also to his immediate left is george knox, visiting professor of law at florida international university school of law. former city attorney for the city of miami. george, great to see you again. and, of course, last but not least, we have a former county commissioner for miami dade county. but today, the all-important city manager of the city of miami beach, jimmy morales. great to have you. we talk about the issue of ethnic and racial innuendos in political campaigns. on a national level, it is really clear and obvious. the issue of race relations is something that we seem to make two steps forward and then one step back. we have the issue if you disagree with somebody it is because of issue of race. if you agree with somebody, it is because of race. it could be gender or ethnicity. on a local level, that also occurs you see the race card, the ethnic card, but maybe not in a way that is quite so obvious. congressman, people and i was talking to jimmy morales about this before we started the panel, one of the things that we look at that is so complex about this is that people are drawn

also to his immediate left is george knox, visiting professor of law at florida international university school of law. former city attorney for the city of miami. george, great to see you again. and of course, last, but not least, we have former county commissioner for miami-dade county. but today, the all important city manager of the city of miami beach, jimmy morales. immy, great to have you. we have the issue if you agree with somebody it's because of issue of race. if you agree with somebody, it's because of race. it could be gender or ethnicity. on a local level, that also occurs, you see the race card, the ethnic card, but maybe not in a way that is kuwait so obvious. i was talking to jimmy morales about this before we started this panel. one of the things that we look at that's so complex about this is that people are drawn to people who look, think, and speak like them. you are drawn to your racial group because there are certain commonality. what is wrong with that? >> i think there's nothing wrong with that. part of always been our political system. i think that's one of the

george's county police officer found guilty of beating a university of maryland student after a basketball game now has a clean slate. county bureau chief tracee wilkins explains from college park. >> reporter: it was here near knoxoad where four years ago, university of maryland students rushed out to celebrate after the duke-maryland basketball game. that turned into what became a controversial night. let me take you to video that evening where two prince george's county police officers face charges for beating one, severely, caught on video and it went to court. what happened then, one of the officers was found not guilty, the other found guilty of second degree assault and sentenced. but now years later a judge has wiped that sentence clean, and he's received what's called a probation before judgment. coming up on news4 at 5:00 and 6:00, we'll explain what that means. we have reaction from the state's attorneys office and also the attorney of that student. in college park, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> a massive manhunt for a murderer in pennsylvania conditions. students are heading back to class, and parents are speaking out. >>> maryland state police say this vehicle struck and injured a trooper last night