the lapd called him a hug- hugger. i will repeat everything that they have said, not because of sore afraid of using profanity but because it was a different lapd. it was rumored that the mexican mafia was allowed to meet in his church and that he held guns for gang members. and he was helping gang members across the border. i am certain he knew where the body of jimmy hoffa was buried when you got done listening to the rumors. now, the lapd uses home with industries as an integral part of its anti-gang efforts. not all of them, not 9000 members, but i can tell you this, homeboy industries have their annual benefit to honor people in the community as well as former gang members, the person they honored was chief charlie of the lapd. unless you think that was an anomaly, the year before they honored the sheriff. there is an alliance between community-based organizations, and law-enforcement. this is not enough. there has also been in the streets, ongoing, a relationship, a delicate one, a thoughtful one between the loss

lapd culture which is a bit more authoritarian. end of that spectrum? >> you know what i find interesting, everybody knows there's video cameras everywhere, it's in the police officer's car, i'm surprised we get to see this video. officers know they're being recorded at all times. >> that's true. yet, that should not be the reason for good conduct. >> that's right. >> you shouldn't have one set of conduct when you think you're being recorded. remember, the occupy wall street demo at l.a. city hall. those police took untold amounts of abuse from the demonstrators and were very restrained. >> handled it well. >> of course, the whole world was watching. sometimes you see flashes of police officers who have a problem show who they really are. now, i want to underline that's a very tiny percentage of police officers. i think what the chief did, that officer will face administrative and criminal sanctions that sends a signal to every officer, that could happen to me. the real signal, what charlie beck did, by telling every captain, you h

john miller, former lapd deputy commissioner, joins us now. good morning. >> good morning, charlie.s a bizarre story. like a lot of hollywood stories, there are two versions of the script here. while the actors are the same, the plot lines couldn't be more different. according to police, mulligan was acting strangely out of control and had to be subdued. according to mulligan, he had three separate encounters with police that night. part of a bizarre conspiracy to rob him or frame him, but here, you listen to mulligan's version first and then what the police say happened. >> this is what bryan mulligan looked like in his lawyer's office this week. >> i anticipate we're going to have to file a lawsuit. >> the very picture of a powerful hollywood banker. but this is what he looked like after his encounter with the lapd in may. >> he got hit right across the face. fracturing his nose in 15 spots. and then they jumped on him and they caused a lot of other scrapes about his body, lacerations to his face. >> here is mulligan's version as told by his lawyers. on may 15th, mulligan was stop

the lapd is investigating. >> my plea to the community is to let the investigations proceed, and they independent and reviewed at the highest levels of the lapd, but more importantly, they will be reviewed by the independent inspector general and the independent police commission. >> reporter: and representatives of the lapd's civilian oversight authority monitored the news conference, but they declined to comment. weekley's attorney plans a lawsuit and demanding that the officer who threw this punch be held accountable. casey wian, cnn, venice, california. >> ronald weekly jr. joins us, along with his attorney. let me just ask you what happened. you were skateboarding down the street. and just tell me from there what happened when the officers came over. >> i was just skateboarding down street. about to enter my house. when i was immediately grabbed by my hair. i didn't know what was going on. they grabbed me by my hair, my shoulders, my back. they immediately threw me on the ground. i realized what was going on. i wasn't going to resist whatsoever. i said, you guys have my hands. th

but this is what he looked like after his encounter with the lapd in may. >> he got hit right acrossce, fracturing his nose in 15 spots. and then they jumped on him and caused a lot of other scrapes about his body, lacerations to his face. >> here is mulligan else version as told by his lawyers. he was stopped by police on the street near a medical marijuana dispenseary. he said he was detained and questioned and then told to go into this building to meet another police officer. mulligan claims he heard a man being beaten inside, so he fled. two hours later and blocks away, mulligan said he was detained by other officers. and then taken to a motel where he claims he was told by police if he left he would be killed. according to his lawyers, mulligan suspected the police might be after the $5,000 in cash they found in his possession. later, fearful, he left the motel but was found by police a few blocks away. mulligan's lawyer claims police chased mulligan down and beat him up. >> here's a guy who was unarmed, that committed no crimes. and why they're using this kind of force to take

the lapd says the investigation is ongoing.rney and former prosecutor ann remnar is on the case. great to see you. i want to talk about this. page is asked the lapd to issue search warrants. what kind of information can police actually glean from twitter by doing that? >> well, everything about the person that's tweeting. the old i anonnous. you can't just tweet it out there and hope the police won't track you down and find you at the request of a celebrity or anybody else. they can find out what the person is, what their registration is or their address or any information that used to sign up for twitter. >> in terms of what might be important, the tweets would be most important. >> right. the thing is as we see more and more with facebook, twitter, comments to newspaper articles or to cnn or anywhere else people like they can say whatever they want and they have free speech. there's limits on free speech and one of them is defamation and the other is a death threat. these people will be found out. they will probably be prosec

>>trace: the lapd would have arrested her a lot earlier but as a tennis judge, she travels around the world for weeks at a time. >>shepard: what else do they say, if anything, about a possible motive? >>trace: they talked a little bit about motive but clearly there is a lot stuff they are holding back but they believe the couple who had been heared for the better part of 50 years had some sort an argument can now they are trying to figure out what they arrested over because that could be key. that entails trying to connect more dots. listen. >> the more people that had interaction with both the husband and wife that day, that week, maybe during their marriage, will be able to help us with this case. >>trace: her tone says he is very eager to get back to los angeles and aggressively fight the accusations. she could be sent back to los angeles as early as thursday. >>shepard: thank you, trace. the legal panel is willing to weigh in on this. criminal defense attorney, julie morrow, is at table, and our good friend, randy zelin. julia, coffee cub -- cup murder. hit them once, the game is?

she was -- >> she made unwise moves, but certainly nothing that warranted physical assault from the lapdter: jordan ace attorney says these photos show the crashes and bruises she suffered. the laps says an internal investigation is under way and the police chief has seen the videotape. >> when he was seriously concerned about this use of force. >> that was kim baldonado reporting. >>> and now at 5:00, live in new orleans as it's hammered by isaac. right now isaac is losing steam, but still packing quite the punch. people had to be rescued, major flooding and strong winds. >>> big night down in tampa tonight as paul ryan gets set to make the biggest speech of his career. >>> plus a fireball in the sky as a tanker truck burst into flames in fairfax county. hurricanes isaac is now a tropical storm, but still drenching the area down there. good evening. >> 12 to 36 hours more in store for folks there. here's the latest on isaac. late this afternoon, new orleans mayor called for a dawn-to-dusk curfew, the hurricane has dropped so much rain there's a ton of flooding and damage in the plaquemi

. >> up next, the lapd beating the crap of a kid on a skateboard.raig has the exclusive, after this. ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. sowhy let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. this is the age of taking action. viagra. talk to your doctor. >>> skateboarding has been part of the culture for years. for ronald wheatley, his skateboard experience led to a brutal beating by the police that was caught on tape. >> hey, hey! >> i have a

. >> up next, the lapd beating the crap of a kid on a skateboard. craig has the exclusive, after this. >>> skateboarding has been part of the culture for years. for ronald wheatley, his skateboard experience led to a brutal beating by the police that was caught on tape. >> hey, hey! >> i have a disaligned nose. a concussion. and i have a broken cheek bone. it felt like i was being raped publicly. and there was nothing i could do about it. >> the 20-year-old college student said he was riding down this sidewalk just a few feet from his front door when without warning he was tackled by police. >> where were you riding? >> i was riding towards my house right here. i saw the police pulling forward to the stop sign and never said anything to me. i just kept on riding to my house. as i was going for the door, i got to the first and second steps when i turned around and the cops immediately grabbed me by my hair and my back. they managed to throw me. >> push him back. >> cops don't generally pull people over for no reason. there were any incidents? was the

. >> reporter: we tagged along for this one with the lapd. chris waits a few blocks away to get that call. >> perfect. awesome. >> reporter: this time, officers arrest this woman for selling goods out of a makeshift store in an area of downtown los angeles known as the city's counterfeit capital. her shop may not look like much, but police say she's part of a crew making more than a half million dollars a year. >> about $2,000, a day. >> reporter: their evidence? allegedly in her own handwriting. >> we got the subject we were looking for, recovered the merchandise. nobody got hurt. >> reporter: last year, he took a quarter of a billion dollars worth of counterfeit goods off the street. >> the public doesn't really truly understand the affects. until they stop buying, this problem is going to get bigger. >> reporter: i'm ryan owens for "nightline" in orange county, california. >> our thanks to ryan for that. >>> coming up next, we'll meet one man with a controversial method to treat brain injuries, and a lot of it has to do with that strange m

fact, consistent with the type of handcuffs used by los angeles police department, and that's why lapd was looking at their own officers as possible perpetrators. >> all of the sudden, the people that you would normally turn to in a situation like this for safety, for help, you couldn't, because they might be after you. >> as a citizen, you hope that the police is there to protect you. so all of the sudden, if they're implying that it could be a real police or somebody impersonating a police, how do you fight back? >> wednesday, december 14th. two weeks after the discovery of lauren wagner's body, investigators are called to a hillside near downtown los angeles. there, they find the ninth victim of the hillside strangler, kimberly martin, a 17-year-old call girl. >> turned out she had been called to a vacant apartment, and that was checked by police later, after her body was found. substantial struggle ensued in this case, so they had a problem. the noise was heard by residents in the complex. somehow they got her out of there. >> when they threw kimberly martin's body down that hillsi

. >> up next, the lapd beating the crap of a kid on a skateboard.the exclusive, after this. [ male announcer ] what if that hemorrhoid pain is non-stop to seattle? just carry preparation h totables. discreet, little tubes packed with big relief. from the brand doctors recommend most by name. preparation h totables. the anywhere preparation h. >>> skateboarding has been part of the culture for years. for ronald wheatley, his skateboard experience led to a brutal beating by the police that was caught on tape. >> hey, hey! >> i have a disaligned nose. a concussion. and i have a broken cheek bone. it felt like i was being raped publicly. and there was nothing i could do about it. >> the 20-year-old college student said he was riding down this sidewalk just a few feet from his front door when without warning he was tackled by police. >> where were you riding? >> i was riding towards my house right here. i saw the police pulling forward to the stop sign and never said anything to me. i just kept on riding to my house. as i was going for the door, i got to

he was not with the lapd. he was with a smaller police department for 30 years. he has since retired. he has been married twice. he has raised four children. he has lived an extraordinary life. i am grateful for having had him in my life as a guidepost. i do think it is the ultimate irony that he turned out to be a police officer. >> we have some other questions. very good questions. we do not have much time. i work at san quentin prison. they segregate inmates based on color and gangs. why do prisons not work on educating inmates on social relations, racial tolerance, and why don't they find a way so the different races can get to know each other? >> i would like to enter that. segregation has -- i would like to answer that. segregation has always been a problem in this country. i grew up in new orleans. we believe that education is the key. we all need to sit at the table. i do not believe in segregation for inmates. they need to tear that barrier down and put people together, no matter what. when we go inside the walls of san quentin, it is not just black inma

he was not with the lapd. he was with a smaller police department for 30 years. he has since retired. he has been married twice. he has raised four children. he has lived an extraordinary life. i am grateful for having had him in my life as a guidepost. i do think it is the ultimate irony that he turned out to be a police officer. >> we have some other questions. very good questions. we do not have much time. i work at san quentin prison. they segregate inmates based on color and gangs. why do prisons not work on educating inmates on social relations, racial tolerance, and why don't they find a way so the different races can get to know eacher

. >>> a woman died in police custody after a violent arrest and tonight five members of the lapd are under investigation. detectives showed up to alicia thomas' apartment to investigate a child neglect situation. soon after, though, thomas and those officers got into some sort of fight. one officer allegedly kicked her in the genitals. >> the neighbors and everybody was hearing screaming and yelling about they're killing her and next thing you know they hogtied her and carried her out the building hogtied. >> thomas wasn't breathing when she was put into the cruisers, but officers do not know exactly what killed her. surveillance tape from inside the cruiser captured the incident. police have not released that video. >>> let's look outside for right now. topper shutt will be along in a minute with your full forecast, looks good so far. >> plus family and friends saying good-bye to a teenager shot and killed in her own bedroom and the investigation as to who did it continues. >>> federal reserve chief ben bernanke calls the current stagnation in the labor market a grave concern. speak