how much progress do you think has been made even from the time of rodney king?ss but the problem is we love our police officers in america too. many feel they do a great job but it's not about bad apples, it's about a huge distrust and for very good reasons. in 1921 you had a tulsa riot there weren't cameras to cover it but rodney king and what's happened in baltimore, we'rer getting people with cell phones able to film these things so it's becoming viseral and therefore it's a national problem that needs to be prioritized. i think this became the number one story last year because of ferguson and the distrust of african americans toward police officers and what's happening in our urban centers. >> i resist the idea though that we have gained any measure of progress since 1992. rodney king was beaten on tape by law enforcement and now in 2015 we have eric garner choked out on video tape we have people shot running away from police ewe have people -- etc. >> and you see in baltimore, not -- >> let douglas finish because hes to the go. >> i wouldn't call it a nigh

this is worse than rodney king.his situation, forget the number of blows, none of blows that i saw in the video that you just showed are justified. there's not a single training manual i've seen in any police department in the state or the federal government any place across the country, that permits a police officer to kick somebody in the face period. they are not permitted -- police officers are not allowed to beat people up but restrain people, allowed to take control of the situation. they use force only when necessary to control somebody and they looked like they are out of control. >> mark this brings back up the issue of police body cameras. i'll ask you. we can see what we can from the chopper camera. we can't see what it was like on the ground. we can't hear, for example, what was said. do you believe that this brings to the forefront necessity for body cameras on all officers required? >> i'm adamantly in support of body cameras. body cams will clear good police officers and good police officers and law e

>> this is the 23rd anniversary of the rodney king riots.happy anniversary. >> absolutery. >> that's very important. >> larry: so i got everyone fire i hope that's okay. >> you know what happened after the rodney king riots they actually postponed four dodger games. but they made them up later in the year. but today they played in front of nobody at camden yard. >> baseball is much mohr important now. >> i guess it must be. to unite a city even when there is no one there. and i thought it was great when they said now batting for the orioles manny machado since all the orioles know who he is and all the white sox know who he is who is that going to benefit. >> larry: that's great. what dow do as a sports announcer. boy, the city is on fire. speaking of being on fire the orioles. >> there is a lot of bad jokes that i hope they stear clear of lvz. >> this is the anniversary-- . >> larry: what is going on in baltimore say celebration. >> larry: have we learned anything yet. it has been 23 years have we learned anything? >> clearly not. when you

milton grimes, the attorney for rodney king, joins us from los angeles, and good to see you. it's a pleasure, to sew the riots that were started and sparked after the beating of your client, rolled knee king, as you know, resulted in 53 dead, 2,000 injured and i have to ask you, what has changed in the relationship between african-americans and police in los angeles in those intervening years? >> the order that took place in 1992 after the simi valley verdict, caused a lot of pain to people. and lives were lost. i think very little has changed to the core problem of what caused that civil disorder, and that is the culture and the makeup of law enforcement. they still highland behind and cover up their actions they hide behind the cold of silence, there's no transparency in the way they go about their work, and they're still killing young black men on a weekly, daily basis. so not a lot has changed. there has been a lot of talk, there has been some band-aids done and they have changed the police chief. but they're still killing young, unarmed black citizens across this country

joining me from los angeles, the attorney for the late rodney king milton grimes.o much for joining me today. >> hello, brooke. thank you for having me. >> thank you. you successfully represented rodney king in that civil suit against the city of los angeles, and on a day like today where 23 years have passed when you see what's happened here in baltimore and you lived it in l.a. what parallels do you personally see? >> that things haven't changed very much brooke. there's still pain suffered by minority people especially black men because of the amount of police brutality put upon them. things haven't changed that much. you see the pain of people coming out in what's happening, this civil disobedience. but we need to purge. we need to do some serious purging of our law enforcement and somehow get it across that people can only take so much injustice. >> there is definitely a lot of pain here in baltimore, but let me ask you just about los angeles specifically. since the early '90s, what changes have been in place there economically socially within the communities?

as we know, rodney king was witnessed getting beat up by 17 officers and only less than a handful wasconvicted while the other officers stayed to watch enchanted and did not come to his defense. while he was handcuffed. we also know that trade on martin was also a victim in which zimmerman admittedly, told the officers that he shot trade on martin and was released to go home. we also know that oscar -- was handcuffed. we have videotape through cell phones, to high tech knowledge he and how is it that these officers are not convicted? so the batch camera has to be more than just a batch camera. we need an independent agency. outside of the police department that will enforce what is seen on the batch camera were rails makes no sense to wear one. thank you. >> president: thank you. next speaker, please. welcome. >> testifier: my name is betty jones and just coming to address you. i don't like to the way you talk to my pastor. he is a practice of 3rd bass baptist. you guys were run out usn the police out when you're having church but you have the audacity to sit behind desks and tell him

. >> this is as bad if not worse than what they did to rodney king. >> deputies investigate their own after a news group catches a beating on camera. plus this: >> that i might have done something even more serious. >> a texas judge giving trouble teens a second chance. >> this is al jazeera america and i'm john siegenthaler. use of force tased punched and kicked. dozens of times. >> i am disturbed by what i see in the video. >> the disturbing new police video in california. dallas detention. a texas judge that makes his point to keep them from coming back. >> we'll talk about the new role on the web. >>> tough questions for another police department. this time it's in san bernardino county california. ten deputies have now been suspended and investigation is underway about the savage beating of a suspect all caught on camera, erica pitzi has the story. >> the fbi last launched its own investigation to determine if the suspect's civil rights were violated. >> here we go, the deputy chasing him. >> reporter: it started with a chase and ended with a brutal beating caught on camera with

and in my opinion, this is a far worse beating than rodney king, there weren't 11 officers on rodney eporter: a few deputies had injuries. the sheriff says some of the deputies involved in part of the pursuit know pusok. he has a number of past convictions including animal cruelty resisting arrest and fighting. >> pusok is facing charges. felony evasion, theft and possession of stolen property. >>> a grand jury will decide if a south carolina police officer should stand trial for killing a man during a traffic stop. this video shows officer michael slager shooting the man several times in the back as he flees. the earliest the grand jury gets the case is may. slager is being held on a murder charge. >>> at least two massive twisters swept through northern illinois last night. two women were killed in the city of fairdale. aerial footage shows homes rips off their foundations. crews have been combing the wreckage. they say everyone is accounted for but no one is being allowed back in their homes yet. authorities say with the debris and the power outages, it's just too dangerous. >>> af

that suspect has a lawyer now and he's calling his clients beating worse than rodney king.ie elam is following developments for us this morning, good morning stephanie. >> good morning, victor and chris. >> the fbi launched an investigation to find out whether or not the man at the center of this video if his civil rights were violated. >> here's your pursuit. >> reporter: a police chase that looks like something out of the wild west. >> i've got this guy on a stolen horse. >> reporter: 30-year-old francis pusok attempting to yacht run law enforcement on the back of a stolen horse in a rural part of san bern dino county. a knbc helicopter was recording as the bizarre chase ends when the horse bucks the suspect. >> the suspect being tased. >> deputies a attempt to tase him. as deputies get closer pusok appears to surrender lying face down on the ground before putting his hands behind his back. that doesn't stop the officers from mobbing around pusok, kicking him in the groin and in the head before kneeing him and landing punch after punch on his body. it's a beating that las

that came up as early in this area of citizen video as the rodney king case. then about that video desensitizing the jury because it was shown so many times so many times. now, of course that kind of video is so much more widely possible. it changes the balance of power, not because video exists there are different kinds of conversations and different kinds of coverage. if you look back at the press coverage in south carolina last week end, it was essentially just the police's side of the story. that's oftentimes understandable. for the most part the police side is accurate. you see how a video comes out and changes the balance of power in news media coverage not just because the video exists but because of the conversation and coverage it generates. we don't have to play it multiple times to have those conversations. >> especially today, unlike when the rodney king videos came out, you can go to the internet. >> the internet is a superior medium when it comes to videos like this. i think debates and discussions happen best on television. in order to see the v

the fact of the matter is we saw in the rodney king case, thought it would be a conviction it wasn't. eric garner, a video, no charges, so i think what's going to have to happen in this case is if there was evidence planted and it appears it was, if you can find a jury a fair and objective jury and a judge that can weigh everything and weigh the evidence at what's coming at them from the other side then there's a fair chance. it's not a slam dunk by any means. >> gentlemen thank you all so much. >> thank you. >>> coming up now that dzhokhar tsarnaev has been found guilty on all counts will he be sentenced to death or life in prison? >> something that we can put, you know one more step behind us. >> we're going to get a live report from the "boston globe," and we'll tell you how to weigh in on the sentence in today's gut check. and developing now nearly 60 million people in the path of severe weather today. that's after tornadoes, heavy rain and huge hail slammed a dozen states. >>> and president obama is expected to remove cuba from the state sponsors of terror list. it may happen as

tensions evolve take rodney king. rodney king was not the beginning of the problems in los angeles. problems in los angeles history confirms were deeply rooted problems. deeply rooted problems of the have notes able to get ahead and a group of people being suppressed and repressed and eventually the rodney king beating happened and riots emerged across the city and that's when the thugs came and took over but that did not discount the previous which history now tells us that people had been repressed and oppressed. baltimore city residents say that's what happened in baltimore. across this community in west baltimore and beyond around the turn of the century. the police crack down came in. stop and frisk came in. one after another was taken and taken off the streets and put in jail. over time those hash police activities continued according to the people on the street. there became to be a vast distrust of police. it was prevalent throughout the community. it's been written about by the baltimore sun for years and years and years and anybody who knows anything about baltimore and we

>> i think we're seeing back as far as rodney king to what's happening in south carolina that the videotapingfficers plays an important role of accountability >> right now walking down an overpass. this location a year and a half ago the 26 -year-old young woman hit a nurse coming home from work. driving drunk and hit dana head on going around way down the street. >> she began drinking in the middle of the day. she had arrived with a friend and had no intention of driving. she looked intoxicated while still being served. when she left she was led to get into someone's car and drove off. she drew 45 minutes where she was driving the wrong way down a one-way street and hit dana head on. >> my last memory is a look up and see a car. >> pled no contest to a single count of service of alcohol to an intoxicated patron. many people are many people are questioning if this punishment was severe enough ashley hit dana head on. ashley was killed immediately. blood-alcohol was twice the legal limit. >> is still surreal. >> she survived but went through months of rehabilitation. >> surgery. i will probabl

once convicted of attempted robbery. >> this is as bad if not worse than what they did to rodney king sheriff was treated for minor injuries and now behind bars. both the fbi and sheriff's department are now investigating. the deputy name are not being released following several death threats following several death threats. abc news san bernardino. >> now the new york woman authorities calling a serial bribe. 39-year-old lee ann accused of marrying 10 men apparently not divorcing them. she pleaded not guilty they laid on the tenth marriage plex laid on the tenth marriage plex. police believe she was marrying men to get into the country. 7 of the men from red flag country including egypt, flag country including egypt turkey, georgia, pakistan and currently married to 4 people. officials say if convicted she could face 4 years in jail. >> now to abc news exclusive. nearly 2 decades after school teach her an affair with the 12-year-old student now married kim is opening up about the scandal that brought them together. bar were walters interview with mary k and vale. you can watch at 10:

that's rodney king being beaten by police in los angeles followed a high-speed chase.t was 1991 when videotaping police action was rare. fast forward about 25 years and is this now the norm. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: eric garner, a father of six in a choke hold on a brooklyn street. accused of illegally selling cigarettes in december. the bystander's cell phone even picks up gardner gasping for air. garner was pronounced dead at the hospital. officer panta leao with his arm around garner's neck is how on assignment awaiting investigation. and later, cell phone video captured an officer shooting dead a 25-year-old holding a knife. that case is under review. michael brown's case in august wasn't caught on cell phone camera but his body on the street was. so were protests. >> what's your name, sir? >> reporter: some officers acted negatively once they realized they were being recorded. >> take your hands away from my camera, please. >> hey, hey, hey, you can't do that. it's the law. >> reporter: in new jersey after a police canine attacked a fact on the ground. police tr

this is as bad if not worse to with a did to rodney king. >> they beat the crap out of him, and now they are trying to avoid getting in trouble. leon: the deputies are on paid administrative leave pending the outcome. new information of the security contractor involved in the prisoner escape last week. 7 on your side confirms the was marshal service is ending its relationship with allied protection in virginia. they uncovered problems with people in leadership positions and also found allied protection got a multimillion dollar contract with the federal government without competition. new trouble for the secret service tonight. it officer was arrested, accused of breaking into a home. in court, arthur baldwin denied breaking the glass, what did admit to kicking the door. the woman inside identified the suspect as her ex-boyfriend. the secret service says he is on administrative leave pending investigation. an arrest and heartbreak for the family killed on the bw parkway. >> i cried right there. leon: the painstaking process the police used to catch their suspect. and caching on a potenti

king -- rodney king beating continues. >>> these are live pictures outside of the baltimore police precinctce officers on one side and barricade and protesters on another. we have heard some swearing and pushing and aggressive expletives but people feeling safe and bringing children out to protest. our breaking news news coverage continues now with anderson. >> good evening. thank you for joining us. new demonstrations on the streets of baltimore including a sunset confrontation between protesters and police. [ yelling ] >> it happened just a short time ago outside of the police station where ten days ago freddie gray was taken to a hospital where he later died. and with demonstrators out on the street we have last known video of images on the way to the police station and being loaded for a second time into a police van and we'll show you

that's rodney king being beaten by police in los angeles following a high-speed chase.was 1991 when video taping police action was rare. fast forward about 25 years and this is now the norm. eric garner a father of six in a choke hold on a brooklyn street accused of illegally selling cigarettes. the bystander's cell phone camera even fixed up garner gasping for air. >> i can't breathe. >> reporter: garner pronounced dead at the hospital. officer pantaleo now on modified assignment awaiting a federal investigation. in st. louis last august cell phone video captured police shooting dead a 25-year-old man holding a knife. that case is under review. michael brown shooting in august wasn't caught on a cell phone camera but his body in the street was. so were protests and police reaction. >> what's your name sir? >> reporter: some officers react negatively once they realize they're being recorded. >> hold on. i have a constitutional right to record. you're interfering with that. take your hand away from my camera please. >> hey, you can't do that. you can't do that. massachus

rioting, looting, arson, all set off by the acquittal of four police officers in the beating of rodney kinge elam looks back. >> reporter: ferguson missouri. and now baltimore. cities thrown off kilter by riots in recent months after the deaths of young black men at the hands of police officers. the violence of boiling over anger and mistrust. america has been here before. >> poverty, lack of education, under education, unemployment large return of people out of the state prison system. these are the same issues that were relevant in the riot in los angeles. >> reporter: this is florence and normandy. on april 29th 1992 here in south-central los angeles, this was the epicenter of the l.a. riot. it was all in response to the acquittal of four white los angeles police officers in the beating of rodney king a beating that everyone saw since it was videotaped. >> there was a sincere expectation, one of the rare times when you're dealing with police and blacks in these kind of situations maybe justice would be done. >> i don't believe it. what is this city coming to? >> it was like a collective

plagued by gangs and known the world over for six days of riots following the rodney king verdict. and although much has improved here in recent years an average ten violence crimes and 27 property crimes per week. >> if we have any shootings with hits i have to notify the captains notify the bureau code 2 and a half. >> the newton division is on the front line, its territory includes south central. along with their arsenal of shotguns handguns and tasers, officers are armed with a new tool pred pol a technology that predicts where crimes will occur. >> if you have pred pol, if you guys can spend some time in the pred pol areas right there. in the 60s and 70s up and down broadway. >> we've had a lot of the violent crime taking place. >> michael newton heads the predpol division. >> we try to deploy each basic car that's going out is given a predpol map. >> the predictive policing, they immediately think of minority report. but there's a really big difference between trying to predict who is going to commit a crime and predicting where and when a crime is most likely to occur. >> uc

rodney king in 1992 and the urban riots in 19 627. there -- in 1967. there were many that year and a lot of them had to do with police action in communities. >> it is amazing how long this has been going on and how little has been done to resolve it. when you look at the polls and the difference between african-american confidence in the police being held accountable and white confidence, you see why these reports don't have much effect. >> the unfortunate reality is those poll results are not new. what you find is that most whites think that police treatment is equal and fair and most blacks think it is not. that goes back decades and i have never seen a poll that does not show that. that re-bills a fundamental mismatch on how we perceive race relations in society and a fundamental disagreement on how race operates. >> do you think the events in the last six months will have done anything to make african-americans feel confident that this issue is going to be addressed? >> i think that what has happened is that you have this stuff ain't -- sustained d

a jury had acquitted four lapd cops after video showed them brutally beating rodney king a then unarmedan. the crowds flooded the streets to protest and soon it turned violent. people set fires and looted stores burning buildings even pulled drivers out of their cars and beat them. over the next three days 55 people died and thousands were hurt. finally u.s. marines and soldiers and the national guard came in to help calm things down and rodney king asked, can we all get along? after the city of los angeles descended into chaos, 23 years ago today. >>> when news breaks out, we'll break in because breaking news changes everything but, man, it's quiet in baltimore. fingers crossed. school's out. everything seems pretty good and the weird scene at camden yards, the "os" are up 8-2 nobody's watching. >>> well forget defriday did baltimore's mayor say let them loot this is "your world." store owners are dealing with at this very hour their shops ripped to shred and we are getting information on the ground that may be adding insult to their injury. did their own mayor say let the protesters l

before him there was the rodney king case that involved another video of rodney king being beaten over a long period of time. and again the seemy valley jury returned a not guilty verdict, acquitted all those officers. so just because you have a video doesn't mean you have a conviction. >> and as you've also pointed out you've pointed to the supreme court ruling on deadly force, a different case involving a 15-year-old. and you've referenced this when people have tried to understand this case and when an officer is able to shoot at someone who is running. >> yeah. the 1985 tennessee versus garner case held the supreme court held that it's unconstitutionally -- it's constitutionally unreasonable to shoot an unarmed and nondangerous fleeing felon. a number of states have statutes that allowed police officers to use whatever force necessary to apprehend someone who was fleeing, who was a felon. and the supreme court said no that violates the fourth amendment, protection against unreasonable seizures. when you use deadly force to apprehend, that's a seizure and it's unconstitutional. >> le

. >> this is as bad, if not worse than what they did to rodney king. >> reporter: it's up to the distursue charges. >>> tonight, a new terror arrest at home. an fbi sting in kansas. inspired by isis plotting to join the u.s. military hoping to attack right here in america. pierre thomas has the story. >> reporter: the fbi claims 20-year-old john booker junior had a diabolical plan, to join the u.s. army so he could kill american soldiers on behalf of isis. >> today's threat was real and booker was fully committed. >> reporter: booker's mission to target ft. riley, kansas, allegedly began a year ago when he tried to enlist in the army. but he wrote something on facebook that caught the attention of authorities. "getting ready to be killed in jihad is a huge adrenaline rush." the military blocked his enlistment, and the fbi sent in undercover operatives posing as radicals. they say booker embarked on a chilling plan to detonate a massive car bomb at ft. riley. the fbi claims booker was trying to put his car bomb together this morning when he arrested not far from ft. riley. but the bomb was

say cell phone video can be a game changer but you go back to the rods any king case years ago -- rodney kingcase years ago and there was supposedly video of the alleged excessive force and still didn't get a conviction. is it really a game change senator. >> overall, it is. on individual cases it depends because what happens is when someone is charged with a crime, the defense always tries to bray it down to that one particular instance, that one particular case and not try and look at a whole systemic problem. for example, what we've seen in ferguson was a systemic problem of racism by the police department but in that one particular case involving officer wilson there was no wrongdoing specifically discovered. >> because the federal government couldn't even bring civil rights charges against him. they looked at it but didn't do anything. >> they couldn't find would a deprivation of civil rights in pursue of prosecution. >> that's a civil rights case. but i was reading, mother jones magazine also reported officer- involved killings seldom lead to a charge let alone a conviction. they pointe

this is as bad if not worse than what they did to rodney king. >> now they are trying to do everything they can to avoid them being in trouble. >> reporter: the incident is under investigation after watching the knbc video, the sheriff of san bernardino county placed ten deputies on leave. >> it appears his hands are behind his back and his hands move. there is information he may have been kicking at one point. regardless, at the end of the day, it is excessive. >> reporter: besides tased, the video shows the suspect was kicked more than 17 times. the deputies will remain on leave while the investigation continues. ted rowlands abc 7 news, los angeles. >>> the presidential politics. former secretary of state hillary clinton is about to throw her hat in the ring for the president of 2016. everyone knew this was coming. she made a video recording of the announcement that is expected to come out on sunday. abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington has more. >> reporter: it is rumored that the announcement will be posted on social media. political strategist kate mader has an i'm ready for hil

i was reading about the 53 people that lost their lives in the rodney king riots back in 1990s and it always brings us full circle about really what is the principle of justice and the principle of policing really means to us. sometimes people may question are we really for the city or against the city. but i think it's important for us to take a good look in the mirror what types of citizens do we want for the future because it's unacceptable that are dr. brown comes up here and , even if you're not intending to disrespect him, but the people feel it that way. he's a senior. he's a pastor. he's a doctor. and as a leader of our community and he represents us. i'm one of his students. i want to just say let's try to find a middle ground here. because when we speak about the -- report and i think you are the commissioners spoke about the early warning that same place system bennies be looked at again because it's important that we see things before you see things coming. maybe we might need someone from the community or someone that the committee trust like public defenders office sitti

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. >> this is as bad if not worse than what they did to rodney king. this is terrible.and going. she's worried does he have brain damage conscious, what's going on? >> they beat the crap out of him. now they're trying to do everything they can to avoid them being in any trouble. >> and the sheriff's department saying when they look at this and the fact they tried to taz him. because he had on loose clothing it did not work. last we know he was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. we have called and haven't heard back yet. we're following up on that one. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> all right. back to those new developments out of south carolina the deadly police shooting there from the just released dash cam video to cell phone footage of his final breath. the killing of walter scott has been recorded. that makes it difficult from the vast number of deadly encounters by police. what's more here despite the fact police officers are public servants using firearms to protect the public the federal government does not track the number of killings by police. did you

. >> this is bad if not worse than rodney king. this is terrible. theyept going and going. >> they want him to appear as the bad guy. ey beat the craput of him and they are trying to do everything they can to avoid being in trouble. >> the sheriff says the ten deputies are on administrative leave. the suspect is in the hospital. >>> we are seeing new dash cam video moments before the south carolina police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man. it has a witness to figure out what happened. >> abc news reporter karen traverse has more. >> reporter: this new dash cam vehicle shows the unidentified man questioned by police. he is officially a witness and may be the last person to speak with scott before he was fatally shot by former police officer michael slager. dash cam shows a calm and uneventful traffic stop. after two minutes, scott bolt. slager chases after him. moments later he shoots him dead. the shooting seemed suspicious from the start. saying the cell phone video confirmed our suspicions. the scott family is preparing for walter's fun

this is far worse than rodney king. >> reporter: san barn dino sheriff has ordered an immediate internal investigation. the specialized investigation detail is conducting a criminal investigation as well. >> i am disturbed and troubled by what i see in the video. it does not appear to be in line with our policies and procedures, at least a portion of it. i ask that you allow us to conduct that investigation and i assure you, if there is criminal wrongdoing on the part of any of our deputy sheriffs or any policy violations, we will take action. >> reporter: the sheriff's department says deputies were attempting to serve the suspect with a search warrant related to an identity tleft investigation. when he fled in a car and abandoned it and ran into the desert where he stole a horse. in total, a chase that went on for three hours. >> i'm not going to stand here and say he's perfect. >> reporter: his girlfriend of 13 years believes the officers went too far. >> they beat the crap out of him and they're trying to do everything they can to avoid being in trouble. >> reporter: in trouble where

as the witnesses have this amazing ability to not see what we don't want to see as i think about rodney kingwere the beating was so bad and so far beyond procedure even the chief of police derogates he is mondale liberal. [laughter] definitely not to see that video it made me sick physically ill. but yet there are people who are unable to see what happened for what it was including the all white jury that exonerated the police officers. what do you see when you see me? because what fascinates me it is almost impossible to hold police accountable for the things that they do on a daily basis and it should not be. we should respect them they are there to uphold the of law but not to be held above the law which is what they think we do is in our fear with african-american men we see something frightening or what scares us or what threatens us and so we are willing to turn our heads and effort our eyes to forgo our obligation as a witness for that to be allowed. the final question what to police he? the question that needs to come out of that what do african-americans see when they see police? yo

there have been previous cases, go back to rodney king who those officers were exonerated and acquitted in local court. the fbi investigation took them into federal court and they went to prison. there's been other cases, the katrina bridge shooting where the fbi investigation resulted in prison sentences to the officers involved. >> you want to weigh in cedric? what's your thought? >> you know i mean you know the most important thing here you know wolf going forward, as you know we begin to look at the relationships between police and community in a much broader sense, even in spite of this incident in south carolina and other tragic incidents we've seen over the last number of months i think what's most important here for all of us to remember is this. there are a lot of good police officers that are out there. and those that are out there doing things in a very different kind of way, we're going to deal with them. we're going to identify them and contend with them. but i think it's very important as well, too, and we start talking about investigations that every department and certai

i was a veteran of the rodney king fright night when the riots took place across the country and theretty much anarchy at that time. but i don't think we have seen what's taking place in baltimore in 50 years. it is an extremely dangerous time for law enforcement in a lot of different ways. >> and what can we do to counter the problem? it also seems like it is spreading through social media. >> this is one of the greatest dangers to paceface the police is the abuse of social media. let's look at it a little closer. the seeds of anarchy, the seeds of discontentment and violence that are taking place, they prepare free fertile ground for organized attacks on law enforcement. when you look at organized gangs criminal gangs, they present a tremendous threat to law enforcement. they always have is but now with what has been taking place recently this gives them further impetus and gives them an opportunity to target law enforcement in that anarchy, in that chaos of what is taking place in the streets of baltimore ferguson and wherever the next city is that this takes place. >> this isn't th

when officers charged with beating rodney king were acquitted, los angeles raged for five days. 3700es burned and 53 people died. with damage put at over $1 billion, it would be the closedly yet. but it's not always about race. the democratic convention in chicago in 1968 was a showdown over the vietnam war. protesters clashed with 12,000 police, 16,000 soldieres and the mayor named daly. some political experts say americans were so shocked, they elected republican richard nixon. and in 1999, it was world trade that anchored protesters, over what would become known as the battle in seattle. >> as spring brings new violence to an american city, those old enough to ring, here is a phrase from the past. a long, hot summer. cnn, atlanta . >>> well, the earthquake hasn't just destroyed human lives, it's wiped out much of nepal's cultural heritage. >> one of the tragedies of nepal's earthquake is that the many of the country's most treasured cultural monuments were destroyed in the blink of an eye. i'm standing in what was the temple, dedicated to sheeba, the hindu god 06 destruction pes t

the beating of rodney king in los angeles in 1991, led to riots and sole search fog americans. not anymore. the deaths of eric garner, died after a chokehold in police by new york. or approaching the police in say the louis, shouting shoot me, among examples. are those fatal police encounters any mr. common. there is no way off to tell. no one comprehensive database that covers police use of force nationwide. 2803 through 2009, the fbi estimated the state and local place made nearly 98 million arrests. fewer than 5,000, arrest related deaths were reported one in 20 t no way off to till how many were to protect the public and police or maybe have been unwarranted. those statistics are silent about another crucial thing. cell phone cameras. so easy to record anything, anywhere. you expect to be sharing more video than we everyone could. broadcasters learned to use it. when it is shocking enough. over and over. we can krut into is but the video shows. we can't draw, big, broad, easy conclusion as but what it means. jonathan mann, cnn. >> none of the clips become easier to watch ov

from the rodney king beating in los angeles to the chokehold death of eric garner in new york, and nows latest incident in south carolina. the video made all the difference in exposing those cases to the world. one relatively new app is called cop watch. it's a basic video camera app. the primary difference is, the user doesn't have to worry about the footage getting lost or confiscated. it immediately starts rolling as soon as you open it, and you can adjust the setting so the video automatically gets uploaded to youtube. >> the last thing you want to worry about is technical details, like is it being record recorded properly? is it going to upload properly. there are also situations where the phone might be pulled out of your control. you might have it taken away from you, drop to the ground. anything could happen. >> reporter: one question that routinely comes up is whether police have the right to seize your camera or tell you to stop filming. >> i need your information. i'm going to take your phone. >> reporter: in new jersey, this officer demanded a witness hand over his video of

this is far worse than rodney king. >> all right. let's bring in our panel lot to talk about, civil rights attorney avery friedman is here in atlanta with me usually out of cleveland, and we are lucky to have him in atlanta and cnn political commentator van jones joining us from los angeles. good to see you as well. gentlemen, a lot to talk about. let's talk about the situation in california. van, that's where you in los angeles. what more is being said in circles there about the imagery this caught on a news helicopter showing a man who appears to be sur rendering, but then being subjected to the tasering and the beating? >> well you know, the first thing that comes up for everybody is rodney king. but this is a very different situation in that you -- it's not just some guy with a little shaky camera off to the side. you have a news helicopter above clearly recording the entire thing and that seems to be no deterrent for these officers. clearly the guy thought, if i just lay down here spread out 100% i'm not resisting maybe i will b