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De-escalation training is something that is part of police training in practical every city across the united states now. what these officers did of course is not an example of that. they did just the opposite. they actually caused a situation to elevate even higher. i think to keep it in perspective, though, you know, police officers have contact with citizens every single day. they arrest people every day. they take some very dangerous people off the street, including those that are armed, and...

Commissioner charles ramsay. hes co-founder of the consulting group 21 century policing solutions. chief ramsay, let me ask you first. you watched that video. do you think the police officers behaved correctly? >> no. no. i mean threatening to shoot the individual in the head, all that sort of thing, the swearing, no, that certainly is not standard procedure. >> david, you look at this and based on what we know, do you agree that they did something wrong here, that they should have paid for it w...

About 4 or 5 to 17. theyre trying their best they can to keep those kids from watching the video. they dont want them to have to see their father that way. reportedly one of the family members of the sterling family passed out after seeing the video. i asked them about this notion of closure that the police chief brought up at the press conference. i said, do you think the family will get closure after seeing these videos? they say the real closure will come if the city steps up, according to th...

Camera in this case, theres huge questions about whether the public or the family would be able to see it. >> and maybe they should be turned on automatically. they should be triggered by something automatically. david, what did you say? >> they have a policy in place and it suggests in an event which could become critical, you should use it. a traffic stop for example. so i would think if its enough to suggest a body camera should be turned on, an event where youre showing up theres no reason n...

Since 2014. but what weve yet to see is a full set of best practices of when they should be used and beyond that, had there been a camera in this case, theres huge questions about whether the public or the family would be able to see it. >> and maybe they should be turned on automatically. they should be triggered by something automatically. david, what did you say? im sorry, mark? >> they have a policy in place and the policy suggests in an event which could become critical that you should use ...

His camera like he was supposed to because we know how often officers are supposed to use their cameras. this needs to be a learning point for officers when they have cameras they have to use them. >> david, what is your response to this? what do you think? >> real quickly. i basically agree with the notion that body cameras are a good thing. however, one of the key issues people dont seem to think about is the privacy rights of citizens. that is something that bothers me. perhaps, just perhaps,...

Its a little bit of a red herring versus the core issue of deadly force. >> exactly. which is what i want to talk to wes about here. just real quickly david, this guy, the officer is accused of shooting across his partner sitting in the passenger seat. under any circumstances, and you train officers, you would not train officers to do that, would you? >> well, there would always be a very narrow window where one officer could shoot across the body of another. but once again, very narrow. but thi...

Take control. ask your doctor about nonprescription ibgard. were back with my panel. david clinger was making a point about the body cameras. mark, you disagree with him about that? about privacy or a rape victim or assault victim. >> there are a couple of logistic problems with the cameras. one is storage. its enormous data and redaction because some criminal defense attorney like me is going to make a request to get it and the police have to go through the process of redaction. i understand ...

Anything like that or at least we are aware of or can confirm. >> thank you, sir. >> thanks for having you many. >> i want to bring in mark omara, wes lawrie, an author. and david clinger, the author of into the kill zone. where do we start, mark? why is there such a lack of transparency in this case? >> in one sense im okay with him doing the job properly. because although we want to hear every snippet we get, it needs to be done in a good way. having just said that, im getting frustrated that ...

Prove that case in front of a jury, having that video is significant evidence that would help a conviction. wouldnt it? >> i dont disagree and i dont want to get too far afield because i think its a little bit of a red herring versus the core issue. >> which is what i want to talk to wes about here. and he -- before i get to wes, david, you can weigh in, this guy, the officer is accused of shooting across his partner sitting in the passenger seat. you train officers. you would not train officers...