paula reid covers the justice department for cbs news, so what does this mean? >> reporter: jim the department of justice will review the evidence in this case to determine whether officer brelo may have violated federal civil rights law. this is a very high standard which we have seen in cases in ferguson and also elsewhere that and the fact and the department of justice is already working with the cleveland police department to implement reforms makes it very unlikely they are going to open a new case against this officer. >> axelrod: in his opinion the judge did seem to say officer brelo indeed fired a fatal shot, how does that square with the not guilty verdict? >> reporter: the judge did say that officer yes low brelo filed a fatal shot but so did other a officers and he could not find beyond a reasonable doubt that officer brelo fired the fatal shot. he also found that the officer was justified in fearing for his life. >> axelrod: paula reid in washington. thank you. consider the speed and distance that gay rights has traveled in the mostly catholic republ

cbs news justice reporter paula reid has been following the case closely. aula, good morning. >> good morning. >> obviously, the charges have been heavily scrutinized, but i want to ask you about mosby herself. 35 inherited the job after resignation. do you see this of a declaration of her independence? >> i think that's right. mosby has come under so much criticism. she's young, she's too inexperienced and how could she be objective in this case? in talking with her office over the past week they kept emphasizing they were doing their own independent investigation and not relying on the police to investigate themselves even when police eventually handed over the file. she said, there is nothing new to me. she came out yesterday with the announcement and she was declaring she is independent, strong and capable of handling a case like this. >> these are very aggressive charges. is there a risk sheer she may have overcharged the police officers? >> that's always possible in a high-profile situation like this. with all that's going on in baltimore. in previous

cbs news justice reporter paula reid has been following the case closely. good morning. >> good morning. >> obviously these charges have been heavily scrutinized, but i want to ask you about mosby herself. 35. inherited the job after a resignation. do you see some of this as a declaration of her independence? >> i think that's right. mosby has come under so much criticism since she became involved with this case. they say she's too young, too experienced. she comes from generations of police officers. how could she possibly be objective in this case? and in talking with her office over the past week they kept emphasizeing that they were doing their own independent investigation. they were not relying on the police to investigate themselves. even when the police eventually handed over their file, she said, you know what, this is nothing new to me, i've already seen it. so she came out yesterday with this announcement and she was declaring this that she was was independent, strong and capable of handling a case like this. >> these are very aggressive charges.