reginald brown knew the officer garafola. >> loving, caring and take the shirt off his back to give to you. sam: rocked by recent violent incidents they came idea on training. it was cops talking to cops insisting they have to do better. improve trust as the chief of birmingham, alabama. >> we talk about building trust. it can't just be the organization. sam: take it seriously. >> a lot of cops say this is stuff. >> make sure that the reasonable threat is threat. >> what if my perceptions are not reporter: -- not reasonable? sam: but in the background is dallas, baton rouge. >> we want to see peace, harmony and better relationship between the community and the law enforcement. whether the shraf office, the -- the sheriff office, the city or the state police. sam: they are observing the 40th anniversary this year, which must be on the organization began. reporting from northwest washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: okay, sam. thank you very much. still to come on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- making your commute home easier. the announcement today by governor hogan that many have been

among them, major reginald brown from baton rouge. deputy grad garafola was his friend. >> a family man. had a wife. children. a wonderful family. history. brother was a law enforcement officer. >> reporter: the attacks on officers in dallas and baton rouge are taking its toll on police everywhere. >> i would say every law enforcement officer across this country today is very >> i will be the first one to admit there are bad cops that have done bad things in our nation. but every single police officer, every single police agency is being painted with that broad brush because of a fraction of a fraction of 1%. >> reporter: officers say it's tougher each day to be a police officer. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear more from the montgomery county police chief about who he thinks has some responsibility when it comes to feeding the anger against law enforcement. in montgomery county, mark segraves, news4. >>> we hear from the parents of a fairfax county teenager who stepped on an explosive in central park. >> 18-year-old connor golden was s

well, actually, reginald maiden. r-e-g-i-n-a-l-d. m-a-i-d-e-n. >> in this raw interview footage the three men discuss the possibility of attack and how they would respond. >> it's not being attacked. it's just being like -- you know, the proper word is stalked, harassed, because of rejection. you know, a lot of people here can't deal with rejection, especially coming from a transsexual. >> a lot of other things people don't realize, we're men like them. we're just feminine like them. >> don't forget. women do kill. >> a lot of us don't put up with that and a lot of guys know that and a lot of guys that don't, so you know, when the ones don't, they end up getting beat up. >> and it makes them look bad on the yard. so that's why a lot of people do give homosexuals respect sometimes. they don't know what we're capable of doing. >> some gay inmates embrace their feminine side. but when "lockup" visited kentucky state penitentiary, we met fleece johnson, a long-time inmate who practices a very different kind of homosexuality. >> we have s

roseas, michael brown, carlton hall, alvador suarez, otis richmond, ramell hicks, brandon knowles, reginald turner, trayvon ilson, shelton ellis, fredrick johnson, lonnie king, amar'e catchings, stanley boston, sica hampton, eric berjon, alfondia kelly, arrell guy jr., marshell hillson, robert barnes, kenette wit consider, willie pittman. we were led during our sit-in by an icon, congressman john lewis, and i was very, very, very proud to participate and would do it again. he's fond of referencing a dream he shared with his mentor, a mentor of many of us, dr. king, the dream of the beloved community, a place where people of all races, creeds, religions and gender identityification can live together in peace -- identification can live together in peace. certainly interests' no place for assault -- certainly there's no place for assault rifles in the community. there's no place for gun rights for criminals and the dangerously mentally ill in the beloved community. and the beloved community, no child has to live a life where going to the park risks them from being mowed down by a stray bullet.

. >> reporter: his name was reginald coleman, a personal trainer and former semi-professional boxer,umber reggie called. >> i should have already recognized it because i already had it in my notes because it was lynitra ross. >> reporter: lynitra ross, the woman who claimed she received $10,000 from stacey for house repairs within three weeks of the murder. now the trail was warm, very warm. he pulled phone records for all three -- reggie, lynitra and stacey. combed through hundreds of calls and texts until -- >> a very interesting sequence of calls actually emerged from that. >> reporter: a sequence on february 14th. it went like this -- at 6:42 p.m., reggie called lynitra. at 6:45, lynitra called stacey. at 6:48, lynitra called reggie back. >> in my mind, reggie called lynitra and said, "are we still doing this?" and lynitra called stacey and stacey confirming, "yes, he's here. i'll have him at the park." and then lynitra, calling reggie back saying, "yes, go up there." >> reporter: and after that, no more calls until 8:40 p.m., when reggie's call to lynitra was captured by the tow

anthony: they met before elton was elton, when young reginald dwight answered this ad seeking songwriters i hadn't made that decision of going, my life would have been completely different. anthony: you ended up basically bunking together. >> we lived at my parents' apartment in north london. he became the brother i never had. anthony: yeah. >> i love bernie, not in a carnal way, but in the most emotional, beautiful way. anthony: apart from a short separation in the late '70s, they've worked together ever since, becoming one of the most successful songwriting teams in history. >> ♪ anthony: when bernie brings you a lyric, do you ask him to explain it? >> no, never. anthony: so you don't know what levon is about? >> no. but i never get fed up with it. it's the most beautiful love song. i sing it, i'm thinking about david, or i'm thinking about my boys. >> ♪ you can tell everybody this is your song ♪ anthony: it's so hard for songwriting teams to stay together. >> so acrimonious at times. we dropped our egos. anthony: how and why did you that? >> it was necessary. we've never -- this is on

roseas, michael brown, carlton hall, alvador suarez, otis richmond, ramell hicks, brandon knowles, reginald turner, trayvon ilson, shelton ellis, fredrick johnson, lonnie king, amar'e catchings, stanley boston, essica hampton, eric berjon, alfondia kelly, arrell guy jr., marshell hillson, robert barnes, kenette wit consider, willie pittman. we were led during our sit-in by an icon, congressman john lewis, and i was very, very, very proud to participate and would do it again. he's fond of referencing a dream he shared with his mentor, a mentor of many of us, dr. king, the dream of the beloved community, a place where people of all races, creeds, religions and gender identityification can live together in peace -- identification can live together in peace. certainly interests' no place for assault -- certainly there's no place for assault rifles in the community. there's no place for gun rights for criminals and the dangerously mentally ill in the beloved community. and the beloved community, no child has to live a life where going to the park risks them from being mowed down by a stray bulle

h.r. 1217, the the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation it in honor of the memory of reginald williams, a victim of gun violence who never received a moment of silence on the house floor. it the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: i would like to yield to the gentleman from california, mr. lowenthal, for purposes of a unanimous consent request to prevent terrorists from acquiring explosives and firearms. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lowenthal: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 1217, the the bipartisan expanded background checks in honor of the memory of of jean carlos rodriguez, a victim of gun violence who never received a moment of silence on the house floor. the speaker pro tempore: as previously announced the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: mr. speaker, i would like to yield to the gentlelady from massachusetts, ms. clark, for purposes of a timely, important, and critical unanimous consent request. the s

is one sent out by reginald grant, who is a delegate from taxes.ou can see his on an airplane to cleveland. he says keep us all in prayer. senatorthis is from patrick, the state senator in michigan. he says looking to seeing the premier of dinesh desousa's movie in cleveland. one of the sites that will be that the-- sights greeting delegates is this poster. back to our calls here this morning, we are getting your thoughts on the republican convention. unable to, if you are watch the convention on your tv tomorrow when they kick off at 1:00 p.m., or in the evening time for the rest of the week, you can get the c-span radio app. you will be able to listen to the whole thing, you won't miss a minute of it. you will get scheduling information. it is free and easy to download onto whatever mobile device you have. you can watch on c-span.org and on c-span. go to c-span.org for more details on what we will be covering. independent in gary, indiana. you are next. i like the donald trump choice. i really want to talk with this issue. wherever tackles this w

and another texan, reginald c grant junior.ormer governor rick perry, one of the coolest guys you could know. the texas delegation, you probably saw this. the texas delegation often wears the lone star. ben carson spoke at the florida breakfast, this is by evan power. and adam astor is also at the breakfast. lost his tweet. host: a little bit of what is happening this morning on day two of the republican national convention, there are delegate breakfasts that happen every day. a lot of partying happens at night and you have got the speeches. the chaos that took place when there were some delegates from different states who were demanding a rollcall vote on the rules package. it was voice voted. but that did not sit well with many of those delegates. they demanded, they yelled, they insisted they get a rollcall vote. they needed the majority of delegates from seven states and they said they turned in nine unfold,e watched it all the presiding officer came to the microphone and said that in fromnd, the delegates three of those st

reginald c grant is another delegate from texas. he is one of 18 african-american delegates at this convention. he was at the event with entertainer cowboy troy. is a delegate from nevada and was with jeff denham fromnger is a delegate georgia, and she said georgia , and helled to see newt is down on the floor and there is ginger howard. peter is the national committeeman from florida. he enjoyed, as a lot of people have said this morning, donald trump jr. had rocked the rnc. that was his posting on twitter. delegate and is a he will be on the program a little bit later and will be able to talk with callers. he posted this picture of himself with abc anchor david muir. a what to share this article from the cleveland plain dealer. earlier this week, we talked about the fact that -- sister is voting for donald trump. the former mayor and as they described him liberal darling is happy to welcome the gop to his home turf. here is the video shot by the cleveland plain dealer. >> cleveland has had national conventions in its history, but