. >> choke hold death of eric garner, both cases involving police officers and unarmed brak men have led to questions about the grand jury process in this country. the united states is one of the only countries to still use grurs obe indict people for crimes. the grand jury is an institution that existed before the constitution. its purpose then is similar now, to protect citizens from government prosecution without just cause. what happens inside a grand jury room is supposed to be secret and for some, including new york state's highest ranking judge, that secrecy is the problem. >> in case wrest a grand jury votes to not bring charges where no true bill s the public is left to speculate about the process, the evidence, the legal instructions, and the conclusions drawn by the grand jury. >> chief judge jonathan lipman wants to change that in new york. he is supporting legislation that will allow the release of grand jury records in some cases. criminal defense attorney jerald plan. >> if you want to support the process it has to be more transparent. >> getting eric garner's grand ju

. >>> coming up, as news 4 at 6:00 continues, eric garner's family calls for a big change in how police accused of killing unarmed civilians are prosecuted. >>> and troubling news will new york's housing market, especially on long island. >>> have a tip for new york's biggest i-team? call 866-news-244 or e-mail tips@nbcnewyork.com. leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. p get your first month' s payment r plus five years wearr and tear coverage. p make the most of summer... t with volvo. >>> there's a called today to eliminate grand juries from the investigation process of police officers accused of killing civil yanls. charles barron revealed his proposal on the steps of city hall, joined by the mother of eric garner and other relatives of individuals who died in incidents. assemblyman barron says his bill will bring transparency and a public viewing of the indictment process of police officers when they're involved in the use of deadly force. >> we won't have to fight for transcripts or fight for min

we saw all the protests after the eric garner case. and the police union blasted your husband when he said that he was worried about dante's interactions as an african-american with police. where do you think we stand on race relations now in new york city? >> well, i think my husband was right to talk about that conversation that he had with dante. it happens all across our country between parents and their children. and i think that no one -- no one appreciates what the nypd does for our city. and the mayor and i, we work with them every day and we know how much they sacrifice to care for us and care for the citizens of our city. but race is something that we have to talk about. it's something that should be more in the public conversation. >> take me back to the day of officer wenjian liu's funeral when all of a sudden, all of the cops turned their backs on the mayor. >> that was a terribly sad day for the city and for those families, and, you know, those families are still grieving. it's going to take them a long, long time to get

i think if you look at the comparison of that, what happened with the eric garner case -- look, the fergusoncall it resistance was a watershed moment, and a year ago, to have another shooting in particular on the exact -- >> justin you can hardly believe that. right? it's hard to believe that a year later. >> and, you know, the victim, he was 18 years old, he was a friend of mike browns, and, you know, we pray for his recovery, but that sort of factor causes people to want to take to the streets. also if you -- you won't mind, my understanding is there was a police organization that declared yesterday, darren wilson day, a year after mike brown had been killed, they declared that day darren wilson day, and people are protesting against that sort of provocation, we have seen. we had a local official here who wea wears an i am darren wilson wristband openly. so you do see provocation. >> it seems like you are in a position to maybe make a little news here. the young man shot by police last night. we have word that he is critically wounded. was he armed? and the line here is that he fired at of

in the last 6 months there has been eric garner kaijeme powell john crawford, akai gurley, tamir rice tanesha anderson darrien hunt and ezell ford. that's just this year - many more names fill the mouths of protestors here on the streets: sean bell...oscar grant...rekia boyd...aiyana stanley jones. [crowd chanting] you can't stop the revolution! you can't stop the revolution! you can't stop the revolution! >> this is the new civil rights movement that's happening right now. and ground zero is the policing of black communities. there's no question about it. people are drawing connections that we drew 50 years ago in the civil rights movement that this is a societal problem. this is not just a police department problem. and it's not just a county problem and it's not just a sheriff problem. this is a societal problem because it happens all over the country. it happens constantly. a recent propublica investigation found that a black male teenager is 21 times more likely to be shot by police than a white male teenager. >> why does everyone who look like me gotta be criminal? there's no ho

in new york, after grand jury decided not to charge daniel pantaleo for the choke hold death of eric garner. questions about the grand jury process in this case. the united states is one of the few countries to still use grand juries to indict people for crimes. the grand jury system existed before the constitution. its purpose then is similar now to protect citizens from government prosecution without just cause. what happens inside a grand jury room is supposed to be secret and for some including new york state's highest ranking judge that secrecy is the problem. >> in cases where a grand jury votes not to bring charges where no true bill emerges the public is left to speculate about the process, the evidence, the legal instructions, and the conclusions drawn by the grand jury. >> reporter: chief judge jonathan lippman wants to change that in new york. he is supporting legislation that would allow for the release of information in some cases. attorney general agrees with lippman's plan. >> if you want the public to support the process it has to be more transparent. >> parts of eric garner

if we look at eric garner's case, we see body cameras don't solve the problem. what we have seen is a broken system, and be really need to think about how we are creating a new ideas on the stays. >> in order to fix the system, you have to have the system as it is, not as you want it the to be. what is the system as it is, versus what you might want is to be. >> i would rather have it what i want is to be, i don't want to take for things. this is why i'm an organizers, right, and why my members across the country in a million hoodies are thinking about how we are transforming the system. we don't want to accept how it is, and we ching how to transform the system that works with us, not against us. are. >> talking about the anger we were told what we might expect going forward. >> remember a year ago the national conversation on policing didn't exist. now there was a space where people understand the narrative, are not predicated on police. here what is carried out in the findings, we'll see what happens. in the future i think the protest community will start to

and in the case of eric garner, who died on staten island after the police put him in a chokehold as he sold illegal cigarettes. >> people are constantly shining the light on how the representation of law enforcement in this country is at odds with the actual practice. >> the stories have always been there, but now they're part of the national conversation. >> there's a new level of attention, and people actually know language around the issues that they didn't know before. they're talking about the issues, and talking about policing authority. and how it shows up. >> the american justice system has said over and over again -- >> in a new generation, young black rights activists say that it's not only time to start the conversation about race relations in the united states but to make sure that it companies. >> i think that this just ria wakened the civil rights movement. because we have been asleep, after the assassination of all of our freedom fighters, historically speaking, a lot of our people became afraid. but then you have the young people say enough is enough. >> activists sa

eric garner is not the first. there's a long tradition of racial violence, and we have to remember that in order to confront it. i think we should look back to maybe the notion of mobilizing people to affect change, which is one of the greatest things we can do in the country. >> that could mean something, because other unfortunate people all over the world, and for him to have died a hero, was more than for him just to a died >>> a young life lost in the darkest days of the delta, but a chen. >> in order to save my children, thank you for joining us.ildren, i had to try to save everyone else's. >> chicago mothers, fed up and fighting back. >> what we've essentially done is created an outdoor community center. >> changing the city one block at a time. >> i'm out here to encourage them, to tell them there's a better way. >> let's go let's get it done. hard work on three 1, 2, 3. >> hard work.

eric garner is not the first. there's a long tradition of racial violence, and we have to remember that in order to confront it. i think we should look back to maybe the notion of mobilizing people to affect change, which is one of the greatest things we can do in the country. >> that could mean something, because other unfortunate people all over the world, and for him to have died a hero, was more than for him just to a died >>> a young life lost in the darkest days of the delta, but a >> the whole neighborhood was under 20 feet of water. >> a decade after hurricane katrina, soledad o'brien investigates new orleans divided recovery. >> white home owners and black home owners had a very large gap. >> the residents forced to flee. >> escorted onto a plane by gun point without someone telling me where i'm going. >> and the city's future. >> why should a business come here when this neglect has been allowed to go on? >> an america tonight special, katrina: after the storm. >>> sudan's president is expected to sign a

eric garner is not the first. there's a long tradition of racial violence, and we have to remember that in order to confront it. i think we should look back to maybe the notion of mobilizing people to affect change, which is one of the greatest things we can do in the country. >> that could mean something, because other unfortunate people all over the world, and for him to have died a hero, was more than for him just to a died >>> a young life lost in the darkest days of the delta, but a legend never forgotten, i'm joie chen. thank you for joining us. >>> i'm ali velshi "on target", the push to ban the box. checking the wrong box on a job application could ruin your chance at a second chance. plus market whiplash, the wild stock market swings and why we should have seen them coming. last night i explained why america's economy was in better shape than the last time the stock market wiped out trillions in wealth. it's true. america re

. >> we talk a lot - especially in the wake of incidents like michael brown and eric garner and freddieray, the mistrust between communities and police officers, and how residents don't just you trust police, does it gone both ways, do some fear the communities in which they work? >> some probably do. one of the things missing from the conversation seems to be missing when we have the conversation about race, we act as if racism is a police problem in the united states of america. the country was founded on the principles when the compromise was built in so some could have political power. for hundreds of years, the racial system was enforced by the judges, by police officers, by legislatures, citizens and business owners. since the 1960s, when we made tremendous progress, other entities seem to forget they were engaged in racism. everyone now think that police is the racist part of society. that is not true. america has problems. >> do you see an outlier in your community, in the black community? here you are, a black former police officers. >> i'm still a police officer. >> who is def

the country, aragon or new york, freddie gray in baltimore, walter scott in south carolina, -- eric garnern new york, freddie gray in baltimore, walter scott is out created anhey all opportunity for dialogue. kathy: as you think that dialogue has happen and produced concrete change? christopher: look at samuel debose and the prosecutor's response instance patty. cincinnati.- in you have a quick statement that there will be a charge against that officer and a strong statement by the prosecutor condemning the behavior. that is the kind of progress that opponent -- proponents of social justice were looking for all along. that is why i say the ark was -- the trajectory arc was a good one. there was some sunlight there. it wasn't perfect. possibility of indictment and charges were being brought forward. kathy: quiz for thank you. tensions still in ferguson, missouri. in iraq, at least 42 people have been killed. in the kuba, a car bomb at a marketplace killed at least 35. ease of the city killed at least eight people. a controversial debate performance last thursday for mr. trop. mr. donald tru

he is the officer whose choke hold reportedly killed eric garner. he is back on duty after a grand jury declined to indict him on murder charges. >>> well, former president george w. bush visited the gulf coast today marking the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. he and laura bush attended a ceremony honoring the victims. he was criticized for his lack of response in 2005. today, he remembered those who died but celebrated the region cease resurgence. >> last time i was here, it didn't look quite this pretty. the place was totally devastated. and then, to see all the boats and the cranes is a testimony to the recovery of the gulf coast. >> bush also visited louisiana and new orleans while visiting a high school there, the band's music, as you can see, inspired the former president to break out some moves. >>> florida is bracing for what could be one of the biggest storms in years. tropical storm erika has already done major damage to the caribbean island of dominica. it slammed the island triggers landslides and floods there. the prime minister

which grew out of the deadly police shootings of michael brown, eric garner, and tamaris to make a few. >> it is even in des moines iowa the capitol of a state with a population of only 3%, according to the 20. census. activists has helped organize several black lives protests in des moines. we met with her in her home. >> i don't want people to think that we are not angry, because way are. and i don't want to people that our anger permits violence. because it doesn't. i also don't want people to think that compliance is the way to go about things. for my work, i want to get black folk as sense of belonging. kia explained that she wants people to feel comfortable calling attention to what she sees a as crisis in america right now. this is talking about white people. so i can work that out and have things be okay. i can talk to black folks. >> you might think this one way, but i won't shame you for thinking that way. she says the tangible success rides on what got it started in the first place. correcting political interaction with african-americans. when do you know you have the w? the

it was formed in the wake of the police shootings of eric garner, michael brown, tamir rice and others. i asked senator sanders how he felt about these criticisms and he told me that it was all about institutional racism. >> and until we create a criminal justice system that is a heck a lot better than the system today, the issue that has to be focused on, it's easier to give speeches. it is harder to do it, i will do it. >> but at least one activist that we met with here des moines senator sanders record is not enough. >> that speech, the alignment, it was a feel-good, feel the burn, whatever you want to categorize it. i don't feel the burn after that. and it's really--it's kind of leaving me to think whether his motives. he's asking for my vote. he's wanting me to vote for him. but i can't--i want to know the follow up, and i don't feel like there is going to be much of any. i hope so is. >> is that in a nutshell why people have protested him, interrupted him. >> yep. it's because he's giving us these pacifiers. these tidbits of things that are supposed to silence us and hush us. >>

. >> erika garner, who's father eric was killed last year by police in new york said race must be an issue in next year's presidential election. >> no one is talking about these issues. i think the candidates are a joke. they are not taking it serious, and, you know, it's still a year later and we still believe that black lives do not matter to, you know, the elected officials. >> as the crowds dispersed, one activist reflected on brown's legacy. >> i think this is a generational shift. even if i were to step away right now, i don't think they're going to stop. >> throughout the weekend, we were at mini marches and we saw police mingling with the crowds and everything was skate soar gel, kind of a stark contrast to what we saw last night. >> what is planned for today in ferguson? >> today is a day of protest again, some demonstrations, another day again, a day to remember michael brown, both here in ferguson and across the country. >> diane esther brook live in ferguson, missouri, thank you. >> del walters spoke last night with the executive director of the million moodies movement f

because what happened was, we saw it last year with eric garner.these folks calling for president obama and congress to do that. but the reality is, what people don't understand is, these are state cases. the federal government does not have jurisdiction to create a special prosecutor to oversee a state case. so we saw right now, you have kerric, the officer inlk:ñ chare who shot and killed jonathan farrell. the police chief there says he was immediately charged, charged with manslaughter. he came on the scene, farrell was in a car accident, called for help. they -- he knocked on some doors, they thought he was trying to break in or whatever. cops arrived. and he's running to the cops for help. one officer -- three officers on the scene, one white, two black. white officer fires ten shots, kills farrell. the first grand jury did not indict. then the state attorney general took over the case, that grand jury indicted. his trial starts monday. so one of the things we have to fight for is, you have to create whether by executive action like we saw in

deaths such as eric garner who was put in an apparent chokehold by an officer before he died. however, the district attorney association of the state of new york has said the order could do more harm than good. >> this relates to a crisis of public confidence, not to any particular act of misconduct or alleged misconduct by any d.a. it's not about that at all. >> reporter: before we left the attorney general's office here, i did ask him if he would be doing anything differently, then the -- than the district attorney who would normally be taking on a case like this, whether it was a larger staff to handle the investigation, maybe one with less of a couldn't comment on the staffing of other cases, only to reiterate that he would be doing a thorough investigation. reporting in lower manhattan, i'm renee stoll, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> the second trial in the man accused of killing a 6-year-old etan patz expected to begin in march. it comes nearly three months after a judge declared a mistrial on the case because of a hung jury. hernandez confessing to strangling patz back

uptick in shootings and murders earlier this summer but what de blasio said about place after the eric garner grandup grand jury decision -- grand jury decision, that infuriated peebles. >> the mayor of the city does not stand up at a press conference on national tv and criticize the very police department that he runs. >> reporter: and now peebles could run for mayor in two years and pay for it himself. he's worth about $700 million. and yes, he'd run as a democrat against de blasio. >> i like bill de blasio. he's a likable person. i -- he is -- i considered him a friend. i still do. he and i just disagree on the direction we're taking the city. >> interesting way to be a friend. [ laughter ] he -- >> reporter: de blasio didn't seem worried at all. today he broke grounds on a new 154 unit apartment for low income seniors. >> i'm going to run on the issues. and anyone who wants to run against me god bless them. and i'd like to see what they want to put up in comparison to that. so come one come all. >> reporter: possiblies is leaning towards running and he'll make a decision for sure in about

when things with eric garner happened in the city's the class's of immigrants students to an everyday there is something else going on. but also for leadership roles soon there community that this social safety net is not very strong. for health care and things like that. >> mission high has a very diverse population and because of that the issues that are brought along with that with second language students or passport students coming in and, i would love to hear you say more about adversity -- diversity of mission and how you think that makes a cookie cutter approach to national education a real problem? >> it is leading in the country an incredible thing for me i feel like i've traveled all over the world but i have learned so much about different countries tend cultures and it is incredible. when you spend time there that we can figure out and this is the recurring theme of education reform that is always looking for the utopia that we will put it in every school. but to create a specific charter school and when you spend some time to serve the individual needs of the students an

we say see it -- we may see it on eric garner, the occupy, the court signs and for me it is not just about the people, it is about the conversation. and occupy wall street may not have bodies on the ground camping out and drumming and protesting but they were a catalyst for a discussion that continued up into the supreme court. people are still talking about the things that the occupy movement brought up, whether it is the affordability of college, the 1% and those things are still happening. so i think the movement is still continuing, maybe it is just different. that is what is different about our generation. we're still the civil rights movement, unfortunately still has to happen in our day and age i'm sure during lbj and martin luther king jr.'s, time they would never want us to continue to fight that, but that movement is still going and we see it today through the eric garner stuff. >> and i want to ask both of you, i get asked by friends all of time, overseas, living in arab countries, they can't understand after the arab spring why young people here don't stand up more and do

we celebrated, that's probably the wrong word but remembered the anniversary of eric garner's death and so much has happened betwixt and between these moments. we have also had the data come out in the last week that 40% of black children live in poverty. it's the first time the absolute number exceeds the number of -- and so i want to begin by asking the question of all of you the question that dr. king asked in 1967, where do we go from here? >> all right all right, i will start. i think there are some people in the audience who share with me having lived through the 1960s and having gone through the 60s and then coming back around gives you a real sense, if you want to be pessimistic about it, how things haven't changed that much. things have changed a lot but there are still as you mentioned a lot to deploy. what i would like us to do though is not to focus solely on what we have to deplore and if you were here for the earlier session and please bear with me because i'm going to repeat something i said and that is i almost feel as if there's a conspiracy to keep us from doing our wo

come forward to ferguson and to what's happened more recently with eric garner. those communities would not share, i'm assuming, your point of view that we're just misremembering where we were and that, in fact, there's a lot to be grateful for. they feel like whatever progress has been there in front of their eyes is not there, right? >> well -- >> how do you tell somebody in ferguson things are good? >> you don't tell them that they're good. you tell them that they're better than they were when it was segregated. >> and is that enough? >> no. it's definitely not enough. it's definitely not enough. the problem is that the people who value that racial progress are themselves skittish to talk about it for fear that they won't understand it or for fear that they will use it just as a bludgeon. nobody has a sense of balance. while the people on the other side, who are denying and using race as a wedge issue in politics, basically say that we make a mistake even to mention race. they'll jump up and down. that's why president obama is afraid to mention race. >> yeah.

well a year later that is still eric garner's reality and the eric garners in across the country, and until we manifest in large enough numbers and with the intensity to change that, it doesn't change. but what we see happening as people get angry as they get organized, de blasio is a decent guy and i think he is making some differences. i think we support the politicians who do good stuff but we also say that it's the system that is broken. this is a broken, sick system and it needs changing, and the only way it's going to change is through organization. now, as individuals we're each small. we can't do it, as you say -- just a concerned guy. what are you going to do? but we can give money to the organizations to support the young people who are out there when we're not so young anymore and the marching isn't quite as easy for us. we can teach them and give. the a sense of the history of the only changes that matter came through struggle. frederick douglass, without struggle -- and that's what we can do. even if it seems small collectively as we all do it, the world changes and that'

together, we mourned tamir rice, eric garner, freddie gray.lazoned on our hearts. we have seen their faces, heard their grieving families. we have seen a massacre in charleston. and black churches set on fire today in 2015. thankfully, tragedy is not all we have seen. yes, the confederate battle flag came down finally in south carolina. [applause] families of the charleston victims reached out with extraordinary grace to the man who killed their loved ones. and president obama delivered a eulogy that sounded as though it had come straight from angels, ending with amazing grace. [applause] young people have taken to the streets dignified and determined, urging us to affirm the basic fact that black lives matter.. [applause] and because of people across this country sharing their stories with courage and strength a growing number of americans are realizing what many of you have been saying for a long time. we cannot go on like this. we are better than this. things must change. now, it is up to us to build on that momentum and we all have to do o

in the case of eric garner. he shouldn't have resisted in the case of brown.e case of sandra bland, her attitude. no stop. , this has nothing to do with the victims. this has everything to do with the culture of demeaning a person of color. there is no justification for society where my son has a far greater chance of being stopped, held, killed then your son simply because he's black. there's no amount of discussion that is ever going to impress that on someone. who doesn't go through it. charlie: i think you should give me 25% of your life and i will fill in for you. thank you for coming. bryant: it's always a pleasure. i am a big fan. you know that. charlie: bryant gumbel. back in a moment, stay with us. ♪ charlie: salma hayek is here. she directs, produces. her latest project is the prophet. she produces and voices a character based on the lebanese poet. here's a look at the trailer. ♪ >> do i hear a mouse? >> my name is. mustafa. what is yours? >> i'm going to miss him. >> i have flown away many times. >> what would i have left if i disavowed all that i b

. >> eric garner and his interpreter john haven't seen each other since garner's unit left afghanistan. >> he put his life on the line. and everybody came except him. >> john's identity has been concealed for his own safety. he receives regular death threats. as a ling wisconsin he was assigned to some of the most dangerous missions. now he lives in set of imposed house arrest. with his parents. >> if they find me they may take my parents. we knew about that, there was a lot of risk, for those guys, they were working with the u.s. forces, that when i started i never -- i never thought that one day, the u.s. would be leaving afghanistan and leave us behind. >> in 2008 the u.s. congress created the special u.s. migrant visa program. the 2009 the program was expanded to include those who also assisted the u.s. in afghanistan. but the special immigrant visa program has been mired in bureaucratic delay. the u.s. congress has passed legislation requiring the state department to process applications within nine months but in many cases it has not complied. this afghan interpreter was reported

in memory of our brothers and sisters, such as michael brown, eric garner, tamir rice, sandra bland and so many others we will say their names because their lives matter. we say black lives matter, because every life matters. you know that while police tactics may have been the spark that ignited explosions in places like ferguson and baltimore, poverty, hopelessness and joblessness, they are the tinder, they are the kerosene. it is time we come together as a nation and demand reform not only in criminal justice but in policing and economics and education. these issues are inex trickablely intertwined. the national urban league movement will be working with the next president to implement reform that is meaningful, that can help us all create a, stronger, more equitable and more inclusive america. we look forward to hearing from each candidate and after a few words from our chairman, we will be off to the races and our program will be underway. thank you once again. i ask you to please join me in welcoming, michael naidor chairman of the board of trustees of the national urban league. >

the mother of eric garner is joining with parents of other people that have died with encounters with police even courters -- died in the hands of police in encounters. we are hearing from a man on the receiving end of one of last summer's violent arrests. cell phone video of that arrest was posted online. investigative reporter jim hoffer is in the newsroom with details all new at noon. >> reporter: once again, cell phone video captured by an eyewitness to an arrest is raising questions about the nypd's use of force. police officers are trained to deescalate, arrest tensions but this video shows an arrest that flies out of control even though the suspect appears to be trying to cooperate. it appears to be a standard parade. believe had the suspect following orders to put his hands up. when he reaches for his id at turns violent. in the face. >> all i remember is them screaming give me your hand. how can i give you my hand when i can barely move. >> reporter: were you resistin arrest? >> not at all. >> reporter: he was never charged and the sergeant has been disciplined through loss o

one of the places hardest hit by superstorm sa >>> happening today the mother of eric garner calls for a change in how police related deaths of suspects are prosecuted. they want grand juries banned from the process and a decision on whether an indictment will be handed up made at a public hearing. >>> a cruise ship on the way to new york abandoned a search for a missing crew member. the queen mary 2 abandoned the search for the 26-year old chef. it was heading from southampton england to new york. >>> actor neil hirsch will be in court on assault charges. he was charged with assault and intoxication in park city, utah. police say he put a female stud into a chokehold -- female into a chokehold. >>> the project includes work on sidewalks and roads in the area as well as water main reconstruction. >>> "good morning america" is up next. now, i do know that you check to see what color i'm wearing because this is too obscure a color for you to have picked out. robin roberts is live in time's square. >> how many times do i have to say i watch you in the morning. >> adore your colors, everyt

i don't recall seeing anything like that during the eric garner demonstrations here in new york city. >> occupy wall street. you didn't see that in new york city. but oftentimes, when you bring out this overt show of force, it can incite passions. >> right. >> and one of the key things, the police and the community leaders need to maintain a constant contact. >> dialogue. so they need to be talking to one another, and what does what in a situation like in? >> it diffuses these combustible swayings >> so do we have a better handle now -- is the criticism valid in my mind, is that valid criticism. >> i see both sides. i see the federal government being one of the chief critics, saying we didn't give you these weapons for use against civilians in the manner in which they're being used on the other hand, police are saying we need this stuff to control citizens from being harmed in their principalities. >> darren is a retired nypd and criminal justice professor. >>> it tens of thousands of people are fleeing their homes in syria and west and east africa. why they're risking it all on these

sandra bland, michael brown, air guard, walter scott -- eric garner, walter scott, tamir rice .e know their names. each of them died unarmed at the hands of police officers or in police custody. violence ever tally of any kind, particularly at the hands of law enforcement's want to protect and serve the communities, is unacceptable and must not be tolerated. we must reform our criminal justice system. likewise do matter and we must value -- black lives do matter and we must value black lives. we must move away from the militarization of police force. you have all seen on tv, this heavy equipment. it looks like they are invading the city, it is like they're going to war. it is not a single police departments should be sending around this country. police should be part of the community, not an oppressive force. we need a justice department which takes the lead in working with states and localities to train police forces. force should be a last resort, not the first resort. for people who have committed crimes that have landed them in jail, there needs to be a path .ack from prison

which was in many ways prompted not just by the shooting and choking deaths of michael brown and eric garnerby the grand jury decisions that felt so incongruous with what people had in some cases seen on video this idea of an objective third party, a jury, considering the evidence and rendering a fair decision is central to our american sense of justice. if you look at history, one of the great examples of miscarriage of justice is in the jim crow era in the u.s. where african-american defendants were so often found guilty by all white juries. but today right now 50 years after the voting rights act enfranchised african-americans and gives blahhing people the right to choose their elected officials we see the "new york times" reporting in some of the same parts of the country where voting rights have been a struggle there appears to be a system of racial exclusion when it comes to selecting jurors. including stories like this one of a louisiana parish that is nearly 50% african-american where a recent study shows that 83% of defendants were black. the average 12 of person jury had fewer than

or in the case of eric garner, who died on staten island. police arrested him for selling loose cigarettes. >> the controversy of the way law enforcement operates in this country is at odds with the actual practice. >> st. louis activist montega simmons says the stories have always been there but they are a part of a different conversation. >> people know language around these issues that they didn't know before. they are talking about issues of privilege. they're talk about what policing authority is and how it shows up. >> the american justice system has proven over and over again to be ineffective. >> in a new generation of young black civil rights activists say it's not only time to restart the conversation about race relations in the united states but to make sure it continues. >> i think that this just reawakened the civil rights movement because we've been asleep. after the assassination of dr. king, and malcolm x and our freedom fighters a lot of our people became afraid. but then you have the energy of young people who are saying en

if we look at eric garner's case, we see body cameras don't solve the problem. it doesn't say that the officers will be accountable. if there is not a review board, the community was not playing a part. what we see is a broken system, and we need to think about how to create new ideas on to this other space, so we can fix it. >> let's start with the baseline, do you believe all police are bad. if you don't. what is the procedure for good cops versus bad cops in your opinion? >> i think that's an irrelevant question. >> why? >> i'm less concerned about having good cops or nicer cops and are more concerned about a system that harms communities of colour. >> in order to address the system. you have to address it as it is, not as it wants to be. what is the system as it is, versus what you want is to be? >> i would rather have it what i want is to be. i don't want to take for things. this is why i'm an organizers, right, and why my members across the country in a million hoodies are thinking about how we are transforming the system. we don't want to accept how it is