trayvon martin s's shooter and michael brown in ferguson. there is a pattern of terrorism that puts a weight on the department of justice. >> has it gotten that much worse? i say that coming from someone who has seen african-americans mistreated by police. if you look at the statistics, it seems like it is really during the epidemic in the 1990s, we have had about 30 years where things haven't changed much. we are seeing terrible recent worse? >> well, the individualsuals of social media. eric garner being choked and the police walk free. and i am sure it's a factor. you also have, we have put so much focus on police. they are just gate keepers. behind the indicate is three times more unemployment than whites, 12 time more arizona and credit card debt so behind the police, we should put cameras on the backs of bankers. the bankers are the wrunz who have rond our communities. >> that's a whole other conversation. on this one, what specifically do you want to see done >> anywhere 1, those who kill people who are notices should face the penalty

michael brown was shot and killed in august. t.adimir duthiers is following this. >> reporter: surveillance video cameras outside the gas station caught the final moments just before midnight. s -year-old martin and another man are in the parking lot as the officer arrives. from this angle, after a brief conversation, martin is seen backing up and raising his arm toward the officer. authorities say martin was inlding this nine-millimeter handgun. in a third angle, the officer is isen firing and falling backwards. >> at that point, the officer produced his service weapon and fired what we think at this point is three shots. >> reporter: st. louis county police chief john belmar is leading the investigation. >> this is a tragedy for everybody. our heart goes out to the decedent's family, but bad choices were made. you know, we didn't have the opportunity to see if this individual would have complied with officers. >> reporter: the 35-year-old white officer has not been identified but is a six-year veteran of the berkeley police force. he was assigned to wear one of f e department's newly-issued body cameras, but it was in his vehicle at the time of the shooting. the dashboard camera was also no

i am so proud to introduce michael s. martinauthor of a biography "russell long: a life in politics." dr. martin may very well be the wearer of more hats than any scholar i've worked with in 21 years at the university press. dr. martin is the director of the center for louisiana studies which also is the director of an exceptional and competitor pre press, university press of mississippi. the university of louisiana at lafayette press and he is the board of regents professor in history at the university of louisiana at lafayette. if you haven't caught your breath yet he's also the managing editor of louisiana history. somehow in and among all those many hours and obligations he squeezed in the writing of the first scholarly biography of russell long a united states senator who are deeply in his longevity and influence became more powerful than any previous louisiana politician and this includes his father huey long and his mother who served as senator many years ago on the campus of the university of arkansas where he shared spa