if rodney king were here, he would say, can we all sing along?i did talk to the landlord, and he was very specific. he is not going to preach his lease. the restaurant is going to be virtually no change other than a cultural enhancement, so that is clear. i did a lot of expensive and out of reach with project sponsors, basically door-to-door activity, and it was about 98% positive. the thing that is concerning is i want people to go through the process and do the outreach, not to be punished. there are a lot of people that have the music, everything is fine -- there are a please four on record, and it is -- at least four on record, and it is the wrong message. there is a message where some people have to get permits. some people do not have to get permits, and what we need is a level playing field where if you want to have the music, go through the process. thank you, and i hope we see the great opera singer that performed today, and i am sure the rest of the public would like to see the singing waiter and opera singers. >> i am a business owner

men that have been killed the officers and we have heard of a lot of different information like rodney king and what not. it is very difficult to prosecute a police officer in situations like this. >> we all want to believe that our police are pristine and they don't make mistakes. but they are human and they'd it are subject to the rest >> they're mistreated in here but the same officer and member of times a really rings true so when i hear the grandfather say that the most troubling thing to me as it does not surprise me. that really bothers me a shows are real lack of belief and our judicial system. >> they're calling for peace despite everything today. also i get the sense that the judges given the bad debt of the doubt that he really did not mean to pull that >> taser. when i going to motions to express that there's a lot of defense attorneys and if you listen to an officer and you go " that is not the truth " the judge will give them the benefit of the doubt so in a little way it does go to the police officer just because they are police officers. >> we're glad to go live to the rally

subway platform in oakland california by a transit officer shocked the country like the beating of rodney king so many years ago this death was also caught on tape take a look. earlier today johan his message really the officer who shot and killed oscar grant who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter was sentenced to two years in prison with time served from los angeles courtroom a los angeles superior court judge could have sent this mess really to fourteen years in jail or walk free with time served and probation now not only are there questions as to where more whether more violence may result across california but more importantly whether this will go down as another black mark on america's record of social justice joining me from our los angeles studio to discuss it is carl gomez an organizer for the los angeles coalition for justice for oscar grant caro thank you so much for joining me now i guess tell me first you know what's what's the reaction like what was a life in the courtroom when you heard that it was just two years with time served . i actually wasn't inside the courtroom b

>> guest: look at it this way i wonder why you have a right situation like rodney king why did they burn down their own committees? i a look at the prevalence of some music and lyrics i believe you bring down your community in the same way you look at women and blacks and call them these names. >> host: within our community we have landlords and merchants we just lived there where are you going to go? >> guest: i absolutely disagree with my late grandfather in trenton new jersey and the most impoverished sections of town could in still that these are the norms and this is the key or the path for word our parents can do that now they did not have any if you look data on the surface but the infusion that you do not let other people tell you what you can or can do and my grandfather bless his soul by a sure you knew there he marek mother's parents would not let us accept failure i am so very blessed 27 we talked about your personal stories and capitol hill and the white house and not the clarence thomas part he has been called a lot of things and a lot of them is acting why did you have a d

the get it this way, i wonder why it is when you have a riot situations if you look at rodney king, most recent example i can come up with, black folks were in their own communities down, and i look at the prevalence of some types of music and lyrics contained therein and i believe you're burning down your community in the same way. you're looking at women and you're looking at fellow blacks and denigrating them and calling them all these names. >> host: is that a domenici, ron? we live there, we had landlords and merchants, it wasn't our community, we couldn't get by. we just lived there in the ghetto. where are you going to go? the police were there prevented us from leaving our communities. >> guest: i absolutely disagree with you on that. if my late grandfather in trenton, new jersey, in one of the most impoverished sections of town was able to instill in his songs, my father and my uncles, that these are the norms and this is the way, this is the key, this is the path forward, then our parents can do that now. they were impoverished, they were in an urban area. they didn't have any

i wonder why it is when you have riot situations -- if you look at rodney king, the most recent example- black folks burnt their own communities down. and i look at the prevalence

>> and with the rodney king case, for example, the prosecution and goes to prison the chance of thateally, really small. >> and does this have any lessons to be learned? >> again, one of the really unfortunate parts of of this in july when the trial was going on is that this was case to los angeles to get a fair jury. the tragic part is that we got a jury without a single african- american. and that is saying that the " is in, and i wish that we could've had one, too, african-americans. and from all spectrums could have said that this is a fair jury. we were part of it and it came art. and part of that is that it was not a sense of a fair jury. >> and then, the sentencing in the verdict. >> and i think that this will rain for people for a long time. >> thank you for being here. >> we will be repacked. the right back. save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%! come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk to any one of the 40 million drivers who already have state farm. 40 million. yeah, that's more

kind of the rodney king approach to world financials. can we all get along?but the g20 only deal economically, you look at the security structure. lot of the big players we talk about. rising up and trying to get into some of the others they don't want it. nato, struggled to go out in the theaters in afghanistan and they don't want to stay there. they want to come back home. isn't there a particular void in that era in terms of security? >> not a particular void because i think that's all that's always been the case. we over estimate the extent to which the united nations were ever there and the extent to nato was always helpful in managing our problems. you think that president eisenhower and in 1954 the talk of nato idea having run it's course or the suez crisis. two of our allies. and this is always been there and i think that one of the rifts being intellectuals sitting around talking about it is seeing systemic patterns of thinking institutions effect more than they do. there's a lot more continuity in the conversation. even part of your comments suggest

they sort of said, well, it's kind of the rodney king approach to world finance, can't we all get alongere, and not, you know, signing up to anything particularly serious. but the g20 only deals, as parag implied, with economic issues. and when you look at the security structures, a lot of those big players that we talk about rising up, the chinese, indians, some of these others, they don't want to play in that game. nato struggled to go out of theater into afghanistan, and they don't want to stay there. they want to come back home, and is europe can't get together on foreign policy. isn't there a particular void in this era in terms of strut structures? >> no, i don't think there's a particular void in this area because i think that's always been the case. i think we overstatement the extent to which the united nations was ever all that helpful in managing all of our problems. i think we overestimate the extent to which nato was awl always helpful in managing all of our problems. i mean, if you think about president eisenhower and john foster dull husband in 1954 talking about the nato

but treasury ministers, finance ministers said while it's kind of the rodney king approach the world of finance can't we all get along here but that she 20 only deals with economic issues and when you look at the security structures a lot of those big players were talking about about rising at the chinese, the indians, some of these others, they don't want to play in that game. nato struggled to go out and afghanistan and they don't want to stay there. they want to come back, and europe can't get together in foreign policy. isn't there a particular volleyed in this era in terms of security structures? >> i don't thinks there is a particular way in this area because i think that has always been the case. i think we overestimate the extent to which the united nations were ever all that helpful in managing all of our problems. i think we overestimate the extent to which nato was helpful in managing our problems and if you think of that, president eisenhower and john foster in 1954 talking about the nato idea has run its course for the suez crisis in which we refuse to help to of our all