for the last 10 years i have been married to someone who was a deputy chief of the lapd and i now refer to him as being in recovery. at the same time, i have been working extensively with home with industries, and my brother said, if he had dreamed i would be married to a policeman and working with a priest, somebody would be lying. i have been working with gangs and been involved with gangs, trying to figure them out for 34 years. i began as a young social worker in south los angeles. with gang infested housing projects that are now almost mythic, jordan downs and nickerson gardens, and i worked in these projects during what is referred to as the decade of death, when crack and unregulated gun availability laid waste to communities of color. in los angeles during the late 1980's and early 1990's, there were 1000 homicides per year in the city of los angeles, not the county, the city. now, we have between 203 hundred homicides per year. people talk about the gang problem having been addressed. i want to share with you, what i experienced, what i have learned, i am not a typical academic

the lapd called him a hug- hugger. i will repeat everything that they have said, not because of sore afraid of using profanity but because it was a different lapd. it was rumored that the mexican mafia was allowed to meet in his church and that he held guns for gang members. and he was helping gang members across the border. i am certain he knew where the body of jimmy hoffa was buried when you got done listening to the rumors. now, the lapd uses home with industries as an integral part of its anti-gang efforts. not all of them, not 9000 members, but i can tell you this, homeboy industries have their annual benefit to honor people in the community as well as former gang members, the person they honored was chief charlie of the lapd. unless you think that was an anomaly, the year before they honored the sheriff. there is an alliance between community-based organizations, and law-enforcement. this is not enough. there has also been in the streets, ongoing, a relationship, a delicate one, a thoughtful one between the loss

i have done extensive work with law enforcement, with the lapd and the los angeles county sheriff's. i am here to tell you that crime has been driven down in los angeles because of their efforts, but not only because of their efforts. so what does the collaboration look like. i want you to keep some ideas in mind. there is no first among equals. what we learned in los angeles was that oppression alone was not the answer. it did not work. there were record highs in gang violence in 2005. i want to tell you what has happened between 2005 and 2012. number one, the grass roots -- the disorganize, fragmented, passionate grass roots must be part of this. the community members who go to county supervisors meetings, the members who pass out fliers, the youths who have been in the juvenile justice system that are now part of the coalition -- those individuals must have a seat at the table. no. 2. community-based organizations. that operate on a shoestring and often without any kind of coverage anywhere. they must be legitimized and made part of the conversation. i have witnessed this with hom

the lapd is investigating. >> my plea to the community is to let the investigations proceed, and theydent and reviewed at the highest levels of the lapd, but more importantly, they will be reviewed by the independent inspector general and the independent police commission. >> reporter: and representatives of the lapd's civilian oversight authority monitored the news conference, but they declined to comment. weekley's attorney plans a lawsuit and demanding that the officer who threw this punch be held accountable. casey wian, cnn, venice, california. >>> "outfront" tonight, ronald weekly junior joins us along with benjamin krump. let me ask you, what happened? you were skate boarding down the street and tell me from there, what happened when the officers came over. >> i was just skate boarding down the street about to ender my house, when i was immediately grabbed by my hair. i didn't know what was going on, they grabbed me by my hair, shoulders and back and they immediately threw me on the ground. i realized what was going on. i wasn't going to resist whatsoever. i said you guys have

they will be reviewed at the highest levels of the lapd. ntly, they will be reviewed by the independent inspector general as well as the independent police commission. >> reporter: representatives of the civilian oversight authority monitored tuesday's news conference but declined to comment. weekly's attorney plans a lawsuit and is demanding the officer who threw this punch be held accountable. casey wian, cnn, venice, california. >> ronald weekly jr. joins us, along with his attorney. let me just ask you what happened. you were skateboarding down the street. and just tell me from there what happened when the officers came over. >> i was just skateboarding down street. about to enter my house. when i was immediately grabbed by my hair. i didn't know what was going on. they grabbed me by my hair, my shoulders, my back. they immediately threw me on the ground. i realized what was going on. i wasn't going to resist whatsoever. i said, you guys have my hands. they cuffed me. the officers jumped on me. as the other officer put his knee on my bac

the lapd says the investigation is ongoing.rney and former prosecutor ann remnar is on the case. great to see you. i want to talk about this. page is asked the lapd to issue search warrants. what kind of information can police actually glean from twitter by doing that? >> well, everything about the person that's tweeting. the old i anonnous. you can't just tweet it out there and hope the police won't track you down and find you at the request of a celebrity or anybody else. they can find out what the person is, what their registration is or their address or any information that used to sign up for twitter. >> in terms of what might be important, the tweets would be most important. >> right. the thing is as we see more and more with facebook, twitter, comments to newspaper articles or to cnn or anywhere else people like they can say whatever they want and they have free speech. there's limits on free speech and one of them is defamation and the other is a death threat. these people will be found out. they will probably be prosec

the lapd says he passed the test and asked to be dropped off at this motel to get some rest. >> mr.an was taken to a motel at his request. the officers were doing what they felt was in the best interest of his public safety. >> hours later, police say they spotted mulligan again now running through traffic trying to get into occupied automobiles. when police confronted him, the police report says mulligan abruptly turned around and took a combative stance by arching his back, holding up both arms above his head, contorting his hands in a claw-like manner while simultaneously bearing his teeth and snarling. >> it was at that point that the officers grabbed ahold of him to control him, took him to the ground and handcuffed him. during that process, that use of force, he did sustain some injuries that required hospitalization. >> mulligan's lawyers claim the facts contained in the police report are just part of the cover-up. >> the officers are trying to exculpate themselves from their unmerciful beating of mr. mulligan. >> so there you have two versions of what happened that night. on

jordan's lawyers will file legal action against the lapd by the end of the week. n blackstone, los angeles. >>> senior correspondent john miller, a former lapd deputy commissioner. john, good to see you. >> good to be here. >> she's a mom in a sun dress which automatically sets an interesting dynamic. what really happened here? >> this is an -- i worked in the lapd for three years. >> i know you did. >> this is a classic case of what we call contempt of cop. meaning there was no real threat to the officers at this point. this is a thing where the officer felt his authority was being challenged. he said stay in the car, she got out of the car. he said get back in the car. she pushes back and then you see this disproportionate use of force. there were a number of other ways to handle this. one of the things that's striking here is how you see a -- gayle, the officer who is throwing her on the ground is the training officer. he's the 22-year veteran that the rookie officer with ten months, he's supposed to watch this guy -- >> learn from him. okie officer with ten mon

>>trace: the lapd would have arrested her a lot earlier but as a tennis judge, she travels around the world for weeks at a time. >>shepard: what else do they say, if anything, about a possible motive? >>trace: they talked a little bit about motive but clearly there is a lot stuff they are holding back but they believe the couple who had been heared for the better part of 50 years had some sort an argument can now they are trying to figure out what they arrested over because that could be key. that entails trying to connect more dots. listen. >> the more people that had interaction with both the husband and wife that day, that week, maybe during their marriage, will be able to help us with this case. >>trace: her tone says he is very eager to get back to los angeles and aggressively fight the accusations. she could be sent back to los angeles as early as thursday. >>shepard: thank you, trace. the legal panel is willing to weigh in on this. criminal defense attorney, julie morrow, is at table, and our good friend, randy zelin. julia, coffee cub -- cup murder. hit them once, the game is?

but this is what he looked like after his encounter with the lapd in may. >> he got hit right across e, fracturing his nose in 15 spots. and then they jumped on him and caused a lot of other scrapes about his body, lacerations to his face. >> here is mulligan else version as told by his lawyers. he was stopped by police on the street near a medical marijuana dispenseary. he said he was detained and questioned and then told to go into this building to meet another police officer. mulligan claims he heard a man being beaten inside, so he fled. two hours later and blocks away, mulligan said he was detained by other officers. and then taken to a motel where he claims he was told by police if he left he would be killed. according to his lawyers, mulligan suspected the police might be after the $5,000 in cash they found in his possession. later, fearful, he left the motel but was found by police a few blocks away. mulligan's lawyer claims police chased mulligan down and beat him up. >> here's a guy who was unarmed, that committed no crimes. and why they're using this kind of force to take h

. >> reporter: we tagged along for this one with the lapd. chris waits a few blocks away to get that call. >> perfect. awesome. >> reporter: this time, officers arrest this woman for selling goods out of a makeshift store in an area of downtown los angeles known as the city's counterfeit capital. her shop may not look like much, but police say she's part of a crew making more than a half million dollars a year. >> about $2,000, a day. >> reporter: their evidence? allegedly in her own handwriting. >> we got the subject we were looking for, recovered the merchandise. nobody got hurt. >> reporter: last year, he took a quarter of a billion dollars worth of counterfeit goods off the street. >> the public doesn't really truly understand the affects. until they stop buying, this problem is going to get bigger. >> reporter: i'm ryan owens for "nightline" in orange county, california. >> our thanks to ryan for that. >>> coming up next, we'll meet one man with a controversial method to treat brain injuries, and a lot of it has to do with that strange m

the lapd is investigating. >> my plea to the community is to let the investigations proceed.l be independent. they will be reviewed at the highest levels of the lapd but more importantly, they will be reviewed by the independent inspector general as well as the independent police commission. >> reporter: the police oversight committee watched the news conference, but declineded to comment. they are demanding that the officer who threw this punch be held accountable. casey wians in california. >>> a man rumbling through an attic finds a piece of history and he finds a videotape of martin luther king's speech before his i have a dream speech. and while he interviewed king in 1960, and he had asked him about the significance of the demonstrations. take a listen. >> well, doctor, what effect are the sit-ins have on the southern negro and the struggle for equality? >> i think a tremendous effect. i am convinced that when the history books are written in the future years, historians will have to record this movement as one of the greatest epics of our heritage. i think that the mov

he was not with the lapd. he was with a smaller police department for 30 years. he has since retired. he has been married twice. he has raised four children. he has lived an extraordinary life. i am grateful for having had him in my life as a guidepost. i do think it is the ultimate irony that he turned out to be a police officer. >> we have some other questions. very good questions. we do not have much time. i work at san quentin prison. they segregate inmates based on color and gangs. why do prisons not work on educating inmates on social relations, racial tolerance, and why don't they find a way so the different races can get to know each other? >> i would like to enter that. segregation has -- i would like to answer that. segregation has always been a problem in this country. i grew up in new orleans. we believe that education is the key. we all need to sit at the table. i do not believe in segregation for inmates. they need to tear that barrier down and put people together, no matter what. when we go inside the walls of san quentin, it is not just black inma

he was not with the lapd. he was with a smaller police department for 30 years. he has since retired. he has been married twice. he has raised four children. he has lived an extraordinary life. i am grateful for having had him in my life as a guidepost. i do think it is the ultimate irony that he turned out to be a police officer. >> we have some other questions. very good questions. we do not have much time. i work at san quentin prison. they segregate inmates based on color and gangs. why do prisons not work on educating inmates on social relations, racial tolerance, and why don't they find a way so the different races can get to know eacher

. >>> a woman died in police custody after a violent arrest and tonight five members of the lapd are under investigation. detectives showed up to alicia thomas' apartment to investigate a child neglect situation. soon after, though, thomas and those officers got into some sort of fight. one officer allegedly kicked her in the genitals. >> the neighbors and everybody was hearing screaming and yelling about they're killing her and next thing you know they hogtied her and carried her out the building hogtied. >> thomas wasn't breathing when she was put into the cruisers, but officers do not know exactly what killed her. surveillance tape from inside the cruiser captured the incident. police have not released that video. >>> let's look outside for right now. topper shutt will be along in a minute with your full forecast, looks good so far. >> plus family and friends saying good-bye to a teenager shot and killed in her own bedroom and the investigation as to who did it continues. >>> federal reserve chief ben bernanke calls the current stagnation in the labor market a grave concern. speak