and i asked that kerik be charged with a lesser offense thankfully prosecutors are not giving up the fight and plan to resubmit the voluntary manslaughter charge against him. but i'm not holding my breath on that one guys this is developmental once again shows the absurd level of impunity that cops are continually granted in this country for committing murder in the past few weeks police officers across the country have continued to perpetuate acts of brutality against everyone from teenagers to the elderly take the case of sixteen year old pennsylvania boy darren manning seen here with his mother according to philly dot com while getting off the bus to go play a rival basketball team the officer on patrol thomas' post cell stop demanding at his teammates after one of them made a snide remark manning said that he started to run away but then stopped now according to police manning hit her cell three times and ripped off his radio although curiously the officers to stay no injuries the sixteen year old was then arrested for aggravated assault resisting arrest and reckless endangerment

a different one declined to charge charlotte officer randall kerik.fatally shooting jonathan ferrell ten times in september. the former florida a&m football player crashed his car and went to a nearby home for help. the resident called 911 to report a possible break-in, which sparked the confrontation. >>> new this morning, in the associated press, the gop tries to school candidates to avoid disaster. two-day sessions, part of teaching dozens of candidates what not to say and how not to say it. >>> this one is good, this parody could be systematic, hydromatic, ultramatic -- >> i'll finish it up. go, go, go, grease lightning. ♪ grease lightning go, grease lightning ♪ >> swedish marines in afghanistan, the parody to the grease lightning hit. couple of things come to mind. i didn't know they had marines in sweden. and they obviously had a little bit of time on their hands in afghanistan. they did it to a tape. they went under the military vehicle, just like the car, right back to rydell high. >> good production value. put the leather on. i could do it. >

thb out. >> as a result of kerik's practices, violence inside the jails has steadily decreased. today, cell searches inside rikers look far less like a military operation. >> all right, gentlemen, everyone face the wall, put your hands up on the wall, gentlemen. >> you search them, you should search all of them. the inmates are very ingenious in the way they try to hide things. they've been known to try to put things inside their belt. inside different crevices inside their sneakers, inside their shoes, inside their socks. a lot of times, they try to put things inside their underwear, so we check everything, but we're not allowed to go in their underwear. but we do check them and check them out thoroughly as best we can. and we look into everything that they have. we check their paperwork, anything that they would have with them in their hands is searched. >> we have been searching a lot more intelligently. we share information. we have confidential informants. we're more proactive. we were very reactive in the past. we're more proactive in corrections. that has been the reason

means ferrell was down. >> kerik was charged with voluntary manslaughter less than 24 hours later.d no comment about the civil lawsuit, but earlier, he said this about the criminal case. >> we're confident that the resolution of this case, it will be found that the officer's actions were justified on the night in question. >> since then, the family has grown frustrated and the police dash cam video has not been released, still, they've forgiven the officer. >> we still have to forgive. we learn too much and been through so many different things. this is something else god has put us through and it would make us stronger. >> neither the charlotte police department, nor the city, nor the county have commented so far on the civil lawsuit. meanwhile, the north carolina attorney general's office just announced that the criminal case will head to a grand jury later this month. richard? >> nbc's gabe gutierrez charlotte. thank you so much. >> following developing news overseas this hour. four people dead and 14 injured we're learning just hours after polls opened in egypt. it is the first

. >> attorneys for officer kerik has filed a motion to stop them.week a grand jury declined to indict kerik on voltaire manslaughter charges. >> meanwhile jury selection begins today in the corruption trial of former new orleans mayor ray nagin, alleging he accepted free trips and more than $200,000 in bribes for contractors. if convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison. nagin, you'll recall, became the public face of new orleans in the tragic aftermath of hurricane katrina. got to show you a heart pounding horse rescue in hamilton, massachusetts. that's 1,800 pound moonshine stuck in the mud and ice, stuck up to her mud. it took firefighters two hours to pull her out with ropes, chains, even a crane. we are very happy to report after warming ivs were used and a few hours in a heated barn, moonshine is expected to make a full recovery. no telling whether moonshine was used to warm her up. get it? if i have to overexplain it -- >> sold me. >> it was a star studded night for the 56th grammy awards. it was a big night for the helmeted duo of da

when police arrived, officer kerik fired 12 bullets at him, killing him.e charges, saying the grand jury was missing jurors. usually there are 18 people present, but this time there were only 14. this was how it was covered by the local reaction. >> 34 years i've never seen a no true bill on something like this. >> we're shocked, disappointed. >> the grand jury choosing not to indict is extremely rare. he says the grand jury is not deciding guilt or innocence, only probable cause. >> did a crime probably occur and did the defendant probably commit the offense? that's sort of the cliff notes version of what probable cause is. >> there should be a series upbrew in this city in every community and every church. >> faith, should v there have been an indictment? there. >> should have been. i was very surprised that there wasn't based on the facts of this case. i'm sure that the jurors were even shown the dash cam video that showed jonathan ferrell didn't have a weapon in his hand from what we've been told. i think in a case like the prosecutors have to go back

when three officers arrived, police say farrell ran towards them, and officer kerik fired 12 shots hittinge unarmed farrell ten times. the family's attorney said farrell could not have posed a threat. >> i'm looking at the trajectory of the bullets they're down and on an angle which means he was down. >> reporter: he was charged with involuntary manslaughter less than 24 hours later. his family had nothing to say about the lawsuit but he said this about the criminal case. >> we're confident that the resolution of the case will be found that the officer's actions were justified. >> reporter: since then, officer carrick's family has grown frustrated with the pace of the investigation. still, they've forgiven the officer. >> we have to forgive, we learn too much and been through so many different things. this is something else that god has put us through, and it will make us stronger. >> neither the charlotte police department nor the city nor the county have responded yet to that civil lawsuit. meanwhile, the north carolina attorney general has said that the criminal case will go before a gr

he once stood up for the integrity of bernard kerik. >> how did that go? >> it went south. he went away. and i think what rudy stands for to me politically is what there is of the establishment of the republican party that is based in new york, the big money people who want an adult person as the leader, and they're backing away from chris christie very quickly. >> i'm dying to figure out what the contest is in which all it takes is one person to score a point, and everything, like scratching a pool, an 8 ball. you scratch, your through with the game. his problem is it takes one credible witness beyond the mayor of hoboken, dawn zimmer. somebody else comes forward, same thing happened to me. why is rudy no longer certain of christie's innocence? if rudy is hearing the same reports we are, here is what he is looking at. the zeal of the press corps who has turned into it war-time coverage. nearly every journalist in the east coast is trying to dig up something, anything they can about christie and his past dealings. and they're doing quite a job of it. the "new york times" is

college football player jonathan farrell was killed after being shot ten times by officer randall kerikrrell was looking for help after being involved in a car crash. a neighbor called 911 after he knocked on her door. state attorneys are hoping to resub knit case saying the grand jury that ruled tuesday was missing jurors. >>> chinese authorities are desperate to strict media coverage of a controversial trial. they are not afraid to get physical. watch as they rough up david mckenzie and his crew as they walk near a court building in beijing. >> we're heading towards a court where an activist is on trial. no need to shout at us. the reason he's in trial is because he had a gathering of people several times and with one of the founders of the new citizens movement. that's why all these police surrounding me here. we'll try to look at the entrance of the court which is just -- sorry u-can't stop me. soon the situation violently escalated. police in plain-clothes, men targeting us, taking away our phones and i.d. and breaking the camera. >> you can't physically -- they are physically man

another grand jerry decided not to indict officer randall kerik.man thinking he was trying to break into her home. it turns out he was seeking help after crashing his car. ♪ >>> legendary folk singer, pete seeger has died. his career spanned more than 40 years including in moving performance of president obama ace inauguration. his grandson said he died of natural causes. best known for "turn, turn, turn," "if i had a hammer." he was 94. >>> figure skater says he believes that athletes will be safe at the winter olympics. brian boitano is part of the official delegation. last night, he talked about cnn's piers morgan. >> i think everybody is worried about security but i do think it is the first priority. i think the safest place will be the olympic village. the athletes' safety should be the first priority so they can focus on what they need to do. there had been talk of canceling it or something like that. i think that would be very devastating to the athletes, specially since the olympics sort of represents playing on the field of sports and putt