him after he pulled over to wait out the weather, turns out his name matched the name of another henry davisho was wanted for outstanding tickets. davis says they told police they have the wrong man. >> the female police officer jumped on my back, when she handcuffed me -- >> davis ended up in hospital with cuts, bruises and concussion, he was charged with beating and driving while intoxicated. even property damage for bleeding on the officer's uniforms. all of those charges were later dropped. >> the officers committed perjury, for the property damage claim, but no officer faced any charges or disciplinary action. the case isn't over, davis' attorney has filed a civil site alleging his clients civil rights were violated. davis is appealing. >> it must be upsetting to you when you see cases like this, you try to make a difference to prevent things like what happened in the michael brown case. >> changes needed to be made. >> is that an acknowledgement that the officers did not act appropriately? >> not at all my focus was to make it the best police department i could last year more african-a

joining me now is henry davis's lawyer. james shuttle is preparing an appeal on his behalf. for being here. >> no problem. thank you for having me, al. >> his first civil suit was thrown out. what do you think mr. davis's chances are of winning the appeal? >> the rulings by judge baker, we felt the judge completely erred, particularly on the excessive force claim. she held that mr. davis's injuries were diminimus or minor. there is no ruling whether a concussion is a minor injury. we feel it is not a minor injury. and that the case should not have been dismissed on that count. mr. davis testified that he had a concussion from being beat in the head and kicked this the head. to this day he suffers headaches from that injury. >> attorney, concussion or not, what about the ludicrous notion of beating a man who was the wrong man and you charge him with bleeding on your uniforms while you were beating him? what about the fact they shouldn't have been beating him at all? concussion notwithstanding, what about that? >> well, we agree. you know, in the civil rights cases they are ve

. >> a 52-year-old man, henry davis said four ferguson police officers beat him and then charged him with damaging government property because blood got on the officers uniforms. >> jon: let me get this straight. you have tanks but you can't keep a couple tide sticks around. here is the problem with everything that is going on in this conversation. this isn't all just about one man killed in one town. it's about how people of color, no matter socioeconomic standing face obstacles in this country with surprising grace. look at how upset you get about certain things. >> tonight christmas under attack. >> jon: why are we allowing anti- christmas magnets. >> why do i have to drive around with my kids to look for nativity scenes. ya, kids, look there baby jesus behind that made out of beer cans. nuts! >> remember, remember, remember you were furious that america's 11 month longe long celebrationf christmas wasn't enough. now if you can, just imagine instead of having to suffer the indignity of a pol poll blocking something you could of set up in your own yard anyways -- imagine that inste

in 2009, the police department was also under scrutiny with the case of henry davis. >> what they told me, i shouldn't have been here. i was the wrong person, they beat me while handcuffed. >> davis spoke to us by phone he recounted a story of what he says happened to him on a rainy night nearly five years ago. said police spotted him after he pulled over to wait out the weather. and davis says he told police they had the wrong man. >> the female police officer jumped on my back, and she handcuffed me they started beating me. >> davis ended up with the hospital can cuts, bruises and he was charged with property damage for bleeding on the officer's uniform. no officer faced charges or dismrdi dismrdi dismrin nary actions. he alleged his client's civil rights were violated. a judge ruled in favor of the city. davis is appealing. >> must be upsetting when you see what's happening today, when you see cases like this. you try to make a difference to prevent things like what happened in the city. >> the chief, tom jackson acknowledges changes needed to be made. >> so is that an acknowledgeme

in 2009, the police department was also under scrutiny with the case of henry davis. >> what they toldme, i shouldn't have been here. i was the wrong person, they beat me while handcuffed. >> davis spoke to us by phone he recounted a story of what he says happened to him on a rainy night nearly five years ago. said police spotted him after he pulled over to wait out the weather. and davis says he told police they had the wrong man. >> the female police officer jumped on my back, and she handcuffed me they started beating me. >> davis ended up with the hospital can cuts, bruises and he was charged with property damage for bleeding on the officer's uniform. no officer faced charges or dismrdi dismrdi dismrin nary actions. he alleged his client's civil rights were violated. a judge ruled in favor of the city. davis is appealing. >> must be upsetting when you see what's happening today, when you see cases like this. you try to make a difference to prevent things like what happened in the city. >> the chief, tom jackson acknowledges changes needed to be made. >> so is that an acknowledgemen

henry davis says kefs wrongfully arrested and beaten by the ferguson police back in 2009.nd he was then charged with destruction of property for bleeding on police officers' uniforms as well as with assault of an officer. that charge filed after davis filed a civil suit. the charges were later dropped. davis as i mentioned currently suing and joining me now is his attorney james shoddal. soly imagine when you heard what happened in ferguson, james, you must have the felt certainly just i guess just tell us what you thought. i don't want to put words in your mouth. >> well, when i had heard what happened in ferguson, i basically told a couple of my colleagues and a couple of people that asked me if i've heard about it, and i said it really doesn't surprise me. in prosecuting mr. davis's case, you always look closely at the department, you know, in the city of ferguson to see if there's a problem there and that they are, you know, responsible or the moving force behind you know, the incident of the constitutional violation and i uncovered some very bad things that were going

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ferguson's police practices after news reports of a 2009 case in which a 52-year-old man named henry davis said that four ferguson police officers beat him, then charged him with damaging government property because his blood had gotten on the officers' uniforms. with some civil rights leaders criticizing the president for not intervening more aggressively in ferguson, nbc news has learned that attorney general holder, and valerie jarrett briefed more than 1,000 civil rights community and faith leaders this week in two private conference calls. those calls were aimed at enl t enlisting the group's help to keep the situation here on the ground, to keep it calm. in a letter, more than a dozen groups say it's time not just for an independent and comprehensive justice department investigation but for a federal review of all police killings and immediate action to address the unjustified use of lethal and excessive force by police officers. joining me now, former deputy assistant attorney general william yeomans out of american university's washington college of law, barbara arnwine, president

. >>> henry stewart-foot was another one of, member of the confederate congress, wrote things about davisile things almost about jefferson davis in his treatment of joe johnston. even some of the northern writers took this up t. one of the early was was horace greeley, the rather ecsentry new york -- wrote on the american conflict. his main source for writing about the atlanta campaign was edward a. pollard. greeley said i think pollard got his information from johnston, so we know it has to be correct. this is not the critical thinking that one would like among historic at writers. johnston also benefited by his early biographers. johnston died in 1891. >>> who confessed in hi introduction that i love joe johnston. the other once by his kinman robert hughes, and for 50 or 60 years those were the only two biographies that were available. hood didn't have a biography at all until the middle of the 20th century. jaubs ton benefited from trends in civil war writing, meant that people writing about the war in georgia in atlanta didn't have much to work with and didn't spend a lot of time to p

davis from the south side of chicago. >> they were both in action on sunday. john henry smith tell us how they did. first thing you said was we're going to tell you and we wanted to know how they did. >> it's one of the reasons sports matter in this country, certainly an uplifting story. the girls team in still afloat. tournament rules wouldn't let davis take the mound sunday after pitch ago shutout. she became only the fourth girl ever to drive in a run with her single in the second. scored to give pennsylvania a 2-0 lead, but rallying to take the lead, spear man hit one under the glove of adams to bring him him. he would be the winning run if shanahan could drive him in. at the plate, grounds out to short, but the throw to first, way too high. spearman scores to give pennsylvania the 7-6 win. also sunday, the eyes of chicago were watching as the jacki robinson west all-stars representing the south side and all of illinois in round two, but the first african-american team make the series won friday by mercy rule. on this day, they would lose to the powerful team from nevada by mercy rule. 13-2. si