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He stepped in and got a conviction. >> will there be a federal case taken here? >> i think thats more likely than the case in ferguson. i can certainly see the argument made theres probable cause for negligent homicide. whether that can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt will remain to be seen. i can see the case being made out here. >> i think attorney general holder will go after a systemic problem in ferguson and a particular one in this case. they look at that guy and sympathize with him as...

As opposed to the prone position or face down like we saw in the garner case. the reason its taught that way is because positional asphyxiation due to these face-down prone chokehold maneuvers is lethal. and you dont know who amongst us has health problems such as mr. garner had that makes people like that especially susceptible to death. the better police practice is face up or we call it supine restraint rather than prone. >> do you think there will be a federal case? do you think? do you thin...

Anyone trying to get around the city tonight or last night will have a very difficult time. chris? >> thanks for that reporting, stephanie gosk. lets go to msnbcs amanda. shes following the protesters to the brooklyn bridge. what are you seeing there? >> hi, chris. hundreds of protesters here gathered trying to cross the brooklyn bridge. there are police barricades up but they are able to inch their way. theres a short walkway to come through. but they have many streets here blocked off. theres ...

>> they are trying right now. there are some cars that are on the street but they havent been able to fully shut down the bridge quite yet. >> thank you, amanda sakuma. im joined by professor paul butler. a former federal prosecutor himself. philip holloway and also former prosecutor and former police officer, both of those titles went to him. and a criminal defense attorney. my main focus with mr. butler, professor butler is a criminal case in criminal court. when you look at the pictures, i wa...

This is the part that disturbs me. why would you squeeze people with immunity to get to somebody? >> in theory, they were given immunity to give up the goods on the main cop. >> the district attorney wanted to get him? >> if he wanted to get him, hed get him. im a former prosecutor. its absolutely true. the reason theres no indictment in garner is because the district attorney -- >> was that williams who said that? >> i think it was a judge in the new york court of appeals, wapner, i believe is ...