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In the case where police are involved because they dont want to -- >> it sure seems that way. >> -- going against the police officers on a regular basis and throw it up leaving it to the grand jury. >> yes, i think thats certainly a reasonable interpretation of what went on. remember, this is staten island. outside of new york, most people dont know the politics of new york. staten island is the smallest, whitest and most conservative of the five boroughs of new york. he answers only to the vote...

Federal government is now talking about taking over and investigating? we asked them twice before but now they see how important it is for them to come in and take this case and as well as the other cases, the brown case. i think national action network, reverend sharpton, reverend daughtry. oh my goodness, this is just so emotional for me. we thank reverend kooerston for standing with us. because we need all of your support. we need your support and we need peace, but we need peace throughout t...

People are losing faith in the justice system because, again, we see with our own eyes. >> do you think things have gotten better? i grew up in new york city. i remember a case in the 80s, a young african-american man was playing basketball. his basketball accidentally got thrown on to a police car, ended up he got killed in a chokehold by the police officer. the police officer went before a judge and wasnt found guilty. i mean, do you think things have changed for the better? >> i keep hoping. ...

Attorney general eric holder and the feds were stepping in. >> do you think that will make a difference? >> oh, yes. >> you do? >> they made a difference in overturning simi valley. >> a lot of times like in the michael brown case, the federal government getting involved, the federal government case is a much harder case. a civil rights violation is a lot harder case to bring the best chance of an indictment if one wants an indictment. >> what they didnt have in ferguson was the 14 minute tape b...

Laying face down with an officer sitting on his back. and that is what led to his death. >> correct. correct. and i called benjamin front today after he heard the grand jury had decided not to indict and you obviously know who he is. >> the attorney for michael brown. >> the attorney for michael brown. i said they brought back a no true bill on this case. and he said to me, what? they have a video. how could they do that? i think thats everybodys reaction here. its just hard to believe that this...

What they can and cant do when they subdue someone. ceo of global security group and former nypd group and former secret service agent, dan bongi bongino. you dont believe this was a choke hold, correct? >> it was called a ka -- carotid restraint. >> this this case, you say this was a carotid restraint? it was the neck compression as well as the back compression. >> you wouldnt say, i cant

Will, in this case at least, because we have the evidence. theres a 14 minute tape by eric garners friend who spent a lot of that day with him. i dont know how, what the grand jury was looking at that they could not bring a charge. >> when you see these protesters out and we show one of the side screen with the protesters in the city, does that inspire you? >> oh, yes. i was telling you earlier, last tuesday night, i call my wife tanya watching you, cnn, and you had the helicopter shots. theyre ...

Within their right to do. >> alexander field, appreciate your reporting. we monitor the protests throughout the hour. bring our legal analyst in. jeffrey toobin and mark garygo. when you heard the grand jury was not moving forward with the indictment, what did you think? >> i immediately thought of ferguson and i was stunned, quite frankly. as a native new yorker, i just didnt think that this would happen in new york. i am still stunned. >> this happened in new york many times in the past. >> it...

Many times. the cops get a benefit that nobody else gets. anybody else, you have a dead body, you arrest first and ask questions later. a million dollar bail, a preliminary. you dont get the benefit of a prosecutor becoming like mccull lock did in front of a grand jury. this whole system turned the grand jury on its head. originally, the grand jury was here as a bull work against excessive government interference. it slowly evolved and for the last 100 years, the grand jury is nothing but a rubb...