need to change? >> if you come from the premise that, you know, only an african american can police other african americans, then we're all doomed to failure. >> stahl: it's getting harder and harder for the world to meet the demand for fresh water. so as you'll see tonight, more and more is being pumped from deep underground.
. >> whitaker: chief calvin williams is trying to reform his police force while working in one of america's most violent cities. you've got a predominantly black city and a majority white police force. does that need to change? >> if you come from the premise that, you know, only an african american can police other african americans, then we're all doomed to failure. >> stahl: it's getting harder and harder for the world to meet the demand for fresh water. so as you'll see...
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the head of the civil rights division and with our police chief calvin williams. to announce what i agree is a historic agreement that will transform the way that the city of cleveland is policed for years and years to come. although we have been working at this and we are here after two years even more, this is not the first time that we have stood together. we stood together in 2013, to announce that the department of justice was opening an investigation one that was caused by a series of incidents and requested by the mayor and others and to weather the police enganged in a pattern of unconstitutional policing. therein we stood together again to present the public of justice's detail findings and to announce that even on that incredibly difficult day, we remained dedicated to working in the partnership to improve community police relations. and to make policing in this city safer constitutional, and more effective. and as each and every step, as this group stood together, before during and after our investigation, we have all received a outpouring of support. i
the head of the civil rights division and with our police chief calvin williams. to announce what i agree is a historic agreement that will transform the way that the city of cleveland is policed for years and years to come. although we have been working at this and we are here after two years even more, this is not the first time that we have stood together. we stood together in 2013, to announce that the department of justice was opening an investigation one that was caused by a series of...
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. >> calvin williams got his nickname while working as a sparring partner to a heavyweight boxer. >> every time i get against the ropes he'll jab me and hit me real hard. i get upset about it, man you hit me too hard. he kept doing it, kept doing it, so i snapped the gloves off, and i attacked him. i knew i couldn't beat him hand to hand so i bit him. when they broke us off, when they wiped the blood away, it was in the shape of a gator. with the head and the tail the whole nine yards. i don't know how it happened. i just bit him. you know. >> any nicknames? >> they call me cocoa joe. the name hustle got me here, too. so sometime it ain't good to hustle. >> while nicknames are common in prison, we've discovered something else is as well, but it's not as harmless. >> what is that? >> prison-made whiskey. it's called julu. it's got prunes in it. they just wait till it ferments good. >> what does it smell like? smell it and tell us. >> kind of a strong whiskey aroma. >> inmate manufactured alcohol goes by many names. prison julep, hooch, white lightning, whatever it's called. our crews
. >> calvin williams got his nickname while working as a sparring partner to a heavyweight boxer. >> every time i get against the ropes he'll jab me and hit me real hard. i get upset about it, man you hit me too hard. he kept doing it, kept doing it, so i snapped the gloves off, and i attacked him. i knew i couldn't beat him hand to hand so i bit him. when they broke us off, when they wiped the blood away, it was in the shape of a gator. with the head and the tail the whole nine...
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cleveland police chief, calvin williams. >> what it really comes down to is, you know, we have to -- i have to, as chief make sure that that community policing philosophy is part of the d.n.a. of the cleveland division of police. and that's what i intend to do. >> cleveland is only one of the cities that has come under federal scrutiny. what else is brewing out there kerry? >> since the obama administration took office, they've done about two dozen a investigations of police departments all over the country. gwen, these are investigations by the civil rights division at the justice department, under a 1994 law. congress pass it after the brutal beating of rodney king in southern california. it allows the justice department to go in, send teams to look at whether police are engaging in unconstitutional actions racially motivated traffic stops, for instance. use of excessive force and other misconduct. other the tools congress has granted the justice department, d.o.j. can come in, try and negotiate a court-enforceable settlement with these police departments, require them to get more
cleveland police chief, calvin williams. >> what it really comes down to is, you know, we have to -- i have to, as chief make sure that that community policing philosophy is part of the d.n.a. of the cleveland division of police. and that's what i intend to do. >> cleveland is only one of the cities that has come under federal scrutiny. what else is brewing out there kerry? >> since the obama administration took office, they've done about two dozen a investigations of police...
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. >> so the police chief, calvin williams, admitted today a lot of work has to be done. it came out after this verdict saying there will be some administrative charges, but in terms of reforming police department, lots has to be done. he's not promising overnight success, however. >> there is not overnight success. it's going to take time. this is a police department that has been -- >> how patient are residents expected to be, though? >> well, i'm quite sure residents want this done asap, but the fact of the matter is it's going to take time. here again, chief williams inherited a lot of what's going on here in cleveland. i'm more than confident that he's going to seek out support, help, counsel, from other colleagues and chiefs around the country as he deems necessary in order to help move through this process. but this is a community that of course is in a great deal of pain and we understand it, because the circumstances around this case certainly doesn't make sense to a lot of people but the due process system has spoken. we have to respect that. now we just have to
. >> so the police chief, calvin williams, admitted today a lot of work has to be done. it came out after this verdict saying there will be some administrative charges, but in terms of reforming police department, lots has to be done. he's not promising overnight success, however. >> there is not overnight success. it's going to take time. this is a police department that has been -- >> how patient are residents expected to be, though? >> well, i'm quite sure residents...
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. >> whitaker: chief calvin williams is trying to reform his police force while working in one of america'solent cities. you've got a predominantly black city and a majority white police force. does that need to change? >> if you come from the premise that, you know, only an african american can police other african americans, then we're all doomed to failure. >> stahl: it's getting harder and harder for the world to meet the demand for fresh water. so as you'll see tonight, more and more is being pumped from deep underground. are you and are the farmers
. >> whitaker: chief calvin williams is trying to reform his police force while working in one of america'solent cities. you've got a predominantly black city and a majority white police force. does that need to change? >> if you come from the premise that, you know, only an african american can police other african americans, then we're all doomed to failure. >> stahl: it's getting harder and harder for the world to meet the demand for fresh water. so as you'll see tonight,...
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cleveland police chief calvin williams urging calm right now. >> we're all definitely in this together and people can be assured that we're going to do everything humanly possible to keep the city safe. >> federal regulators are investigating what caused a pipeline to leak more than 100,000 gallons of oil along the california coast. the pipeline is the only one in santa barbara county without an automatic shutoff valve. the current operator says its system of having human operators shut the pipeline down is safer having a computer do it automatically. crews are working to clean up an area nearly ten square miles off of santa barbara. >>> supporters of same-sex marriage celebrating the results of a national vote today in ireland. irish voters voting yet on the question of gay marriage. nearly 2 million voters cast ballots. it's already legal in 19 other european countries but ireland is the first to approve it in a popular national vote. now many couples are planning to renew their vows in ireland. i'm jackie ibanez. now here's "red eye." "red eye." >> welcome to red e-i-e-i-o. i'm kenn
cleveland police chief calvin williams urging calm right now. >> we're all definitely in this together and people can be assured that we're going to do everything humanly possible to keep the city safe. >> federal regulators are investigating what caused a pipeline to leak more than 100,000 gallons of oil along the california coast. the pipeline is the only one in santa barbara county without an automatic shutoff valve. the current operator says its system of having human operators...
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police chief calvin williams says violent acts will not be tolerated in the city and would only set the city back. arthel? >> kelly wright thank you. >>> we are learning that prosecutors now are zeroing in on additional suspects in the murders of four people found inside a burning washington, d.c. mansion. daron wint is the only suspect named publicly so far. he was arrested thursday night and newly unsealed affidavits show the affidavit show more than one person. win wend tortured the 10-year-old boy before setting him afire. we have much more in ten minutes on this unusual and horrific case. >>> first it was ramadi in iraq and then the ancient town of palmyra in syria. isis fighters are gaining ground capturing towns across both countries. iraqi forces are taking back one city in the anbar province. here's more from jerusalem. >> reporter: iraqi forces regain control outside of ramadi indicating the start of the major ground offensive or the effort by iraqi forces to stop isis' momentum. the terror group stormed the town of husaybah yesterday, but iraqi forces with held from iranian-b
police chief calvin williams says violent acts will not be tolerated in the city and would only set the city back. arthel? >> kelly wright thank you. >>> we are learning that prosecutors now are zeroing in on additional suspects in the murders of four people found inside a burning washington, d.c. mansion. daron wint is the only suspect named publicly so far. he was arrested thursday night and newly unsealed affidavits show the affidavit show more than one person. win wend...
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i want to turn this over to chief calvin williams who will go through the process of what we will doround disciplinary actions. chief? >> today's announcement and the verdict of patrol officer michael brelo marks a defining time for the city and for this police department. it i important to note that we still have a lot of hard work to do regarding the events that took place on november 29 2012. i will explain the steps that we are going to take to move forward here. but first, i want to recap what's already been -- the actions that have already been taken by both the city and division of police. in 2013 the division of police convened a critical incident review committee to look over the incident on november 29th of 2012. this critical incident review committee is comprised of members of the homicide unit the use of deadly force investigation team the integrity control section, the field operations section, as well as three civilians. one from the office of professional standards, one from the community relations board, and one community liaison along with a member of the city's law
i want to turn this over to chief calvin williams who will go through the process of what we will doround disciplinary actions. chief? >> today's announcement and the verdict of patrol officer michael brelo marks a defining time for the city and for this police department. it i important to note that we still have a lot of hard work to do regarding the events that took place on november 29 2012. i will explain the steps that we are going to take to move forward here. but first, i want to...
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. >>> that was cleveland, ohio police chief calvin williams alongside mayor frank jackson talking abouts are exercising their freedom, their first amendment right peacefully. protests right now peaceful after the verdict of a not guilty verdict for officer brelo, to face crim na chargeinal charges and now they're waiting and watching making sure everything exercises theirs first amendment rights and reminding parents to keep their eye on their children and keep them 0u6 harm's way and out of trouble over the weekend as tensions could escalate there in cleveland, ohio. >>> moving on. iraqi forces launching a counterattack against isis recaptures a town the terror greep seized friday. iraqi militias killing several militants before they withdrew, that area about four miles from the key city where isis took over. 's now a large-scale offensive and in syria isis fighters breaking into a museum there. militants taking over that city earlier in the week raising fears that ancient ruins will be destroyed. more from our middle eastern bureau. >> reporter: the good news the militants that broke
. >>> that was cleveland, ohio police chief calvin williams alongside mayor frank jackson talking abouts are exercising their freedom, their first amendment right peacefully. protests right now peaceful after the verdict of a not guilty verdict for officer brelo, to face crim na chargeinal charges and now they're waiting and watching making sure everything exercises theirs first amendment rights and reminding parents to keep their eye on their children and keep them 0u6 harm's way and...
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the breaking news from cleveland, i want to take you to a press conference where police chief calvin williamstoday's verdict. >> as you know this morning one of the first protests major protests was at the park on the west side. that protest has ended. the individuals from there have moved to another location where they're joining with other people throughout the near west side. as the mayor stated right now, people are peacefully exercising their first amendment rights and the division of police is allowing them to do that and assisting them in doing that. we want to make sure that continues. we expect nothing less. we also want to make sure that our parents out there are aware of where their children are over this weekend and that they keep them close if possible. we don't want anyplace caught up in an unnecessary situation, especially our kids. so if they can do that we'd definitely appreciate it. for the people out there that have experienced some of these minor coninconveniences the traffic, people exercising their first amendment rights bear with us. we're in this together and people ca
the breaking news from cleveland, i want to take you to a press conference where police chief calvin williamstoday's verdict. >> as you know this morning one of the first protests major protests was at the park on the west side. that protest has ended. the individuals from there have moved to another location where they're joining with other people throughout the near west side. as the mayor stated right now, people are peacefully exercising their first amendment rights and the division...
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so i want to turn this over to chief calvin williams who will go through the process of what we willf police action around disciplinary actions. chief. >> today's announcement of the verdict of patrol officer michael brelo marks a defining time for this city and this police department. it is important to note that we still have a lot of hard work to do regarding the events that took place on november 29 2012. i will explain the steps that we are going to take to move forward here. first i with a'ntant to recap actions already taken by both the city and police. in 2013 the division of police convened a critical incident review committee to look over the incident on november 29th of 2012. this critical incident review committee is comprised of members of the homicide unit the use of deadly force investigation team the integrity control section, the field operations section, as well as three civilians. one from the office of professional standards, one from the community relations board, and one community liaison, along with a member of the city's law department. the committee was taske
so i want to turn this over to chief calvin williams who will go through the process of what we willf police action around disciplinary actions. chief. >> today's announcement of the verdict of patrol officer michael brelo marks a defining time for this city and this police department. it is important to note that we still have a lot of hard work to do regarding the events that took place on november 29 2012. i will explain the steps that we are going to take to move forward here. first i...
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be here with mayor jackson and gupta, head of civil rights division and with our police chief calvin williamshat i agree is a historic agreement that will transform the way the city of cleveland is policed for years and years to come. although we've been working at this and here after with two years even more this is not the first time -- >> so we've been listening to the mayor frank jackson of cleveland respond to the descent to decree after the department of justice finished the civil rights investigation and come back to announce the developments of the civil rights practices or practices of the police department which showed undue bias against minority community cleveland. he brought up the fact we're waiting to hear how the case against rice is handled in light of how officer brelo was found innocent in the deaths of two unarmed african-americans in cleveland. want to move to major developments in the fight against the islamic state. iraq launched the offensive to drive iraq out. it's no easy task for the military given that isis controls nearly all major cities in anbar including ramadi
be here with mayor jackson and gupta, head of civil rights division and with our police chief calvin williamshat i agree is a historic agreement that will transform the way the city of cleveland is policed for years and years to come. although we've been working at this and here after with two years even more this is not the first time -- >> so we've been listening to the mayor frank jackson of cleveland respond to the descent to decree after the department of justice finished the civil...
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training conditions and the police officers in cleveland are going to have to get used to it and calvin williamsly, now into the future. >> benjamin crump, let's talk about baltimore for a minute. you know the six police officers who have been charged in the freddie gray death, they've asked for a change of venue, to move the trial if there's going to be a trial, presumably there will be out of baltimore. they don't think they can get a fair trial in baltimore right now. you're an attorney what do you think? >> i think a the judge will have to make a decision. but you want to be able to say the same way the people who are arrested in the community that freddie gray lived in when they broke the law, you want it to be the same for everybody. so people see that it's fair and transparent. if they can't get a fair trial, at the end of the day everyone will agree they're innocent until proven guilty and you want them to get due process unthe law. >> they deserve, those police officers innocent until proven guilty they deserve a fair trial. the question is can they get a fair trial based on your experi
training conditions and the police officers in cleveland are going to have to get used to it and calvin williamsly, now into the future. >> benjamin crump, let's talk about baltimore for a minute. you know the six police officers who have been charged in the freddie gray death, they've asked for a change of venue, to move the trial if there's going to be a trial, presumably there will be out of baltimore. they don't think they can get a fair trial in baltimore right now. you're an...
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we were listening to the chief of police there, calvin williams in the cleveland police department sayingestors to come out and express their first amendment rights and protest their displeasure with the acquittal of michael brelo. >> but they wanted to give them space to protest not only what's going on in cleveland but also what's going on around the country. so you would presume if they're trying to give them space to protest what's around the country they would have beef with police but he said these protestors started attacking bystanders so it makes you wonder if the people who were arrested were actually there when the protests started. if someone up et state's exhibit that picked up a sign at a restaurant and hit someone in the head. >> it's similar to what you saw with cvs and the small mom and pop shops. they're innocent. they did say it started out peaceful and turned violent and that's when police officers decided to start taking action. >> so 71 people arrested in those protests. we'll continue to monitor what's going on out in cleveland as the show continues this morning. hi
we were listening to the chief of police there, calvin williams in the cleveland police department sayingestors to come out and express their first amendment rights and protest their displeasure with the acquittal of michael brelo. >> but they wanted to give them space to protest not only what's going on in cleveland but also what's going on around the country. so you would presume if they're trying to give them space to protest what's around the country they would have beef with police...
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calvin coolidge side-by-side. strange bed fellows. you know you're in miami when you hear oo. george h.w. bush had champ that jefferson, abraham lincoln theodore roosevelt and ike. william jefferson clinton thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, and george washington. he took down ike. george w. bush returned to ike and may not be the worst thing he did as president about removed abraham lincoln's picture from the wall. our current president, president obama, has put up harry hard harry truman, george washington, thomas jefferson and theodore roosevelt. he has lincoln in another room. in the oval office. so when it came to hanging portraits in the white house cabinet room, presidents number 40 through 44 all had one predecessor in common thomas jefferson. so this book spans about three-quarters of a century but i'm going to start with the year -- the winter of 1924-1925 when a book was published that had a profound impact on the democratic party and specifically on franklin d. roosevelt who at that time was a failed vice presidential nominee, and still eight years from becoming president. he wrote the first and only book review of his life about this book by man from indian
calvin coolidge side-by-side. strange bed fellows. you know you're in miami when you hear oo. george h.w. bush had champ that jefferson, abraham lincoln theodore roosevelt and ike. william jefferson clinton thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, and george washington. he took down ike. george w. bush returned to ike and may not be the worst thing he did as president about removed abraham lincoln's picture from the wall. our current president, president obama, has put up harry hard harry truman,...
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calvin coolidge side-by-side. strange fellow. you know you are in my enemy when you hear always day. george herbert walker bush had thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, theodore roosevelt and eight. william jefferson clinton, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln and george washington. he took down train six. george w. bush returned ike and may not be the worst thing you did as president, but he removed abraham lincoln's picture from the wall. our current president, president obama has put up harry truman, george washington, thomas jefferson and theodore roosevelt. he has lincoln in the oval office. so when it came to hanging portraits in the white house cabinet room president number 40 through 44 all had one predecessor in common. thomas jefferson. so the book spans about three quarters of a century, but i am going to start with the winter of 1924-in 1825 when his book was published that had a profound impact on the democratic party and particularly for nt roosevelt who at that time was a failed vice presidential nominee and still eight years from becoming president. he wrote the first and only book review of his life about this book by a man from indiana named claude bowers. the book was c
calvin coolidge side-by-side. strange fellow. you know you are in my enemy when you hear always day. george herbert walker bush had thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, theodore roosevelt and eight. william jefferson clinton, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln and george washington. he took down train six. george w. bush returned ike and may not be the worst thing you did as president, but he removed abraham lincoln's picture from the wall. our current president, president obama has put up harry...