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>> I AM DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT I SAW. THERE IS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL DIRECTOR THAT SAYS WE WILL NOT STRIKE SOMEBODY IN THE FACE OR IN THE HEAD UNLESS THEY ARE SHOWING US ACTIVE AGGRESSION .>> Reporter: POLICE WERE RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALL AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. A WOMAN HAD CALLED SAYING HER EX- BOYFRIEND, A FRIEND OF JOHNSON'S, TRIED BREAKING INTO HER APARTMENT. THAT'S HIM CASUALLY SITTING DOWN AGAINST THE WALL. SO HE PLANNED TO SIT DOWN ?>> HE WAS CROUCHING DOWN, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY CAME OVER THERE AND THEY PRETTY MUCH BEAT HIM UP BEFORE HE COULD DO ANYTHING .>> Reporter: JOHNSON'S HEAD WAS THEN SMASHED AGAINST THE ELEVATOR. HE WAS EVENTUALLY HANDCUFFED TO HIS FEET, FACE COVERED. BATISTA RECENTLY TOOK OVER A DEPARTMENT ALREADY REELING FROM A STRING OF COMPLAINTS .>> CRAWL TOWARDS ME !>> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAUNCHED A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION INVESTIGATION AFTER THIS VIDEO SURFACED SHOWING A MESA POLICE OFFICERS FATALLY SHOOTING DANIEL SHAVER IN JANUARY 2016. SHAVER WAS UNARMED. THE OFFICER PHILIP BRAILSFORD WAS LATER ACQUITTED OF MURDER AND REMOVED FROM THE POLICE FORCE. THE APARTMENT INCIDENT HAPPENED BACK ON MAY 23. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS HE RELEASED THE VIDEO AS SOON AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER GAVE IT TO HIM. HOWEVER, NOW THE POLICE UNION IS CRITICIZING THE CHIEF FOR DOING THAT, JEFF .>> Glor: JAMIE'S IN MESA FOR US TONIGHT. JAMIE, THANK YOU. COMING UP NEXT ON THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ," WHY THERE ARE NEW CONCERNS TONIGHT AFTER CALIFORNIA VOTERS OUSTED A JUDGE .>> Glor: ELECTIONS WERE HELD IN EIGHT STATES YESTERDAY AND ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT RESULTS INVOLVED A CALIFORNIA JUDGE. VOTERS UNSEATED JUDGE AARON PERSKY FOR GIVING WHAT MANY THOUGHT WAS A WEAK SENTENCE IN A DISTURBING SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE. JOHN BLACKSTONE HAS MORE ON THIS .>> ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. SIGNS UP .>> Reporter: THE LEADERS OFTHE CAMPAIGN TO RECALL JUDGE AARON PERSKY FOR SENTENCING BROCK TURNER, A STANFORD ATHLETE, TO SIX MONTHS IN COUNTY JAIL FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, CELEBRATED THEIR WIN AS A VICTORY FOR JUSTICE .>> THE VOTERS ARE SAYING THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, AND THAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS SERIOUS, AND IT HAS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY .>> NO RECALL .>> Reporter: BUT THOSE ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHO FOUGHT THE RECALL, WORRY ITS IMPACT WILL GO FAR BEYOND SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES .>> SO NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUDGES WHO ARE GOING TO LOOK OVER THEIR SHOULDERS BEFORE DECIDING, " I REALLY WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING .">> Reporter: RETIRED SUPREME COURT JUDGE LADORIS CORDEL WORKED WITH A RANGE OF RECALL OPPONENTS, INCLUDING EVEN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO CONVICTED BROCK TURNER .>> I DON'T SUPPORT IT. I'VE NEVER SUPPORTED IT .>> Reporter: ALL SAYING THE RECALL THREATENS JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE. THE SYSTEM NOW IS " I DON'T LIKE THAT SENTENCE, THAT VERDICT, I'M GOING TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WE'LL THROW THIS GUY OUT .">> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE. SO A JUDGE MADE A LAWFUL DECISION THAT SOME PEOPLE FOUND UNPOPULAR .>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF NINE STATES THAT ALLOW VOTERS TO RECALL JUDGES .>> FOR ATTACKING JUDGES .>> Reporter: IN HIS ONLY TELEVISION INTERVIEW BEFORE THE VOTE, JUDGE PERSKY INSISTED HE WAS FIGHTING TO DEFEND THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM .>> IF THE JUDGE IS THINKING IN THE BACK OF HIS OR HER MIND, " HOW IS THIS GOING TO LOOK? HOW WILL IT LOOK ON SOCIAL MEDIA? WILL I BE VILIFIED ON CABLE NEWS ?" THAT'S THE WRONG AVENUE. WE CAN'T DO THAT. WE SHOULDN'T DO THAT. AND WE SHOULDN'T PUT JUDGES IN A POSITION WHERE THEY FEAR IT .>> Reporter: JUDGE PERSKY WILL SOON BE GONE FROM THIS COURT, BUT THE CASE THAT LED TO HIS RECALL IS UNDER APPEAL. BROCK TURNER HAS SERVED HIS JAIL SENTENCE BUT IS CHALLENGING THE CONVICTION THAT PUT HIM ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY FOR LIFE. JEFF .>> Glor: JOHN BLACKSTONE, THANK YOU. STILL AHEAD HERE, KATE SPADE'S HUSBAND REVEALS MORE DETAILS ABOUT THEIR LIFE TOGETHER AND THE DESIGNER'S SUICIDE .>> Glor: KATE SPADE'S HUSBAND, ANDY, SAID IN A STATEMENT TODAY HE IS HEARTBROKEN ABOUT HIS WIFE'S SUICIDE. SPADE CONFIRMED HE AND THE DESIGNER HAD BEEN LIVING APART FOR TEN MONTHS AND SAID HIS WIFE HAD BEEN GETTING HELP FOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY FOR FIVE YEARS. BUT HE SAID, " THERE WAS NO INDICATION AND NO WARNING THAT SHE WOULD DO THIS. IT WAS A COMPLETE SHOCK, AND IT CLEARLY WASN'T HER. THERE WERE PERSONAL DEMONS THAT SHE WAS BATTLING ." THERE WERE HANDSHAKES AND HUGS AS CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCALISE RETURNED TO THE BASEBALL FIELD TODAY. NEARLY A YEAR AGO, HE WAS GRAVELY WOUNDED BY A GUNMAN WHO OPENED FIRE ON REPUBLICANS PRACTICING FOR THE ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL GAME. SCALISE TOOK SOME SWINGS AND A FEW GROUND BALLS TODAY. OUR NANCY CORDES WILL TAKE US BEHIND THE SCENES OF SCALISE'S RETURN NEXT WEEK ON " CBS THIS MORNING ." UP NEXT HERE, ALSO FROM " CBS THIS MORNING ," JOHN DICKERSON TAKES US BACK TO THE EMOTIONAL JOURNEY WHEN THE NATION MOURNED ROBERT F. KENNEDY 50 YEARS AGO .>> Glor: SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY DIED 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, ASSASSINATED AS HE CAMPAIGNED FOR PRESIDENT. HIS WIDOW, ETHEL, MARKED THE ANNIVERSARY BY PLACING A ROSE ON HIS GRAVE AT ARLINGTON. TONIGHT, JOHN DICKERSON TAKES US BACK TO THE DAY AMERICA SAID GOODBYE .>> Reporter: AS THE 21- CAR FUNERAL TRAIN TRAVELED SLOWLY SOUTH FROM NEW YORK CITY, MOURNERS STOOD IN SILENCE. DID IT FEEL LIKE YOU WERE ATTENDING A FUNERAL OR A MASS OR WHAT --?>> NO, IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS PART OF HISTORY .>> Reporter: STEPHANIE LANG WAS 24 WHEN SHE WATCHED WITH HER HUSBAND AND TWO- YEAR- OLD DAUGHTER AS THE TRAIN PASSED NEAR HER HOME IN BALTIMORE .>> WHEN THE TRAIN CAME THROUGH, THAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT I STOPPED AND PUT MY HAND ON MY HEART AND, YOU KNOW. THAT WAS A SHAME THAT HAD HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY .>> THEY'RE AS MIXED IN AGE AND SEX AND COLOR AND SIZE. THE TRIP, FOR THIS REASON, IS GOING TO TAKE LONGER THAN SCHEDULED .>> Reporter: IT'S ESTIMATED AT LEAST A MILLION PEOPLE LINED THE MORE THAN 200- MILE ROUTE. ABOARD, PHOTOGRAPHER PAUL FUSCO CAPTURED EACH MOMENT. THE TEN- ROW- DEEP CROWDS, A COUPLE SITTING ALONE, PEOPLE PERCHED ON WALLS, OR IN THEIR BACKYARD. 22 OF THESE RARE IMAGES ARE NOW ON EXHIBIT AT SAN FRANCISCO'S MUSEUM OF MODERN ART .>> IT WAS FAIRLY SOLEMN, BECAUSE THE TRAIN WAS CARRYING THE REMAINS OF OUR LAST HOPE .>> Reporter: MICHAEL SCOTT SAYS SEEING THEM HERE TAKES HIM BACK TO THIS SIDE OF THE TRACKS IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND .>> YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIRFACES, SOME ARE CRYING. SOME OF THE FACES IN THE PICTURES ARE STOIC. BUT THERE WAS AN ENERGY COMING FROM THAT TRAIN WHICH DEMANDED RESPECT .>> Reporter: SCOTT WAS 15 WHEN KENNEDY DIED. HE ADMIRED HIM FOR HIS PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS. SO SCOTT TOLD HIS MOTHER HE HAD TO SEE THE TRAIN .>> THEN THE LAST CAR WAS STANDING THERE, AND I SEE A LADY WITH A VEIL, AND SHE'S SITTING NEXT TO A CASKET THAT'S CARRYING THE HOPE OF MY FAMILY, BLACK AMERICANS, PEOPLE FROM APPALACHIA, AND IN THAT BOX WAS ROBERT KENNEDY. THAT'S IMPRINTED IN MY HEAD, IN MY MIND. I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT .>> Reporter: THE IMAGES OF THE LAST GOODBYE, FOR THE MAN AND THE HOPE HE REPRESENTED. JOHN DICKERSON, CBS NEWS, BALTIMORE .>> Glor: THAT IS THE " CBS EVENING NEWS" TONIGHT. I'M JEFF GLOR. GOOD NIGHT. SEE YOU TOMORROW.