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Of paper. >> with the cops focused on a weapons search, the suspect seizes his opportunity. >> he reaches over with the -- stretches his neck out and got the piece of paper. he swallowed it. swallowed it fast, too. >> even without the note they find plenty of evidence in the suspects car. >> on the passenger floorboard we came across a bagful of money and a loaded handgun on the floorboards which had been right at his feet. >> the suspect is convicted of this robbery and two others in the akron ...

Concentrated effort to politely and quickly obey every order that i was given throughout the entire night in that case, as soon as that officer said "back up, back up" i started backing up, you can see me. and that officer grabbed me, shoved me and as i tried to show him my press credential, he grabbed it and threw it to the ground as is very clear. i turned around, put my hands behind my back and yelled "im media" because i wanted to make clear i was not resisting or doing anything wrong, simpl...

Thats quite a departure. because we thought there was a blue code of silence going on blue wall of silence where they were backing up what seemingly is false report filed by officer tensing. bottom line i think this is going to come down to the video and whether or not a jury believes he was dragged. when i see it there is no way this officer was acting in self-defense. that doesnt make sense. i think jurors will ask themselves are my eyes lying to me? thats why its important that he was wearing...

>> thats interesting. wow, which could be a big development. all along the officers theoretically had backed up with this -- >> absolutely. quite a departure. we first thought there was a blue code of silence going on. blue wall of see if lense where they were backing up what seemingly is a false report filed by officer tensing. but i think the bottom line is this is going to come down to the video. and it is going to come down to whether or not a jury believes that he was dragged. when i see it...

Hes 19. >> im charged with second degree murder. two theft of motor vehicles and leaving the scene of a fatality. i never meant to hurt nobody in my life. im more of the type of person that would help that person before i ever hurt him. >> though brandon maxwell entered a not guilty plea, he speaks openly about the horrifying event that led to his second degree murder charge. he says he was high on meth when he stole a van. according to police reports, the owner, a 45-year-old wife and mother, h...

>> my grandfather was mowing out in the yard and he was backing up, and she ran behind him and he didnt see her. >> reporter: ashlyn breaking her leg and nearly losing two toes. her surgeon, dr. gail jarka so alarmed by the number of lawnmower injuries she sent out an alert to her own community. >> we had the same number by june 1st as we had in all of 2014. >> reporter: first danger, heat and potential for fire. experts say exhaust from a lawnmower can hit more than 240 degrees. >> the engine b...

>> with the cops focused on a weapons search, the suspect seizes his opportunity. >> he reaches over with the -- stretches the neck out and got the piece of paper. he swallowed it. swallowed it fast, too. >> even without the note they find plenty of evidence in the suspects car. >> on the passenger floorboard we came across a bag full of money and on the drivers side we found a loaded land gun on the floorboards which had been right at his feet. >> the suspect, john ford, is convicted of this ro...

This one guy, this one guys backing up, literally feet away from two monster sized trucks. >> the video shows huge pieces of both vehicles flying toward him as he scrambles to get out of the way. somehow he manages not to get hit. but hes caught, among a bus, a truck, and a fuel pump. this cant be good. >> you can see the look on his face changes from sheer terror to sheer shock, and now this kind of moment of disbelief like, what just happened? >> the man is visibly shaken, staggering out of ca...

>> the vehicle barreled toward the gas station and heads straight for this man. >> not so much the collision of the trucks thats scary but then you see this one guy, and this one guy is backing up, literally, feet away from these two monster sized trucks. >> the video shows huge pieces of both vehicles flying toward him as he scrambles to get out of the way. somehow, he manages not to get hit. but hes caught among a bus, a truck, and a fuel pump. this cant be good. >> you can see the look on his...

Talked about plenty of times, does. the second thing the federal government is going to look to is the issue of pattern and practice. they are going to look at this police department as a whole. who do they stop. why do they stop them. whats the basis. how many tickets have been issued. who are those tickets being issued to. so that will factor into their analysis. finally, they are going to look at mr. slager in particular. who is he stopping why is he stopping them who is he summoning, how man...