amy: while no police officers were indicted for eric garner's death, the man who filmed the attack, ramsey orta, is now locked up in jail. he was first arrested the day after the coroner declared garner's death homicide. his mother brother, and wife have all been arrested. we will speak to his aunt and the family attorney. we will also look at the debate over growing calls to require body cameras for police officers. and we will speak to a yemeni-american man who had to escape yemen by sea after the u.s. state department refused to help citizens evacuate after the saudi-led attack began. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a federal jury has found dzhokhar tsarnaev guilty on all 30 charges for his role in the boston marathon bombing that killed three and injured hundreds two years ago this month. tsarnaev was also found guilty in the murder of a police officer in the ensuing days. bombing survivor karen brassard welcomed the verdict. >> as a group we wanted to come out and say thank you to everyone who has wo

michael brown, akai gurley eric garner.ty of new york but across this nation to provide some sort of trust and confidence in the police force. >> i looked at my new york"new york times" today, michael. >> most of these cases you only have the officer. >> just one narrative. >> the first narrative that came out from the police were based on what the officer said and they were providing his account of what happened. if you were reading it these initial reports out of north charleston okay. it's a little curious. it doesn't get national attention. one of the witnesses was dead. >> in fairness there was the family of walter scott who said this doesn't sound right. this isn't a guy who was violent. why aren't we listening enough to the families of the victims? >> we give the benefit of doubt to law enforcement all across this nation. this narrative we have heard over and over again where police officers tend to say individuals, they were in fear for their life and that's why they decided to use lethal force. it is a national dis

none better than my best guest the widow of eric garner.an heard saying i can't breathe over and over as he was placed in the choke hold last july. his wife joins me along with the lawyer handling eric garner's case. welcome to both of you. thank you so much. let me begin with -- i was watching you watch those mothers both -- the strong sense of forgiveness soon after losing a son. then the mother of the officer who did this. first, what do you make of this forgiveness? have you forgiven officers in staten island? >> i don't think i'll ever have that much love or that much god in my heart. it was a heartless and godless thing that took my husband off this earth. i don't think there's anything that the officer could say to me or express to me. he's not sorry. he's not. if he was sorry, the time to be sorry would be when my husband was asking for air to breathe. to let the ent do what they needed to do to try to revive him or bring him back. they stood there and watched him die. i don't think i could ever forgive him. >> there are a number of

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then you have the situation with eric garner in the staten island video.r not only half a dozen police officer stand around as eric garner is gasping for breath but then even when the ems, the paramedics arrived, they waste four crucial minutes while they are walking around not treating him. those four paramedics were eventually suspended for their actions on that day. then of course, now we have the south carolina situation where once again, after officer's leg or -- officer slager shoots scott, another officer arrives and they stand around. they check the ones. they talk on the radios and discuss, where is my vehicle but they don't administer any kind of aid to walter scott. and then people wonder why the black lives matter movement has grown and spread so rapidly across the country, when people are seeing these videos were people were shot are not even given immediate aid. amy: and police use their force to prevent bystanders from administering aid. when you look at ramsey orta who remains in rikers island the only person arrested around the eric garner

we something similar in new york around eric garner. that when folks realized that they don't get the sort of accountability that they've been expecting, then they're going to be a little upset. i talked to a man the other day who said we're always asked to be calm and let justice play its way out. but then he said we never get justice. that's what was said to me. >> toure, great report. thanks to the young lady next to you. peter alexander with the protesters at city hall in baltimore. peter, let me go to you, peter. last night, we talked for an hour on this program at 7:00 eastern about how there was going to be a report this friday coming from the police commission. and it was going to give us some information as to what went wrong, how that young man had his spinal cord broken and killed, led to his death. we were going to get some facts, perhaps some accountability. now we're getting the word clarified is the new term at city hall in this city. clarifies the favorite word now that it's not going to be for another week. it's going t

the one person that ended up behind bars is the eyewitness who shot video of eric garner's death. he told "america tonight" his arrest was payback for exposing what happened. >> stop. no, no, i understand you are stressed. you are taking it out on me. >> reporter: emotions run high when christy gets a call from her husband, the staten island man that took a video triggering outrage against new york city police officers, accused of killing a man in custody. the death of eric garner defined on suspicion of illegally selling cigarettes was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner. ramsay was hailed a hero for his video expose. he is in gaol. and he claims it's retaliation. >> what will you do about the mess that you are in right now? >> i'll fight it to the end. and hopefully i win. hopefully people realise that now i'm being harass the. >> reporter: peakspeaking to "america tonight" from gaol, he claims he was set up on a bogus charge of gun. >> reporter: have you seen your husband with a gun? >> never. >> reporter: when you heard the charges, what was your reaction? >> i died. i sa

all proceeds will go to the family of eric garner. >> to have that type of capacity is amazing and i'mrateful to be here. >> the death the 24-year-old started the garner way foundation. she's the host of tonight's concert and will perform . >> later tonight we're going to show you the new dash cam video from a police shooting in south carolina so stay tuned for that. plus, why more bay area police officers are not wearing body cameras. >> family of a motorcyclist who plunged 50 feet to his death is leading for help. they're urging anyone with information to come forward. >> my dad was just coming home from work. like everybody else's family comes home from work. if anyone knows anything or if you've been told something, do the right thing. >> police are looking for a dark suv or jeep that may have hit the motorcycle then left the scene. >> moving on now, more people than usual use feet to get to work today in san francisco. it was walk to workday through downtown to celebrate. the mayor used this event to announce a request for new funding. >> we need to move aggressively so people kno

another man, a grown man named eric garner on staten island new york. he died when police put him in a chokehold while he was being arrested for selling loose cigarettes. he actually die addd before michael brown but it amplified the response. and then when a grand jury decided not to indict the officers in eric garner's death, the protests started again with people blocking highways and bridges, and it was not just in new york but around the country for eric garner. meanwhile, police in cleveland responded to a call in a local park about a 12 year old, a 12 year old boy named tamir rice had been playing with a real-looking pellet gun. within less than three seconds, one of the officering responding to the call shot and killed that boy. no one has been arrested in his killing. in february it was suburban madison, alabama when police stopped a man after somebody reported a stranger walking through the neighborhood that they didn't recognize. patel was visiting his family. one of the officers slammed him to the ground so hard it left him paralyzed. the sa

the weekend eric garner was killed. wasn't until the officer walked and not indicted in the crime that we saw massive i can't breathe protests. what we point to here i think we all come back and will come back to what happens to this officer. yes, he's been charged. will he plea deal? will they lessen the charge and eventually will there be a conviction because while they have charged this officer with murder which is relatively rare what's even more rare is an officer being convicted of a murder during an on-duty shooting. >> again. especially here in south carolina you know in the past five years. that's a startling statistic, more than 200 an not a single officer convict. one of the things that's struck me about the response the official response here, you know state lawmakers, national lawmakers, invariably any time that there's a story like this you typically will have one or two folks who say something that's so ridiculous that's so against the grain. with this it really does seem like regardless of political affi

you think eric garner was not preventable. >> what was the catalyst for all these?>> police officers who use -- police who use excessive force. >> resisting arrest. >> that's absurd. >> that right there is the key of this. how do you see it? is this resisting arrest or is this excessive force. that's the key we have to figure out, the big debate out there. we're going to pause. you're both going to be staying with me as the live coverage continues. you're looking at live pictures of baltimore where thousands are gathering to protest the death of freddie gray. an eyewitness to what happened to freddie gray says the baltimore man looked like a pretzel when the police arrested him. we'll be speaking to him and speak to his spokesman for the police department. he's trying to get on for us despite the protests to answer the questions about excessive force directly on the program tonight, as the crowds grow. we're live. we'll be right back. i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by c

reporter: i'm looking into the crowd seeing a homemade sign "we will not forget michael brown, eric garner walter scott, freddie gray." there are so many similar signs. hundreds have come out here to gather. i was told by one of the organizers earlier tonight this was going to be a place where people could come to express both their outrage and sadness. what i want to point out is that this is what it looks like when you have a peaceful protest. these are people who have been joined together by their passion, they are expressing it in a very passionate way. the visual here is symbolic. it certainly garners attention. the expression here is nothing if not respectful. these are people who have come to listen to one another and they hope to be heard. these are people of all ages all races. this is very reflective of what we saw over the winter when so many people rallied after the death of eric garner. this was organized on social media. people had time to get down here. they were prepared to participate. erin that means nypd was also prepared for this. we saw them out here even before the cr

also in attendance will be the family of eric garner.he baltimore police department will hand over the investigation on friday to the attorney's office. we will watch for that. of course today is about honoring freddie gray and laying him to rest. christine. >> athena thank you for that. >>> 46 minutes past hour. is an isis-inspired terror plot in the works in the u.s.? intercepted intelligence raises suspensions. one threat may focus on california. sunlen serfaty has more. >> reporter: christine, this is not known if it is real or aspirational threat. the investigation started after the fbi intercepted some chatter indicating a potential possible plot could be in the works. the department of homeland security would not address the specifics of the potential threat but told cnn in a statement, the department of homeland security in consultation with the fbi and our intelligence partners will adjust security measures as necessary to protect the american people. over the last few months we have made is security adjustment adjustments. many

20 years choke holds have been unauthorized as part of the poll sthoif nypd. 11 different times eric garner a father of six, said he couldn't breathe and on 11 different occasions the officers whrp there failed to respond to mr. garner's pleas for help. as a result he was killed. on a new york city street. for all the world to see. and then a grand jury fails to indict even on simple asalt. and now of course we've got the tragedy of walter scott. someone who was killed running away from a police officer after having been tazed. and it's not clear to me that it's a courageous -- that if a courageous bystander hadn't captured that incident on video the officer responsible for killing walter scott may be patroling the streets of south carolina today. what more does congress need to see to realize that we've got a problem that needs to be addressed? i'm thankful that several of my colleagues in government beginning with the assistant democratic leader, we've got a -- who's got a tremendous history of combating injustice before he got to congress and in his two decades plus of serving the people

we saw this same action after the death of eric garner and after the officer was not indicted in this we saw these protests prop up after officer derrick wilson was exonerated and was not indicted in ferguson as well. and now this protest is happening in new york city and you see the number of police are on the scene trying to keep people in place there and to keep a handle on it at least 60 arrests, 60 arrests in new york city this evening. that is a different case than what is happening on the streetszstreets of baltimore. so far, not much this evening. not sure about the number of arrests. we were told 10 people were arrested yesterday for violating the curfew. but what you're looking at is just shy of midtown manhattan. i think they're just passing a flat iron and it's to the right of your screen. so that's what you're seeing is a large presence in new york city. new york used to dealing with this particular situation. and bring you new developments as we see them. and the mandatory curfew in effect are the second night in baltimore. and the public schools are open again today. we

democratic congressmember elijah cummings, a delegation of white white house and the family of , eric garner -- the staten island man who died after a new york city police officer put him in a banned chokehold. 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 violen

another one, when you look at these hashtags like the one "i can't breathe" with the eric garner case in new york last year as well. it's interesting to look at the language being used and i've always seen #justiceforwalter seen #justiceforwalterscott, starting to trend. >> powerful campaigning tool. what about reaction just coming through the likes of twitter? >> there's quite a few topics for discussion. a lot -- a lot of tweets about this. if we can look at one tweet here which says unarmed back turned still killed. don't let any one not see this tonight and includes the video widely shared. another man tweeted again, link linking to high profile cases, trayvon martin michael brown, the list goes on when will the senseless killing finally mark change. another talking point is about the video itself the fact this video has been shared on social media. what would have happened if this video hasn't been taken or action police might have taken had it not appeared on social media. >> we can get media response as well now from steve, the correspondent for the news. right now at the deten

so i think that the eric garner's michael brown issue israel. if not obama, who. >> host: he did not go. >> guest: he did not go. everything comes to the president. and this is the thing that bothers me. we forget so easily. people are asking him. why not. race has come to every president in that building. i mean,, lbj john f. kennedy abraham lincoln eisenhower all these presidents have dealt with issues of race. >> host: and acted on it. >> guest: yes. people have yes. people have to understand. where would you ask about race? he is the one who can effectuate change. >> host: bill clinton did he come close to issuing what some african-americans would consider an apology for slavery? >> guest: he wanted to. there was a speech he gave what we covered him in africa. he did not apologize for slavery. he was a back-and-forth fight within the white house i will never forget. you not going to get an apology. i'm not looking for one, but why not. not only the issue of recreation but i think bill clinton was the one i think he was the only one who could

. >> reporter: most of these marchs started seven days in new york where eric garner died. >> it's about justice. it's about people getting murdered. it's happening too much. >> reporter: there have been stops in major cities along the way, including baltimore where 25-year-old freddy gray died of a spinal cord injury while in police custody. >> you'll hear baltimore and d.c. police say their department is more progressive. this isn't ferguson. >> but this kind of stuff keeps happening. >> reporter: he brought his four sons and daughter to the march. >> it's a very important time in history for them. i'm scared for them. >> no justice, no peace. >> reporter: students from montgomery county community college. >> we're trying to change the culture of our campus and pave the way for young, social actists. >> we ain't gonna stop until our people are free! >> reporter: here in washington, d.c. bowser wants the video tape exempt from freedom of information regulations. these demonstrators say they want to see the video tape. the organization agreed they say releasing that video will show that

eric garner choked to death after being stopped for selling cigarettes on the streets of our city.nd now freddie gray. his spine nearly severed while in police custody. not only as a mother and a grandmother but as a citizen, a human being, my heart breaks for these young men and their families. we have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in america. there is -- [ applause ] there is some profoundly wrong when african-american men are still far more likely to be stopped and searched by police charged with crimes and sentenced to longer prison terms than are given to white counterparts. there's something wrong when a third of all black men face the prospect of prison during their lifetimes. and an estimated 1.5 million black men are "missing" from their families and communities because of incarceration and premature death. there is something wrong when more than one out of every three young black men in baltimore cannot find a job. there is something wrong when trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve breaks down as far as it has in many

eric garner's family is here to support the family of freddie gray.be some anger as this service gets under way in just a few minutes here carol. >> all right. athena jones reporting live from baltimore. thank you so much. >>> today's somber funeral services a stark contrast of violence that broke amid mostly peaceful protests. long standing tension between police and the community coming to light as the furor boiled over. you can see protesters a small group, that was an undercover police car breaking out windows. several 7-eleven stores were looted. windows were broken and fans that went to see the orioles game were told to stay in the stadium for safety sake. the mayor said outsidagee ageagee ageitateors were to blame. joining me to talk more about this faraji muhammad. the mayor said the violence was committed by outsidagee agitateoragitators. is that true? >> there has been some talk about outside protesters but we're trying to figure out who and what and who was really involved. the big thing is that there certainly has been some concern in the

not just in new york but around the cuntry country for eric garner. meanwhile, police responded to a report about a 12 year old. he had been playing with a realistic looking pellet gun. within a blink of pulling up to him, one of the officers responding to that call shot and killed that 12-year-old boy. no one has been charged in tamir rice's killing. in february it was suburban madison, alabama when somebody reported a stranger walking through the neighbor. patel was a grandfather in the neighborhood visiting his family. one of the officers slammed him to the ground so brutally it left him paralyzed. that officer was charged with third degree assault and felony civil rights abuse. a man was shot who had been throwing rocks at him. seemed to be having some sort of episode. they shot the man, 17 times, as he ran away from them. nobody's been charged in that incident. last month, in michigan there was a man named floyd dent who said he was pulled over and badly beaten by police and left with a fractured eye sokt and broken ribs. in that inkster case the

eric garner repeatedly said he couldn't breathe after a new york police officer put him in a choke hold. >> but we took this as him being the sack official lamb. >> reporter: a new york grand jury opted not to charge the officer in the garner case. >> i've been getting a the lot of questions like do you see a difference? or do you see a change come something do we have faith in the system now? and my answer is no. >> reporter: garner told her story in downtown oakland cat brooks. the deaths of eric participator and michael brown in missouri may have played a role in the quick arrest. >> listen, they don't want this on their doorstep. the last thing any city official wants is uprising or rebellions. >> void owe semipowering both in terms of the practical utilization of it. but the validation i can't be called a liar anymore. >> that was christien kafton reporting. the situation in south carolina and across the country shows the growing number of officer involved shootings are are being captured on cell phone video. on wednesday a sunnyvale police officer shot and killed a man police say

by then it was around the country for eric garner. meanwhile, police in cleveland responded to a call in a local park about a 12-year-old. 12-year-old boy name the ta mir rights had been playing with realistic looking air soft pellet gun. within a blink of pulling up to him, less than three seconds one of the officers responding to the call shot and killed that 12-year-old boy. that was in november. nobody has been charged in rice's killing in cleveland. in february it was suburban madison, alabama when police stopped is your roesch bay patel after somebody reported a stranger walking through the neighborhood somebody they didn't recognize. patel was a grandfather who was in the neighborhood visiting his family. one of the officers slammed him to the ground so brutally it left him paralyzed. that officer was charged with third degree assault and felony civil rights abuse. that same month it, police in pass ca washington shot an unarmed man throwing rocks at them. seemed to be having an episode. they shot the man antonio 17 times as he

this comes after one week, a suspect being shot by another officer, and last year eric garner an unarmed black man was choked to death after being caught on tape saying, i can't breathe. one of the most widely used hashtags out of this, is f your breath. image from the body camera, with the words f your breath over it. tweeted this message seems like i can't wake up these days without hearing of another person of color losing his life, eric harris. cop pointing a gun at the man with the line, you have the right to remain silent. he was trying to sell a .9 millimeter semi automatic weapon to police officers. >>> what's interesting is tulsa has around 100 of these reserve officers who are effectively reserve cops. the family of eric harris said, we do not believe it's reasonable or responsible to accept donation from citizens who want to be a pay to play cop. interesting he was 73. >> north carolina officials are trying to find, in goldboro, about 50 miles from raleigh less think the gunmen knew the employee a print shop separator. unclear what led to the shooting. >>> it's a big day for p

from eric garner walter scott in south carolina but baltimore is different. the police department is 48% black. the troubles here exacerbated by economic devastation. the city ranks tenth in the nation for income inequality with nearly a quarter living below the poverty line. in freddie gray's neighborhood more than a quarter of homes are vacant. this week's disturbance has only made the economic divide deeper. jobs lost in the neighborhood malls closed conventions canceled. lost revenue city wide as the orioles cancel their second home game in a row. and they take a step to play wednesday's game in an empty stadium. many residents say they are committed to healing. this clotheing tailer says he's not giving up on baltimore. >> i have no fear. i'm just working. that's the reason why i'm here. >> for these residents -- >> baltimore has been home to me for 15 years. >> -- and so many others here this city is still their heart, still their home. peace peace and happyiness ♪ >> the violence we've all watched the past 36 hours is not unique just to baltimore, but

law enforcement folk are looking at cases like trayvon martin ta mir rice eric garner and they're siding with law enforcement. they're saying it's tough out there. it's dangerous out there. they have to protect themselves. and this is the narrative that they use every time in these shootings. we were fortunate and this family was blessed to get access so we could have the truth in this particular case, and it explodes the previous narratives. your common sense question is going to continue to go unanswered. i don't think that law enforcement has gotten wake-up call just jet. i really don't. if you think about these as sit-ins and die-ins and some of the organized ways in which the dream defenders are trying to raise awareness. if you look at their assistance in michael brown's funeral. their attitude their positionalty, they're still defensive. we haven't had the kind of conversations to lead to resolution and rebuilding the public trust with law enforcement. >> and finally, mr. henderson, the discrepancy between the police report and the video tape your thoughts? >> i think it's a real

but the protests in ferguson seemed to amplify the response to eric garner's death and thousands protested what happened to garner. then a grand jury decided not to indict the police officers inner ache -- in garner's death in december protested started again around the country. meanwhile, police in cleveland responded to a call in a local park. 12-year-old tamir rice had been playing with a realistic looking pellet gun. within a blink of pulling up to him in that park one of the officers shot and killed that 12-year-old kid. that was in november. no one has been charged in the killing. in february with police in madison, alabama, somebody reported a stranger walking through the neighborhood. mr. patell was a grandfather. one of the officers slammed him to the ground so far, it left him paralyzed. that officer was charged with felony civil rights abuse. that same month, police in washington shot an unarmed man who had been throwing rocks at him. they shot him 17 times as he ran away from him. 17 times. he was killed. no one has been charged. last month in inkster, michigan floyd dent came

them why they came out a lot of them were out here in december in the post-ferguson and death of eric garner case, they say they're coming out again, some people feel they are participating in an historic moment here in the united states, meaning this is a pivotal moment. >> melissa i know -- >> i look on tv there's another innocent black father son student person that quite frankly looks like me, being killed or being reported as unjustly handled in some way. i couldn't stay at home. >> vie son who is 15 and also black and i just don't want to see him get killed with all these changes happen. >> reporter: and we do expect these protests to continue for a couple more hours antonio. >> thanks melissa. i'm be back with the situation in a half an hour. maintain iis up next. >> on "america tonight", the longest journey to save the youngest lives. >> we are going 270 knots. and when we touched down we touched down in a rice paddy. just fallow fields but i'd left the gear behind, which broke up the integrity of the cargo department where most of the kids were. >> the turbulent and tragic stories o

whether it is ferguson or the next community and then you get video of eric garner and then, you say, we have tried had to do this within the system, and we haven't received any satisfaction. will you speak to that please? >>> well the difficult part, is allowing it to deinvolve into a situation like this. >>> i have always been a believer in creating policy panels, and allowing the community to have a voice, and then discussing what the outcomes are. that should include church leaders, and a.c.l.u., and other groups, business leaders, and how reis he receptive they are and what they want to have done, and then addressing each individual case. it's impossible, to lump all of these cases together, and see there, all these cases suggest that the police are not being responsive. >>> there may have been things, that happened, that the police did do and somebody didn't like the way that the police responded. >>> they didn't care for the answer and we can't have, you know, we can't have police officers for using force because they're empowered to do so. >>> i just saw a sign, a street sign

. >> you have a racial matters happening here, in the wake of eric garner's death and the protests in new york. how do you stop it? >> you stop it by, one, recognising whether it's a reality or perception. it has to be addressed. the minority believes the department has to speak to new york and the department was not treating minorities fairly. in this city, the fact that crime was down dramatically, and police were ever present in minority neighbourhoods, ever more intrusive in day to day lives from people in the neighbourhoods. crime in new york city was down 80% from the bad old days. i liken that to talk about medicine. we have a doctor discovering cancer, radiation and chemo. they treat with heavy doses, but as they get better, they use the dose. as a patient the minority got better. the doctor, a police department administered larger and larger doses and the patient was getting sicker not from the original cancer, but sicker from the new disease, and the disease in new york was unnecessary levels of enforcement. >> was racism behind na? >> federal court found that. i don't belie

from eric garner in new york who was accused of illegally selling cigarettes, put in a 15-second choke hold, to this family in indiana, where a traffic stop for seat violations turns violent when they refuse to get out of the car. the family has since filed a lawsuit, though the department said the police officer were acting in the interests of their safety. the shooting of wall testify scott wasn't the first caught on camera in south carolina. last september an unarmed man was reaching for his wallet, shot by an officer. the man later received a $300,000 settlement from the state government and the officer was charged with assault. ow slager's case will end up remains unclear but change is going to come. today authorities here announce they're ordering more than 250 police body cameras. >> every officer that's on the street in uniform will have a body camera. >> we need to seriously as a nation expand the use of video, of body cams and dash cams by police and law enforcement around the country. >> reporter: but critics say biased policing is a larger systemic problem. >> we want to al

used we just got this tweet today brings back our girls we have black lives matter in response to eric garner and mike brown. that's trending. #activism is a catalyst that leads to organized sustained activism, just look at the eric goner. here is amnesty international there is -- join our twitter action today. the activism is used to -- but sometimes it causes a crack down, and more human rights abuses and turkey. we noticed in pakistan, what do you say that as the trend? how do we navigate around that negative consequence of the about vim. >> unfortunately, or i guess fortunately, in the u.s. we -- if that were to happen, if president obama decided to make twitter unavailable, i'm sure there will be a lot of people that would be upset about it, and unfortunately in other countries are there's less freedom of speech, and where the situation is different. >> and in a way, i think the intention was good there, they wanted to use or utilize social media to drive tension to human rights abuses but i think in a way it perpetuated stereotypes. and how they must do all these crazy things. i think e

. >> among the mourners yesterday was erica garner the daughter of eric garner who died being arrested with a choke hold. she said the video reminded her of her father saying he can not breathe. we're hoping calm can return to the city of baltimore. this very large law enforcement presence is designed to protect property and people in the city as well. we've just seen another armored vehicle roll up to the scene that's been mostly calm through the night despite all the debris here and the large police presence that we see. we expect that to be the case throughout the day. there will be more police departments to help the policelaw enforcement. >> what are the factors in what the day cou the fact that there's no school today and a lot of people said the protests the rioting began when school let out and police were saying a lot of the high school kids were behind more of the violent acts yesterday. how do police plan to deal with a bunch of kids who are not in school today? >> reporter: we saw from some of the chopper video we had yesterday, as school let out, we saw people mixed in wit

that's where eric garner died last july when a police officer put him in a whoek hold. group plans to walk from new york to washington, d.c. they want to bring attention to the juvenile justice system to end racial profiling and to remember those who have died in police custody. >> these are issues that are ongoing every single day, every single hour it seems like we're hearing about these occurrences. >> now once that group reaches d.c. they plan to deliver a justice package to members of congress demanding congress takes action. here's a look where the marchers will be stopping along the way to hold rallies. expected to be in trenton today philadelphia, before heading to baltimore and ultimately d.c. >>> happening today, an important vote by the senate foreign relations committee on a nuclear deal with iran. the committee is expected to vote today on a bill that would give congress the power to reject a deal with iran. also there is a 50-50 chance the space exsupply ship. the cargo ship will carry two tons of supplies experiments and equipment including an espresso ma

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i think it's more akin to the one in new york with eric garner, where it seems unambiguous that there is some sort of undue misconduct or police action. but the fact of the matter is that a real change to these conditions that lead to these sorts of situations. the kind of action you would have to take to make sure that people like freddie gray or just people in general, aren't subjected to that kind of treatment by law enforcement officers. it's change i'm not sure a broader political community is willing to make. at a certain point, when you have constant reports of police misconduct, you have to begin to conclude there's not really misconduct, it's just how we do things. i don't see any real evidence that americans are ready to fully reconsider what we've asked police departments to do in our inner cities and our poor communities and high crime communities. it seems to me that what we've asked them to do is to use this sort of heavy hand. when you give wide berth for a heavy hand you're going to get inevitably in situations like this. >> let me bring in jane miller who has been cov

what we're learning now, first with eric garner and now again with walter skod. for if not the safety of black and brown people then if they are unfortunately killed for their own name there must be video tape. either cameras on the police officers or video on cell phones of bystanders to show what really happens. as we see from the police reports. what's in the reports do not match what we now know from that video tape. that's why you she the divergence there in those numbers. african-americans in particular know deep down that this isn't the first time something like this has happened. >> yeah, the narratives here are chilling. joy reid and jonathan capehart thank you for your time. >> after the break, rand ball gives the first stump speech of his presidential campaign and chooses one of the most inauspicious locations ever. plus, why doesn't america have a woman on any of the dollar bills? or bills period. we'll look at who could replace andrew jack on. >>> and later, a prak sis some called gay exorcism. i will speak with a man forced to undergo that ahead on