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York, anthony baez was killed when an officer used a chokehold on him during an attempted arrest. the officer was found not guilty at trial but later convicted on federal charges of violating -- for violating civil rights. where does this federal investigation go and what might a federal case look like? joining me, former u.s. attorney kendall coffey and attorney susan carten who represented anthony baezs family here in new york city during that case. susan, you were in the middle of a very simi...

Around. there are now hundreds of protesters who have taken over broadway. theyre crying for justice. right now theyre chanting "i cant breathe." those are the words that eric garner spoke on that video that people have seen as he was being held down by the police. another -- cry for justice. i asked -- what is justice after the grand jury decided not to indict the police officer? they said they lost in local court. they want to go to federal court because they believe this is a case that demand...

State prosecutors, have an extraordinary amount of discretion. so their main question will be is there some kind of miscarriage of justice that happened at the state level that means that we need to intervene? in the case that you brought up earlier, an ththony baez, the je at the state level said there had been a miscarriage of justice. he said the police out and out lied on the stand. so there was a lot of pressure for a federal prosecution. if theres similar pressure here, again, this was an ...

A grand jury in staten island, new york, that they would be bringing no charges against any new york city police officer for the choking death of eric garner. he died while people were trying to arrest imhhim for selling lo cigarettes near the staten island ferry terminal. thats what they thought he was doing and what they thought they were trying to arrest him for and he died in custody. the grand jury decision was leaked first then announced this afternoon. these protests you see springing up ...

Upside down. ive testified before many grand juries and the whole way this is being conducted is very, very unusual. grand juries are a check on overzealous prosecutors, prosecutors who want to charge people who shouldnt be charged. thats what they sort of exist for. but prosecutors first have to believe like faith and seema both said, in probably cause and prosecution themselves to press the case with the grand jury. the prosecutor presses the case. this is what happened. this is what we believ...

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Story of michael brown became a touchstone is because the local community in ferguson after that i killing reacted with so much vee hee mens, that was what turned that case into such a huge point of national conversation and national anger. the eric garner case has not like that before now. and its an important distinction to make. what happened in the eric garner case was this. july 17 eric garner was approached by police near the staten island ferry terminal reportedly they approached him beca...

Speak. so i think thats partially what the feds are going to be concentrating on. >> in a minute i want to ask you the key on how you broke through that wall. i want to go to something before i let susan respond to that. i mentioned these cases a moment ago. federal prosecutors brought charges. after the jury acquitted, they brought cases in anthony baezs case after a judge acquitted and in abner louima. why is it necessary for federal authorities to get involved? >> well, i think they tradition...

When we were involved in the baez case where it was very similar. anthony baez was playing football in front of his home and the football hit officer lavodis car who was also represented by the same attorney as mr. pantaleo. and the officer got ot of the car and started screaming and yelling at the baez family brothers and telling them to move off the block. one thing led to another and anthony baez was in a chokehold. he was on the ground screaming for his life. his father was screaming that he...

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