jazeera america legal contributor jamie floyd and jeffrey smith, author of "ferguson - black and white", examining the racial inequality leading to the turmoil following michael brown's shooting. >> you went to school with michael brown's mother. what was your rehabilitation to the verdict? >> i was not that surprised by the verdict. state law is friendly to officers who end up killing someone in the line of duties, a fleeing felon can be killed if there's an objectively reasonable belief on the part of the officer that that felon constitutes a threat to others. given the state of missouri action which is different to others, i wasn't surprised, and given the jury pool, three-quarters white in st louis county i can't say i was shocked. >> jamie? >> i agree. in st louis, the law of self-defence is favourable to police officers in missouri, and nationally. you have the state of mind of

and i'm going to ask jamie floyd if we would hear from the prosecutor in this case. >> i would think so. i would certainly think not because they are supposed to be held in great confidence. but everything about this has been so -- i'm just going to say, mismanaged and mysterious. i've been covering these kinds of things for 20 years and never have i seen somethingto so poorly managed. you give a time, you give a date, you make the announcement and it's done. >> you're done. i don't understand what that means. >> to cause so much anxiety -- >> i just don't know what that means. a grand jury press conference, what does it mean? >> i don't know what you mean but i can't give you any clarity. >> let's assume we would hear from -- >> i assume it would be the prosecutor whether there would be a true bill or no true bill and right now i'm putting my money on no true bill. >> dante, deputy droark o direce md hoodie hoodies -- the million hoodies for justice. what are your thoughts leading up to this announcement tonight? >> i -- i'm -- i don't know what to feel right now. >> interest -- int

let's bring in leek aing contributor -- legal contributor jamie floyd. what are the laws regarding drones flying over stadiums? >> there's a lot of law about the risk you assume going to a stadium or sporting event. if you get hit by a baseball, you assume that risk the did you know na. football, you assume that risk. you are at a basketball game and shaquille o'neil puts a foot in your face, you assume the risk. or lebron james, i should be current. did you think a drone would slice your head off. no. we don't assume it now. "the washington post" and the f.a.a. are aware - the footage is amazing, you see why people do this. we are providing a public service here. this is not an epidemic. there are a rash of these things. we are talking about a half dozen that the f.a.a. is aware of. that's a few hundred thousand people. they are very dangerous. people need to know these are not toys. they are dangerous devices. it there a distinction - i went to the university of michigan. there would be planes flying the banners, private companies advertising. what if

al jazerra's legal contributor jamie floyd joins us now. ie, is this justified, state of emergency? >> it certainly sun precedented despite the fbi issuing that notice, the issue youing of a preemptive state of emergency, i can't find anything like that before. >> as far as i can tell there is no state of emergency right now. >> that's right. and the law requires there to be an emergency for there to be a state of emergency. and usually we see this when there is a flood or, you know, some natural disaster, although the law does provide for it in the case of civil unrest or riot, but we don't have a civil unrest or riot, do we? >> so is this legal? >> well, i guess, if you look at the letter of the law -- >> he is the governor. >> he is the governor. i don't know that it is. you know, when you read up on, and i did some quick reading up on states of emergency, one of the great concerns is pretext for the suspension of civil rights. and that is written about quite a bit. not just in the united states. but across the world you don't want states

. >> let's bring in dante berry, the director of hoodie justice, jamie floyd. good to have you back. dante, it's been awhile. as robert ray was talking i heard you nod in agreement. and the question was essentially the mood of ferguson, missouri, in these intervening months. >> i was there recently. i've been going back and forth about seven times. the mood, exactly how you described it, it's tense. people are feeling anxious. a lot of people know that this indictment or non-statement is going to happen. something is going to happen. some decision is going to happen, and folks are feeling tense. it's almost really nerve-wracking to be in. every single time i was going anywhere i felt not only unsafe, but i felt like, wow, this is the calm before the storm. >> really? >> and it's going to--we're going to see a storm no matter what. >> what does that mean? there is going to be a storm. what are you anticipating here? >> let me back up. jamie, weigh in on this. among the people that you talked to on a regular basis, the folks that you talked to in your last visit

test these kits, get a result and look for those perpetrators. >> jami floyd, as always, thank you very much. >> the nfl is working on changing the league's personal conduct policy, but the powerful player's association wants a say crafting the rules. the union is pushing for collective bargain, arguing the nfl miss managed several recent cases involving a baltimore ravens player ray rice and vikings star aid peter. >> climate change may increase lightning strikes, according to a new study, for every degree celsius the earth's temperature rises, lightning increases increase 12%. that could lead to more wildfires and accidental deaths. >> let's get another check of your forecast. >> that was beautiful video. amazing. >> kind of freaks me out. >> it does. we don't want to see that in actuality. we have problems to the northwest. take a look at the radar, you see all the snow coming in off the pacific. i want to take you into idaho and show you the video coming out close boise. we're talking about snow affecting the highway, highway 84. we are looking at still major problems, about 48 truc

jamie floyd joins us now.hat steps can the state of maine make if they don't like the judge's decision. >> they said that they will not make it forward. they could have a hearing before the same judge. this is the chief juftening of the district in -- judge of the district in main. governor lepage, in his statement said "we are going to abide by the law", indicating that they are not going to go furthers and suggests that this was a lot of political grandstanding. >> what about other people. does this decision present other people from suing her? >> no, neighbours could sue. this is not binding on any other state. >> this is just specific to maine. >> specific to maine. as her lawyer said, others will probably take it as guidance, other judges in other states, other health officials, it's not binding on anyone but maine, it has precedential value, but no binding on anyone. >> what about kasi hickox, if she sued the state. >> she could, she threatened to shoe, only because they wanted her in doors. this judge s

for more on the witness testimony, we are joined by our legal contributor jami floyd. good morning, thank you for joining us. you have claimed that eyewitness testimony is totally unreliable. why did the prosecutors in this case present so much of it, 60 eyewitnesses here. >> i wouldn't say it's totally unreliable, but one of the least reliable forms of evidence, although juries love it. there's nothing a juror likes more than a witness on the witness standpointing to a defendant and saying that's the guy, i saw him do it, right? that's what we love, that's what we see on television and that's the most compelling form of evidence, but it's not the best form of evidence. even prosecutor mcculloch for all his criticism said at his press conference that eyes withs are notoriously unreliable. the evidence in this case, the witnesses were all over the map. what they agreed upon were two things, the moment the confrontation started and the moment it ended with they killed him, and that's pretty much it. everything in between was in disagreement. >> is it because eyewitnesses

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for more let's bring in jamie floyd, and we're also joined by former missouri state senator, jeffery smith. he is the author of "ferguson black and white." very good to have you both here. jeff you actually went to school with michael brown's mother. what was injury reaction? >> i wasn't that surprised to the verdict. the missouri state law is very liberal towards officers. a fleeing felon can be killed in there is a belief on the part of the officer that that felon constitutes a threat to other people. so given the statutes, i wasn't very surprised and also given the jury pool which was three-quarters white. >> jamie? >> i agree entirely. the law of self-defense is very, very favorable to police officers. you get the state of innocence and the state of mind of the police officer. and a grand jury is not asked to find beyond a reasonable doubt -- >> it's probable cause. >> right. we know this, right, antoine know? so they really were given complete leeway in this case to find for the officer, and he testified and testified for hours, so he told them what his state of mind was at the

. >> jamie floyd. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> palestinian president mahmoud abbas, warns against making flash points of violence. friday prayers at the al-aqsa mosque, access to the compound has been at the center of recent clashes and after this week's bloody attack on a synagogue there are fears the conflict could enter a new deadly phase. >> this is a crucial time. there is terrorism, religious conflict and violence. it is us who pay the price, the blood of our children. i'm worrying against turning a political conflict into a religious one. let's talk about politician, not religion. >> five people were killed in the synagogue attack on tuesday. israel has responded by planning to demolish the family homes of the attackers. >>> it has been one year since the first mass protest in eastern ukraine. vice president joe biden was in kiev for the celebration of that. >> petro poroshenko laying a wreath in the remembrance of the more than 100 people who died during the maidan protest. but there was age a

jamie floyd, stick around with me if you are up for it. >> all right. >> president obama is shaping up his cabinet as he mirrors his last two years on the job. >> it's been the greatest privilege of my life, to lead and most important to serve, to serve with the men and women of the defense department and support their families. i am immensely proud of what we have accomplished during this time. >> president obama praised hagel's leadership. hagel's departure comes amid possibility of problems. al jazeera national security j.j. he groon. it's been j.j. green. what is your assessment? >> it's a relationship that wasn't working. people often leave administrations, especially a two term administration, they often leave those administrations in the second term and sometimes they leave before the end of the term, to position themselves for better opportunities. as you heard hagel say you know this has been th the greatest privilege of my life he's looking ahead. this was a relationship that was rocky and often left him frustrated and left the administration unsatisfied. so something had to

. >> jami floyd is our legal contributor here at aljazeera.ix women now coming forward, accusing cosby of rape. this incidents date back to the 1960's. legally is there a case? >> here's the deal, there was a case, a civil case, and it settled, so there's that case. in terms of criminal liability, in many places, there are statutes of limit is as on rape. now we have to be really clear. something's been mis misreported here. the one person who claimed the civil case has said she was drugged and molested, not raped. that case involved that woman and 13 others who said they could provide similar allegations. what's striking about this is the six women who you now mentioned, many who were just in the report have such similar stories that they tell about being drugged and either molested or they say raped. >> let me ask the question from the other side of this argument and it's an unpopular question. if cosby is as he maintains innocent, can he prove it. >> trying to prove the negative is what you're asking about. >> right. >> it's very difficult