grand juries found no cause to bring charges, but prosecutors in minnesota argued that prosecutor, mike freeman not use a grand jury in this case. >> grand juries will no longer be used to consider shooting cases >> reporter: it ends a four-year long tradition. not a sim officer has ever been found guilty of wrongfully shooting someone. freeman said that it will make the system more fair and

and people are coming out today to let mike freeman know that expect more than just a symbolic gesturethe cops actually need to be prosecuted. >> reporter: freeman announced his decision the day after county prosecute nurse chicago and cleveland lost their jobs in primary elections. the fallout from the controversial police shootings of laquan mcdonald in chicago and tamir rice in cleveland. do you think that helps your cause? >> i think it does. i think it helps us in the sense that hopefully other people can see that if we fight we can win. >> reporter: a spokesman for county attorney mike freeman says he was not influenced by what happened in chicago and cleveland. but that he did listen to the protesters, just as he would any of his constituents and he says protester will likely get their wish to see those videos released one way or another. but will they get their wish for charges against the officers? we should know within days. andy, al jazeera, minneapolis. >>> there was swift backlash this week to a new law passed by the north carolina state legislature. it prevents local gove

family alsolark's the lack ofainst charges. >> there is blood on mike freeman's hands. we are tired of this. y'all are not protecting. y'allare killing us and get to get away with it. approvedu.s. fda has new labeling for the most widely used abortion drug mifepristone. says womeng change can use the drug further into pregnancy with fewer visits to a doctor and at a lower dosage. restrictionsplaces that were long considered outdated. pentagon has drafted plans to deploy u.s. troops and tanks full-time along nato's eastern border in what would be the first such deployment since the end of the cold war. this is part of a broader military escalation in eastern europe. meanwhile, a new report by the justice department inspector general reveals the pentagon and the drug enforcement administration have spent more than $86 million on an aircraft that has never once flown in afghanistan. the aircraft was still inoperable as of march. french president franÇois hollande has abandoned controversial plans to change the conch duchenne -- constitution to strip people of citizenship i

of other high-profile shootings nationwide, protesters in minnesota demaceded that prosecutor mike freemanot use a grand jury in this case. freeman has obliged. >> grand juries will no longer be used to consider police shooting cases. >> reporter: the decision ends a four decade long tradition there of using grand juries in police-involved shootings. in that time not a single officer has been found guilty of wrongfully shooting someone. he says this will make the system more fair and accountable, but doesn't think ores should necessarily follow his lead. >> in other communities they may feel the use of the grand jury in police-shooting cases is appropriate. >> reporter: community anger in other high-profile shooting have cost prosecutors their jobs. >> the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct. >>> and in chicago this prosecutor lost a reelection bid, she waited more than a year to charge the officer who shot this man 16 times. >>> in georgia a bill protecting same-sex marnl opponents is on the way to the governor's desk. the bill has been passed by the georgia house and senate. the b

>> reporter: wednesday, hennepin county attorney mike freeman announced two minneapolis in clark's death. video shows clark's girlfriend loaded in the ambulance and clark is seen banging on the ambulance doors. mark ringenberg and dustin schwarze. >> riggenberg saw the gun go from his right hip to the small of his back and told schwarze he's got my gun. laboratory testing found the dna of clark's on ringenberg's hip and ringenberg's gun. >> no take the police -- in a crime. >> reporter: an internal investigation and a department of justice probe are still pending. jamie yuccas, cbs news. >>> the wife of a u.s. air force lieutenant colonel was killed in the brussels terror attacks. and her family were when the bombs went off. her husband and four children are still hospitalized. at least 32 people were killed and dozens wounded in the explosions at the airport and a subway station. >>> one of the brussels victims, former basketball -- professional basketball player sebastien bellin was brought to tears when his family surprised him in his hospital room. >> surreal. i'm sorry. i'm at a los

. >> reporter: family and friends of 24-year-old jamar clark took aim at county attorney mike freeman. >> police have a very difficult job. >> reporter: for more than 30 minutes, freeman laid out a detailed case for why he decide not to charge the two responding officers. >> they told him to take his hands out of his pocket. he refused. >> reporter: video released today from an ambulance shows officer mark ringgenberg grab clark from behind. officer heard him say, "he's got my gun." >> he said he put the gun to the end of clark's mouth and said, "let go, or i'm going to shoot you." schwartzy recalls classic looking directly at him and saying, "i'm ready to die." >> reporter: prosecutors say clark's d.n.a. was found on the handle of the gun, but no fingerprints, and, they say, an autopsy showed no signs of clark being handcuffed. but several other witnesses say clark was on the ground with his hands cuffed when he was shot in the head. local naacp president nekima levy-pounds. >> there's a neegz they can kill us, that they can arrest us, that they can harass us, and they will not be he

. >> reporter: hennepin county prosecutor mike freeman made the decision more than four months after 24-year-old jamar clark was shot in the head during a scuffle with the police officers. >> he said that as the officers approached clark, he had -- he, clark, had quote, this thousand yard stare, end quote. >> in the early morning hours of november 15th of last year, minneapolis police responded to a report that clark assaulted his girlfriend. police said he was also blocking paramedics from treating her. officers also described clark, who had alcohol and traces of marijuana in his system, as acting erratically. on wednesday prosecutor freeman spent more than 30 minutes laying out the evidence in the case. he released witness and police video from the night of the shooting. contrary to some witness reports, freeman says the investigation found that clark was not handcuffed during the confrontation, and freeman says that dna evidence supports claims that clark refused to take his hands off of riggenberg's gun. >> schwartze took his handcuffs off and couldn't get them on clark. in the e

>> reporter: wednesday, hennepin county attorney mike freeman announced two minneapolis police officers will not face charges in clark's death. police have responded to an assault call from clark's girlfriend. video shows her loaded into an ambulance. clark is seen banging on the ambulance doors. officers mark ringgenberg and dustin schwarze were seen struggling with him. >> ringgenberg saw the gun go from his right hip to the small of his back and told schwarze, he's got my gun. >> reporter: freeman says schwarz e warranted clark to get go of the gun but clark refused. >> laboratory testing found the dna of clark's on ringgenberg's hip and ringgenberg's gun. >> clark says the police department's decision was not justice. >> no take the police -- in a crime. >> reporter: an internal investigation and a department of justice probe are still pending. jamie yuccas, cbs news. >>> the wife of a u.s. air force lieutenant colonel was killed in the brussels terrorist attacks. it's unclear where gail martinez and her family were when the bombs went off. her husband and four children are still ho

family and friends of 24-year-old jamar clark took aim at county attorney mike freeman. >> police have a very difficult job. >> reporter: for more than 30 minutes. freeman laid out a detailed case for why he decided not to charge the two responding officers. >> they told him to take his he refused. >> reporter: video released from an ambulance shows officer mike ringgenberg grabbed clark from behind. according to freeman. officer dustin swar swar heard ringgenberg say he's got my gun. >> swar swar said he put the gun to the edge of his mouth and said let go or i am going to shoot you. schwartze recalls clark looking directly at him and saying, i'm ready to die. prosecutors say clark's dnw was found on the handle of the gun, but no fingerprints. and they say, an autopsy showed no signs of clark being handcuffed. but several other witnesses say clark was on the ground with his hands cuffed when he was shot in the head. local naacp president, nekima levy-pounds. >> there is a negs thotion that can kill us, arrest us, harass us and they will not be held accountable. >> reporter: in the pas

grand juries found no cause to bring charges, but prosecutors in minnesota argued that prosecutor, mike freeman not use a grand jury in this case. >> grand juries will no longer be used to consider shooting cases >> reporter: it ends a four-year long tradition. not a sim officer has ever been found guilty of wrongfully shooting someone. freeman said that it will make the system more fair and accountable, but he doesn't think that others should necessarily follow his lead. >> in other communities, they may feel that the case of the grand jury in police shooting cases is appropriate. >> reporter: the feeling of anger have cost prosecutors their jobs. in ohio, tim mcguinty lost a primary. he concluded the shooting of 12-year-old tamir rice by two officers was reasonable. >> it did not conduct criminal conduct by police. >> reporter: and alvarez lost a re-election bid. she waited more than a year to charge the officer who shot laquan mcdonald 15 years. >> the congressional hearing today, congressional governor, rick snyder, spent several hours in the hot seat with gina mccarty. and lawmakers took t

. >>> hennepin county attorney, mike freeman announcing a short time ago that two white minneapolis policeicers will not be facing charges for the shooting death of jamar clark. a 24-year-old african-american man who was shot and killed in november of last year. >> accordingly, the hennepin county attorney's office has concluded that criminal charges are not warranted against either officer mark ringenberg or dustin schwartz. >> i want to bring in blake mccoy who is in the courtroom or i'm not sure if it's a courtroom or not, but he is in minneapolis. you were in the courtroom when that announcement was made. what can you tell us about what precisely why it was they decided not to bring charges and what's been the reaction on the ground there so far? >> reporter: we're in the county attorney's office and he is the one who made the decision not to file charges against these two officers. simply put, he says the evidence points to the officers' account of what happened as fact. this all happened on november 15th. police were called to a domestic independent. when they arrived, jamar clark's

the hennepin county attorney, mike freeman, is scheduled to anoubls he's made an decision in an officer-involved shooting det of a 24-year-old african-american man, some of the witnesses at the time said clark was handcuffed when he was shot after a scuffle with two police officers. but the police union claims that clark was not handcuffed. nbc's blake mccoy joins us live from minneapolis on the phone. blake, what can you tell us about this breaking news? >> well, tamron, this is a case that has gripped the community. let's walk you through what happened. it was november 15th when police were called to a domestic dispute between clark and his girlfriend. she was put in an ambulance when police arrived. that's when he tried to approach the ambulance. this is where the accounts difference. some witnesses say clark was slammed to the ground, handcuffed and shot in the head after he was handcuffed. the police chief and police union have said, though, clark was not handcuffed and was actually reaching for an officer's gun when he was shot. there have been protests for months here in minneapolis about

i thank county attorney mike freeman for his transparency.fessionalism, and his willingness to be pubpicly accountable for his decision. i also appreciate his thorough explanation of the process of the process that he and his office followed to reach the decision as well as his choice to release all of the evidence obtained during the course of the investigation. i want to talk about what the legal process is going to look like moving forward. in addition to the independent investigation by the bca, the chief and i requested a separate federal investigation by the civil rights division of the department of justice. once that investigation has been completed, the civil rights division and u.s. attorney will determine whether the federal government will bring any charges. once that investigation concludes, mpd will thoroughly review all available evidence from the independent investigations and will be able to make a decision regarding discipline moving forward from there. the chief will follow, but i want to say a word of thanks. i'm joined to

. >> mike freeman made the decision more than four months after 24-year-old jamar clarke was shot inhe head during a scuffle police officers. >> schwarze said as the officer approached clark, he, clarke, had, quote, this thousand-yard stare, end quote. >> in the early morning hours of november 15th of last year, minneapolis police responded to a report that clarke assaulted his girlfriend. police said he was also blocking paramedics from treating her. officers also described clarke who had alcohol and traces of marijuana in his system as acting erratically. on wednesday, prosecutor freeman spent more than 30 minutes laying out the evidence in the case. he also released witness and police video from the night of the shooting. contrary to some witness reports, freeman says the investigation found that clarke was not handcuffed during the confrontation and freeman says that dna evidence supports claims that clarke refused to take his hands off of rigenberg's gun. >> schwarze took his handcuffs out but said he was not able to get them on clarke. in the ensuing strufl, he dropped the cuff

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juries nouned no cause to bring charges, protesters in minnesota demanded mike feeman not use a grand jury in this case. freeman obliged. >> grand juries won't be used to consider police shooting cases in hennepin county. >> reporter: the decision ends a four-decade long tradition there of usually grand juries. in that time not a single officer have been found guilty of wrongfully shooting someone. freeman says the decision to not use grand juries in these cases will make the system more fair and accountable, but he doesn't think others should necessarily follow his lead. >> in other communities they may feel the use of the grand jury in police shooting cases is appropriate. >> reporter: community anger connected to other high profile police shootings cost prosecutors their jobs. in cuyahoga county, his tim mcginty lost the primary. he concluded the shooting of trz by two officers was reasonable. >> the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct. >> reporter: in kris anita alvarez lost a relocation bid. she waited more than a year to charge the officer that shot laquan mcdonald 16 times. john henry smith, al ja

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