department of justice opened an investigation into the baltimore police department. we took crystal's claims to gene ryan, the president of baltimore's police union, just after a membership meeting. >> do you think there's accountability for police misconduct in baltimore? >> there's investigations. there's been almost 300 officers that have been terminated in the last 12-15 years, and that doesn't count the officers resigned in lieu of termination or the ones that have been punished. there's a system in place, things are happening investigations are done. >> is there a blue wall of silence? >> no. can i finish up now guys? >> what happens to police officers who are still on the force? we're following a couple of cases, where a couple of officers are involved. >> i can't make a comment without knowing the facts, if you wanna call here and leave the information in the morning. >> does this culture of silence make people safer? mr ryan? >> back in sandtown, freddie's god-brother brandon says the gap between police and locals is wider than ever. >> yeah we on! thank y'a

to investigate the baltimore police department. that she, along with others will solve the problems of baltimore police, if there are any, and finally end these in baltimore and across america and the rising crime, the failed social engineering experiments that tried to eliminate the use of jails and prisons as a crime control tool. these things have been masquerades as sentencing reform, prison reform these are nothing more than soft on crime policies failed that created a revolving door where the police go out and arrest the career criminals, get them charged to have the criminal justice system spit them out quickly into the cities to commit more crime. that's the model that has to be employed in baltimorement i don't think they have the leadership to get that done. >> you know, what do you make of the prosecutor i think rather arrogantly saying she's not going to litigate the case in the public arena. she's denying the public's right to know in not releasing the details of the autopsy results. what is your view as a law enforcem

the baltimore police department called this explicitly a credible threat. they said law enforcement agencies should take precautions to ensure the safety of their officers. it was a scary thing, right? the media ran with it like wildfire. even though baltimore police spokesperson at the time would not say how they learned of this threat, why they thought it was credible or whether or not it was connected to the freddie gray demonstrations. through a freedom of information request, vice news got hundreds of correspondence. among homeland security officials during the riots in baltimore. it turns out that very shortly after the baltimore police issued that advisory about gang members setting aside their differences and entering a partnership to kill police officers, very soon after the baltimore pd announce that had intelligence, a number of federal officials thought there was something a little fishy about it. quote, curious that the alert came from baltimore police department media relations section instefd the intelligence unit which is where we typically

next the big change baltimore police are considering after the death of freddie gray and maureen: baltimore police commissioner is imposing changes to improve safety of prisoner support vans. they include installing cameras, adding side doors and removing center partitions. meanwhile, baltimore police union went to see recall commune -- see all communication in the city department before, during after the april unrest. the union want to know the city put officers at risk in the aftermath of freddie gray death in police custody. familiar face hoping to replace maryland congressman chris van holland. former abc7 anchor, kathleen matthews entered the race today seeking the democratic domination for the eighth district seat. van holland is not seeking re-election since he is running for the senate seat of the retiring senator barbara mccolskey. matthew is the wife of chris matthews is the fifth candidate seeking the party nomination. new at 2:00. within the past hour, former roy island governor lincoln chafee announced his candidacy for president. >> if we as leaders show good judgment, and mak

and those who are on their way stand in support, maryland state police and baltimore school police. we understand fully the concern over the recent violence and level of violence for our community and for all our law enforcement personnel and officers. nothing is more important than the sanctity of human life within this city. mere numbers miss the point. we're talking about people. these are not numbers. these are human beings that have lost their lives in the streets of baltimore. we are aggressive in our crime fight using all the resources that are available to us. this is all hands on deck. all hands, every single resource every single body every single personnel on the streets of baltimore. i want to share with you what my department has been doing over the last several weeks along with our federal partners. all too often it is easy to focus on the negative. and not give credit to the hardworking officers who are working and taking the violent offenders off the streets of baltimore. two days ago, we made an arrest in the murder of mr. bennett who was killed this past friday on

baltimore police say stolen narcotics are fueling the surge in violent crime. why is the city realing from one crisis to the other. >>> republican rick perry appears to feel the heat as he launches his second presidential bid. can the former texas governor make a come back after crushing mistake four years ago. >>> we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're getting new information about a massive cyberattack on the u.s. government. the personal data of 4 million federal employees has been compromised. tonight "the wall street journal" and the "washington post" all both reporting that the cyberattack originated in china. >>> also breaking the influence of the terrorist plots in boston. isis members overseas were encouraging the attack communicating with one man who was linked to the plot to kill police officers and behead a critic of islam. state department senior adviser marie harf she's here in "the situation room" to talk about the isis threat and more. and or corresp

of baltimore police officers. mark furman is here on what exactly that's going to do to the already demoralized baltimore pd and the crime rates that we are seeing now in that city. >>> plus both sides weigh in on a heated debate about race. after america's first black president just used the most controversial word out there. >> racism we're not cured of clearly. and it is not just a matter of it not being polite to say [ bleep ] in public that's not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. ing us your aching and sleep deprived. bring us those who want to feel well rested. aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid... plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. be a morning person again with aleve pm. >>> developing tonight, the associated press has taken down a series of pictures showing republican presidential candidate ted cruz with a handgun. seemingly pointed directly at his head. the ap says it did nend to put the senator in a bad light, but critics are asking what the fallout would

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their boss the top cop in the city the baltimore police commissioner just responding to my interview moments ago. you'll hear what he said in very blunt terms about these officers and any officers who think like them. that's next. ooooh, check out the edge of the samsung galaxy s6 edge. it displays colors when your top five contacts call. the edge of the iphone 6 displays nothing. but it has a vibrate function. the gs6 edge also displays texts, news, sports, stocks, weather, twitter, and email... that's a lot. while the edge of this guy has some buttons. when you do the math it's clear. six is greater than six. the galaxy s6 edge. not all smartphones are created equal. making a fist something we do to show resolve. to defend ourselves. to declare victory. so cvs health provides expert support and vital medicines. at our infusion centers or in patients homes. we help them fight the good fight. cvs health, because health is everything. >>> we'll get you back to baltimore first but south korea is grappling with a deadly respiratory virus known as mers zs and has killed nine people alrea

baltimore needs police on the ground. many police officers telng us they're doubling up tripling up, just responding to 911 calls and that's shrinking the number of police and the ability for them to punch into these neighborhoods and provide any force there. so it is not clear what this plan is other than an all-out call for help from everybody and anybody. one thing that was interesting about that press conference today, the slew of federal and law enforcement officials there nobody from the mayor's office and nobody from the baltimore state's attorney's office, two of the main movers in that city. not there at the chief's big press conference. erin. >> miguel thank you. obviously that's a very significant part of this as well. >>> next we are learning much more tonight about the american woman mauled to death by a lion. "outfront" tonight, her longtime friend. and jeanne moos, the rescue of a french skier. this is a video you'll have to see for yourself. ♪ no artificial flavors, colors sweeteners preservatives, and n

. >>> is baltimore city states attorney marilyn mosby scaring police from keeping the nation safe? well tonight, "on the record" investigates what's behind the recent violent crime wave. new numbers show may was the most violent month in baltimore since the 90's. 43 murders in may alone. mosby also under fire for asking a judge to block the release of freddie gray's autopsy and other quoted, sensitive documents. just hours ago, "on the record" obtaining this legal document filed by the lawyers representing all six baltimore police officers who are indicted in the death of freddie gray. the police officers' lawyers arguing that the states attorney is orchestrating relentless unfair prejudicial publicity about the defendant. that's the police. and tonight from of the case marilyn mosby under fire. >> if this is not the clearest case of prosecutorial misconduct, i don't know what is. >> she has the perception that she was the prosecutor, the judge jury, and executioner. >> her rhetoric is so abusive. >> she seems so jay vee on this. >> she needs to move out of the way. >> she needs to

it sheds light on what may have happened inside the baltimore police van before he died. >>> this morning, thousands of people are waking up in the dark. peco, ac electric pse&g and ppl are reporting more than 351,000 outages across the delaware valley. patco is stopped. septa and new jersey transit are dealing with delays and suspensions. commuters may have to find a different route to work. the national weather service is investigating a possible tornado that may have touched down in deptford new jersey. the two men you're looking at right now, those are witnesses who say they saw the twisters touch down last night in gloucester county. >>> overnight, nbc 10 was on south street? philadelphia where peco crews were busy working on downed power lines near 24th street. heavy wind and rain in woolwich township gloucester county. take a look at the wind. here's the scene in cherry hill where a tree and live wires fell on to a car that was traveling down road. the fire department had to pull the driver to safety while pse&g handled the wires. despite the damage the driver was not hurt. skyforc

i spoke to a lieutenant with the baltimore police today. he's also the head of one of the unions here van guard union and he runs about 18 19 20 police officers in the southern district here in baltimore and told me what his officers tell him about their worries. >> am i going to receive backup from this administration this police commissioner if someone makes a complaint and it's controversial, it may look bad on television am i going to receive backup from this administration? that's the biggest concern. >> not a good place for a police force to be. >> absolutely not. >> do you think you can get past it with this commissioner? >> i don't know. i really don't know. a lot of guys, like i said before many they feel betrayed. >> reporter: now i was pretty surprised at his last answer. i really expected him to say they would figure it out and get beyond it but to say openly and publicly for the first time we heard that that the commissioner that he feels betrayed by them tough to take. erin? >> it is pretty incredible. the officers, their lawy

we saw the baltimore police get charged and now, they're pushing to have this cop charged. i mean is that appropriate and is that sort of where we're going to go with these cops who many people feel are out of control? >> well no if it doesn't meet the elements of the crime and you know what that is. with your background in law. but if they're doing it to satisfy an angry mob and people looking for blood, that's the wrong thing to do. you don't use the criminal justice in that fashion. and if he gets charged because the prosecutors can certainly charge him and the police department can take the charges over to the district or state's attorney and get a charge issued but he'll go through it just like anybody else but i don't see how that serves anything at this point. >> they're calling, saying this is about race. some are saying it's about race and today, we heard a statement from a man, reverend ronald wright from justice seekers in texas, who said the following. >> we're setting the stage for a terrorist attack in this country and the group is not going to be ois is it's

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and controversy in baltimore, prosecutor marilyn mosby taking on six baltimore police officers involved in the arrest of freddie gray and now gray's autopsy leaked to the public. forensic pathologist michael baden is standing by. plus states attorney mosby watching "on the record" tonight. and now she is responding. hopefully she is going to watch tonight because i have a message for her. >>> leaking of -- sing dwell high energy injury to neck and spine was likely caused by sudden acceleration in the police van. leading to indictment of six baltimore police officers. forensic pathologist dr. michael baden joins us. good evening sir. of course, we are all poring over this autopsy. can you explain what happened from reading the autopsy? >> yeah, well, what i read, greta, was the report by the reporter in the newspaper. the autopsy itself hasn't been released. it's supposed to be released friday to the defense attorneys. and the actual report in the baltimore newspaper doesn't list any of the autopsy findings. it just says head and neck injuries. in order to be able to distinguish from an

two month after the death of freddie gray new details emerge being his at err case with baltimore police. >> baltimore sun has released information from the autopsy report. here's fox's jacky inch angles learning new about the death of freddie gray, 25 year old black man who was injured during a altercation with baltimore police. his death sparking weeks of protest, riots throughout the city. the baltimore sun publishing details tuesday from gray's autopsy report, which is not yet released to the public. >> the autopsy has to be fully released so that we're not looking at somebody's spin on it. >> according to the sun, the medical examiner found gray suffered a quote high energy injury while riding in a police van april 12th. the injuries most likely being caused by the vehicle suddenly slowing down. >> the very few cases like this where somebody gets a fatal cervical spine injury from decelaration in the back of a van and causing death. that's very unusual. >> the report also finding officers didn't follow safety procedures by not buckling gray's seatbelt making his death a homicide not

at this hour a crisis in confidence at the baltimore police department. and brand new calls for mosby to step aside from prosecuting the case against the six baltimore police officers. now, they are charged in the arrest and death of freddie gray. so the critical question: is the relationship between the baltimore police and states attorney mosby in complete meltdown? "on the record's" griff jenkins confronted mosby in baltimore. >> ms. mosby can i ask you a quick question? cops have said you don't have their back. what would you like to say to them? >> i'm not going to comment on that. i come from five generations of police officers. that's absurd. of course i have -- i work with the police department we rely on the police department to get these

at this hour a crisis in confidence at the baltimore police department. and brand new calls for mosby to step aside from prosecuting the case against the six baltimore police officers. now, they are charged in the arrest and death of freddie gray. so the critical question: is the relationship between the baltimore police and states attorney mosby in complete meltdown? "on the record's" griff jenkins confronted mosby in baltimore. >> ms. mosby can i ask you a quick question? cops have said you don't have their back. what would you like to say to them? >> i'm not going to comment on that. i come from five generations of police officers. that's absurd. of course i have -- i work with the police department we rely on the police department to get these violent repeat offenders off of our streets. that's absurd. >> there have been calls for your recusal, you have given any thought to recusal? >> thank you. >> and "on the record's" griff jenkins joins us. griff, she wasn't particularly chatty with you. >> she wasn't, greta. i disagree with her. it's not an absur

police union said it is at least in part because of the police in baltimore are quote, more afraid of going to jail for doing their jobs properly than they are of getting shot on duty. do you believe trepidation among the rank and file could be partly behind the rise in crime? >> i'm sure it could be partly behind the rise in crime. but i can't dispute chief bats and what he is saying. and so the ones i'm talking to are holding back and they are afraid and saw what happened to the officers in baltimore and they are afraid of if they act proactively and stop a drug dealer on the corner and he resist add rests and something bad happens and then they are going to jail. >> and van. some look at the spike in crimes in baltimore and the shootings in new york and st. louis and the protesters saying they've created an at that is -- an atmosphere that is hostile to police and do you believe that? >> i don't. i don't understand why the black community has to choose between police abuse on one side and neglect on the other side and i don't understand why that is so hard to get. i think we should

we went to baltimore police to say -- today and asked for them to weigh in on the legitimacy of his claims to get their reaction. we asked multiple times for comment but never heard back. he says he is not done. tomorrow, he will between information about internal corruption at the department. leon: very interesting. the latest on the charleston church shooting. funerals for two of the victims were today. 70-year-old at the lance this morning. meanwhile, other mourners gathered at pastor clementa pinckney's home church. >> i felt it was more important because if to show respect. we're all human beings and is not a question of whether or not it is black and white. it is a question of respecting another human being. leon: a viewing first date senator reverend pinckney -- president obama will deliver a eulogy at his funeral tomorrow. vandals spray-painted black lives matter on amendment to former confederate president jefferson davis. it was visible this morning on the statue. it is one of several monuments to the confederacy along richmond avenue. it is the former capital of the confederacy.

. >>> this morning, baltimore police looking at new safety measures for prisoner transport vans. the changes come following the death of freddie gray. the changes include cameras and gps and roller coaster style harnesses. and what may be more significant development. anthony batts is asking for new federal resources to battle the spike in the crime rate. seeking help from prosecutors and law enforcement agents. let's get more from cnn's miguel marquez. >> reporter: john this is high stakes for the police commissioner. he held an extraordinary press conference with the slew of law enforcement officials, most from the federal government saying this was his effort to bring the level of crime down. baltimore has seen extraordinarily high levels of crime, in particular since the rioting over the death of freddie gray. the murder rate is up 40%. 119 murders right now. may saw the deadliest. 43 dead in baltimore in may. the police commissioner saying that much of the violence is driven by the pharmacies. 27 pharmacies robbed among the hundreds of businesses looted and robbed during the

just over three weeks ago charges were filed against six baltimore police officers for their roles in the death of 25-year-old freddie gray. this announcement largely though not entirely stamped out violence in the west and northwest neighborhoods in baltimore. soon the fires were put out and curfews were ended so too went the army of press who went on to cover more enticeing stories. left behind were over 100 injured police officers and 500 people jailed and burnt vehicles, more than 350 damaged businesses but also many questions. most obvious, who is to blame? there's plenty to go around. not least of which are the writers who chose justice with more injustice and likely counter productive. what about the police? the last few years have seen a wave of excessive force, deadly force even unlawful searches and seizures and discriminatory policing? it's no longer novel to see thin blue line square off against violent demonstrators. for those who watch national policy unfold from washington, two broad questions arise. how is the federal government contributing to these problems? and seco

the baltimore police confirmed that there's a certain amount of pharmacies they haven't been to. they said they were backed up and will get to them eventually. we talked to the formacypharmacy owners last week and they're starting to get calls from people in neighborhoods who found drugs with their names on it in bags. >> and how much of the rise in crime do you think is actually fuelled boo iy the drugs? can one make linkage? >> we're going by what the police commissioner said and gangs had a plan to do this and it's a calculated move. the homicide in may was the highest they've seen since the early '70s. and it does make sense. >> the spike in crime, the president of the baltimore police union said it's at least in part because the police in baltimore are more afraid of going to jail than they are of getting shot on duty. do you believe trepidation could be partly behind the rise in crime? >> i'm sure it could be partly behind the rise in crime. and he knows what's going on he's down there. so the police officers i'm talking to are afraid they saw what happened to these three o

. >>> there are six baltimore police officers charged in the death of a handcuffed man in police custody. why there could be not one but two trials in freddie gray's death. >>> isis claiming responsibility for a terror attack overseas. a possible strike here at home. >>> this is the day you are going to want to download the nbc washington app. keep it close. amelia segal is updating the app as the storms move through. we'll check in with her for the timing of this weather. >>> we continue to follow a developing story out of new york. the search is intensifying for the remaping murderer on the loose. border patrol agents shot and killed richard matt. sweat is considered armed and dangerous. the two escaped three weeks ago. >> we are learning more about the state strategy when it comes to trying six baltimore police officers for freddie gray's death. they want to try porter and wright separate from the other four officers. he filed a motion asking a judge to have a separate trial. moos by urged the judge to keep the trial in baltimore. the defense wants it moved to another part of maryland

baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. baltimore city state's attorney marilyn mosby says prosecutors look forward to trying the case. the officers are scheduled to go on trial on october 13th. freddie gray died in april of a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody. band new information into january's deadly me4tro smoke incident at l'enfant plaza. the n-t-s-b opened an investigative hearing today -- in which we learned that the operator of the train -- repeatedly asked for permission to return the train to the platform -- but was told to stay put...even as pasengers coughed and choked. stephen tschida was at the hearing and has the latest. on a student we've featured a few times here on abc7. you might remember one story we did last year on juwaan espinal -- who suffers from cerebral palsy. juwaan got a huge surprise when redskins quarterback r-g-3 helped juwaan's classmate -- ask him to the prom. well, we're happy to report that juwaan graduated from centreville high school today. congrats! com

. >> keeping suspects safe, the changes baltimore police are making to the vans like the one freddie gray rode in. >> we had to extend our yellow alert tomorrow, why we're tracking more showers, a little drizzle. we'll talk about why we may have to issue a yellow alert friday. >>> new tonight at 7:00 this image of a boot print may be the crucial bit of evidence that helps investigators determine how the killers broke into that d.c. mansion to attack the savopoulos family and their housekeeper. good evening. i'm lesli foster. >> i'm derek mcginty. they suspect the murderers kicked their way through the french doors on the side of the hope and left behind that boot print. our bruce leshan reports the details are all in the search warrants just unsealed at the courthouse. >> reporter: these search warrants make it very clear that this crime was carefully planned and carried out with almost incomprehensible brutality. almost three weeks after firefighters found savvas, amy and philip savopoulos and housekeeper vera figueroa murdered in the burning mansion crime scene investigators finall

six baltimore police officers charged in the death of a man while in police custody. why there could be not one, but two trials in freddie gray's death. >>> hillary clinton and the ruling for same-sex marriage to set her stage for the 2016 run for the white house. >>> what bill cosby is fighting to keep private could be embarrassing if made public. >>> time to download the nbc washington app. you can get a sneak peek at the radar to track what time the showers will drench your hometown. >>> an undercover narcotics investigation in northern virginia ended with a shooting. this happened yesterday afternoon on duke street in alexandria. one of the suspects tried to rob an undercover cop. no one was hurt. an 18 and 19-year-old were arrested. >>> we are learning about the state's strategy when it comes to trying six baltimore police officers for a death. a motion was filed asking a judge to order a separate trial. she did not explain why she want as separate trial for the two officers. mosby urged them to move the trial to another part of maryland. >>> pleading guilty for

. >>> more than a month after freddie gray died in police custody, baltimore police officials are proposing sweeping new safety measures to its transport van. baltimore city's police commissioner anthony batts wants to upgrade its fleet with new partitions, side doors and cameras. immediately they could improve the current fleet of 24 vans at a cost of $15,000 each to including installing cameras, eliminating doors and putting in a center partition to make getting in and out of the vans easier. >> the cameras could be monitored by the driver to see what's happening but more importantly it's recorded. >> reporter: police say all transport van drivers have been retrained since the gray incident in april. they are also considering adding gps tracking to the van. >>> this morning some rockville high school students and staff will be tested for tuberculosis. last week a case of tb was confirmed at the school. dr. jeff boil is chief scientist for the company that creates qft, the blood test that will be administered to people who come in contact with the patient. in the past tuberculosis testing

court documents say that baltimore's state attorney asked police to step up enforcement where freddie gray died. according to the baltimore sun that happened three weeks before gray's death in custody. because of that request, they say marilyn moseley should be removed from case. >>> we learned that prince will be playing a concert right here in d.c. four days from now at the warner theater. tickets are not sold out because they're not on sale yet. you can start buying them from livenation.com tomorrow at noon. >>> a pennsylvania county plans to fire a lawyer while in talks to get a baseball team. the county is considering building a new stadium around route 1. the hagertowns sun would move to play there. they're working on a committee to get the best deal for the ballpark. they plan to spend up to $30,000 on a lawyer during these negotiations. >>> washington's first cat cafe will open its doors pretty soon in georgetown. yes, a cat cafe. at crumb's & whiskers. you can have the fun of playing with a cat but not the full-time responsibility of owning one, how about that? the fully vacc

departments, and the head of the baltimore police agreed saying police are under siege in every quarter. they are more afraid of going to gaol for doing their jobs properly than they are of getting shot on duty. >> do you agree? >> that's rhetoric. the issue, when you deal with this is 20 years ago, when you had a 20 year cycle of crime. did anybody think it would go to zero. are those that came in are the ones you put in 20 years ago. these are things, people looked at the drop in crime. there's a push to release people out of prison to realign them to open communities, to reduce felonies to misdemeanours. >> what do you think people hitting prison with jobs to support themselves, what do you go back to. they go back to crime. i think proactive - we have seen in new york broined, stop and frisk, that those have been scaled back. could that be part of the issue. fewer arrests. guns off the street. >> you could be proactive legal. in new york and other places they have used proactive as a call sign for abusing people's rights. have been put in check by the court. if officers who have the

. >>> baltimore police are looking at new safety measures for the fleet of prisoner transport vans. the changes come following the death of freddie gray. the changes include installing cameras and gps and harnesses. the police commissioner is asking for more resources to combat the spike in crime. we have miguel marquez with more. >> reporter: this is high stakes for the commissioner anthony batts. he had a press conference with a slew of officials, mostly from the government. he said this is his effort to bring the level of crime down. baltimore has seen high levels of crime, in particular since the riots over the death of freddie gray. the murder rate for the year is up 40% at 119 murders right now. in may, the deadliest month. 43 dead in baltimore in may. the police commissioner saying much of the violence is driven by the pharmacies. 27 pharmacies robbed along the businesses looted and robbed during the riots. the prescription drugs is fuelling the violence. >> nothing is more important than the sanctity of human life within this city. mere numbers miss the point. we're talking

police, the baltimore fbi believed there were crimes ongoing on the ground. >> eric tucker, thank you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, the reaction in public and private to the intersection of caitlyn jenner in "vanity fair.">>> the upshot of the "new york times" showed the rise of women serving in congress. check this out. this is the percentage of women in the house and senate broken down by party with republicans in red, democrats in blue, and from the 1920s through 1990, women in the two parties tracked closely. watch what happens after 1990. an explosive rise in democratic women in congress while republican women level off around 10%. why aren't there more republican women in congress? i put that question to senator barbara boxer earlier today. you can see her answer on her fayette county facebook page. are while you're there, you know what i want you to do. niversary dinner, darlin' can this much love be cleaned by a little bit of dawn ultra? oh yeah. one bottle has the grease cleaning power of two bottles of this bargain brand. a drop of dawn and grease is gone. and when you bun

some baltimore police officers have told fox news there's a coordinated slow down where the cops are doing more observing and less policing. the police are quickly surrounded by protest ers that prevent them from doing their jobs. may as you know was the deadliest month in 40 years. if you look at the numbers from milwaukee to new york. and then the bottom shows los angeles. the up tick is the result of the mayor mayor's decision to end the stop and frisk policy. some experts warn that if you link in protest, it's around like birminghaming people. >> if cops are standing down what does that say about them? >> well the young kids in that video need their [ bleep ] whooped. when the victims start the fight back, you will see it subside. what i want people of the schools to look at is the affect that this social experimentation with sentence reform and prison reform and criminal justice is having that we would normally in the 90s and early 2000 locked many of them up and kept them away from the society. that kept the crime rate down and also sent a message to those thinking about the cr

a man is in critical condition after being shot by a baltimore police officer. that officer shot the armed suspect after he ran into an auto repair shop. it is not clear what happened inside the building. investigators say that a handgun was found at the scene and no officers were hurt. a maryland legislative task force meets tomorrow for the first time to discuss what needs to change after freddie gray's death in baltimore in police custody. his death triggered violent protests at a riot. the bipartisan group is tasked with making better recommendations for police training and seeking a way to improve the relationship between officers and the community. fairfax county police officers will experience an unusual training exercise were the officers will hear voices. the course has officers wear ipods to simulate what a person with schizophrenia or mental illness experiences. those officers will have to carry out certain tasks. the training is to help officers better understand and deal with those with mental illness. 10 years after a brutal attack that nearly clai

. >>> six baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray go on trial october 13th. the 23-year-old gray died in april after suffering a spinal injury while in police custody. his death triggered widespread protests in baltimore. the charges range from second degree manslaughter and assault to false imprisonment and misconduct. >>> shawn diddy combs is out on bail after a felony arrest on the campus of ucla for assault with a deadly weapon. that assault was apparently a cattle bell in the weight room. the assault at the campus athletic training complex involves this kettle ball. >> what is that. >> you use, christine, in the gym for weight training. the alleged victim was not identified. it was a strength and conditioning coach for the football. his son is a defensive back. jim moore called it quote, an unfortunate incident for all parties involved. don't know what happened there, but i know at my boy's soccer team we have a strict you know you have to wait a day before you talk to a coach with a kettle ball or anything else. >> so many reports were that his son was

autopsy results reveal more details about how he died while in custody of baltimore police. the report obtained by the baltimore sun says gray suffered a high-energy injury. he was arrested april 12th. he was severely injured while in police custody and died days later. the autopsy report suggests gray hit the wall of the police van as it changed directions. the medical examiner suspects gray may have tried standing up in the van but because his wrists and ankles were shackled he was at a greater risk of injury from being tossed around. while "the baltimore sun" obtained the opposite report they have not released it yesterday. maryland state attorney made this statement, i want to make it very clear that the state's attorney's office did not release the freddie gray autopsy report. as i have repeatedly stated, i strongly connecticut democrat anyone with access to trial evidence who has leaked information prior to the resolution of this case, close quote. all six baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray have pleaded not guilty. prosecutors plan to try th

we've not given a universal sweeping statement that there is no good police officers in baltimore. we have many young men and women who have dedicated their lives to the safety of our streets. >> understood. >> what we've asked the commissioner and the do jx is to root out those who are malice and have bad intent. >> you've been working it a long time. you know the communities very well. people say there's a lot of money that goes into these communities. they have a lot of black representatives. they're all democrats there who are about building up the infrastructure. this is all about money that plagues the communities? >> no. baltimore has had poverty issues for decades. these problems will take years to fix. each when the doj is done reforming the police department it's not going to be done overnight. i's not a quick fix. as is playing out now. >> go ahead. finish please. >> you know the dea and the police have both said these people who stole the drugs, they could have beened a dicks but they've pointed out they're gangs and there are calculated moves to get the drugs on the st

do you think that's what's going on. >> in baltimore, you have police that are stretched too thin. they can't respobd to calls for service, because they're getting crowded by people, before one cop could handle a routine call, now there are four or five. you don't have proactive policing in baltimore, you don't have drug corners, you have cops who aren't willing to go hands on. and you have fewer arrests. it's a lack of resources right now. >> the few arrests is understating things, dramatic dropoff and arrest. that's arrests in baltimore by year, you see what happens after the -- now, another interpretation of that, i have to say, having been in new york, after the two cops in brooklyn, we saw a similar plunge in arrest which was pretty clearly coordinated work slowdown by a police force that was furious, does that look like that to you? >> it does look like that to me. there are two steps to that. after my organization won the stop and frisk case, the city said, if we stop stop and frisk, the crime is going to rise. secondly, they had a coordinated work slowdown on the premise, i

six baltimore police officers pleaded not guilty in the death of freddie gray. gray died in april from a severe spinal cord injury that he suffered in custody. new details in his autopsy report were obtained by "the baltimore sun" and they indicated his injuries were caused when the transport van slow down. the officers' trial is scheduled for october 13. ,, the storm was part of the same system that sparked tornadoes last night in illinois, michigan, and ohio. there were winds of 160 miles per hour. a lot of folks had to be rescued out of their homes after storms moved through the region. there were no reported deaths. what a mess though. steve: thanks goodness, no tornadoes here. but the sky was scary. leon: it was a fireworks show. steve: look at this. this was our sunset earlier this evening at 8:30. once the storms cleared, looks nice. beautiful. all the storms are now to the south and east of us. they got the wheel going around 8:00. tomorrow will be a beautiful day. low humidity, cooling temperatures, and a lot of sunshine. though storms are now located o