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Blanket with a gun is quickly shot and killed. during the chaos, its unclear if 22-year-old amir locke, who was not named on the search warrant and appears to have no criminal history, was ever aware it was police who were storming into the apartment before 7:00 a.m. wednesday. >> these events happened very rapidly and as theres a gun emerging in your direction, youre forced to make a split-second decision about when its a threat. >> reporter: with at least three shots fired by police, who also ...

Because a life had been taken. there is no debate about whether it was a mistake or not. it was clear that kim meant platter taser but that was the argument, that she should get the argument, that she should get the full force of the law. but the judge found otherwise, mitigating circumstances, not least because it was a question of reckless handling of a weapon because it had been a fast—moving situation where she had to make a split—second decision and so thejudge to make a split—second ...

Implemented by a citizen and whether that -- the crime and/or felony had to be committed within the direct presence or sometime thereafter. really, thats all the defense has their hat to hang on in this trial if they dont get the benefit of the citizens arrest law, their whole case goes down the drain because then they dont get to argue self-defense. the defense honed in on the key parts but the prosecutor did a great job rebutting it. >> in terms of the self-defense claim, she made it clear you...

0 there he goes. this is the white truck. hes still underneath here. here comes somebody to the truck. hes right there. here comes greg mcmichael-he comes around. he gets in. then mr. albenze starts walking down the street. truck pulls out. there goes his arm. there goes his arm. where is the truck? already pulled out. already pulled out and heading down the street. all right. should you trust the statements of travis mcmichael? well, lets go ahead and first take a look at this. he told you hes ...

The arms of strangers. u.s. troops cradling newborns in perhaps one of the most tender images, this little girl exhausted, asleep on the cold metal floor of a c-17, snuggled in the jacket. captain mark lawson snapped a photo. >> after we had initially taken off, there was a general sense of calmness that kind of swept through and relief throughout the personnel that were inside that cargo hold. you saw the small children they started to lay down and relax and even fall asleep. >> reporter: a chi...

>> right. so think of it. if youre a commercial pilot or a private pilot and you fly outside of the your faa air space, you get in trouble. that is what is happening to virgin galactic. this starts as spaceship two was climbing up to the edge of space and warning lights and the pilots were faced with a split-second decision, abort the mission which would have mentd that your founder richard branson in the passenger seat would not become the first billionaire to make it to the edge of space, jeff...

So, what message does this send to police officers who go ahead and abuse their power? >> well, i mean, it does send a message. and obviously,fficer should nev their power and authority. but remember, wolf, this is not a case of an officer making a split-second decision. or, you know, debating whether or not the use of force was more than what was actually needed. i mean, this is a clearcut case here. but again, its not a reflection of policing, in general. ive done this for 47 years. and does i...

Then, after they beat him, they lied about it in their police reports. each, covering up the -- the conspiracy to cover up this case continued in the police reports. continued in their report to the district attorneys office. the conspiracy to cover this up continued for nearly a year, after antonio suffered this vicious beating. and -- and -- and -- and -- and this was a -- this was, clearly, a culture within the louisiana state police. no one stood up and said, hey, this is the wrong thing to ...

Continued for nearly a year after antonio suffered this vicious beating and this was clearly a culture. no one stood up and said hey, this is the wrong thing to do. in fact, they did the opposite. they bragged about it, laughed about it, joked about it in text messages so were not saying this is a question of whether or not officers were making a split second decision, they made a conscious decision to beat antonio, to violate his rights, to violate the law, to violate the constitution and then ...

>> you -- youre -- mr. sterling, you -- youre representing antonio harris in a suit against three of the four officers involved, along with louisiana state police superintendent, the louisiana state police, and the richland parish sheriff and detention center. what are you asking for? and whats the status of the lawsuit? >> yeah. well, anderson, we just filed a lawsuit last week. antonio retained me. just a few weeks ago. we were able to make -- to -- to file the lawsuit prior to the statute of ...