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Resulted in a mans death. so when you look at it under those circumstances, again, and the low threshold for probable cause, it israel shocking that this officer was not indicted. it is also shocking that his soup visaor was there. six or seven other police officers were there. lets talk about mentality here. >> others came and didnt do anything. >> noted problem using that chokehold in front of his supervisor. no problem using that tactic in front of his other officers. what does that tell you?...

You know, thinking about whats going on and what had happened and everything. but every time i turn the tv on i see that video. for them to come out with this verdict. like they not even seeing what i saw. >> what kind of guy was eric? >> eric -- thats funny you ask me that. eric was the sweetest, for him to be so big and stuff. he was only angry if he drank something. so i used to have a joke that he couldnt drink because he was an angry drunk. that was the only time he would ever tell me no. >...

Could vote and say that there was no probable cause. what were they looking at? were they looking at the same video that the rest of the world was looking at? >> im one that has said the federal government needs to take over these cases. esaw and gwen and i met with the federal government twice on this case because i had no confidence in the staten island grand jury. i said i wouldnt even go to the meeting because i didnt think they would do anything and they didnt. explain why a federal investi...

That many police officers. in that manner by a practice, a chokehold which has been banned in new york since the 1990s when another police officer used on it a civilian and that person died. >> kendall, youve done a lot of work with grand juries. as a federal prosecutor. what do you think in terms of this video, is it enough to show probable cause of a crime? tell us how this possibly could have gone in front of a grand jury and not establish probable cause. >> sometime you wonder if probable ca...

Crime had been committed. wouldnt that be enough to show probable cause? >> you would think. the video speaks for itself. as they say, pictures are worth a thousand words and that video told the story. here you have a man committing one of the most minor crimes someone can commit in the state of new york which is selling these lucy cigarettes. he is selling cigarettes that arent taxed. you have someone who is pleading with the police. people say resisting arrest? he was pleading with the police,...

As a family man. he was married for 27 years. he raised five kids. he like many people in this economy -- >> and had grandkids. >> and forced to go into an underground economy. he work hard every day to support his family. >> were not even justifying the underground economy. im saying he was not violent. there was no violence threatened to the police. even when the police are down, hes still choking him 11 times we count on the video he said i cant breathe. so at what point do we have, that the ...

I mentioned the body cameras. here wave video. what else can be done? >> we need some courageous prosecutors. >> or independent. >> and say theres probable cause. that doesnt mean the trial will result in a conviction. it means there will be a contest with advocates on both sides for the officer and for mr. garner, for the prosecution. there will be a fight, a court, a trial. a cross-examination. evidence presented. a judge ruling on it. thats what the public is asking for. and probable cause is...

Chokehold is against nypd regulations, it was all on video time as were seeing now, it is clear to anyone with eyesight watching whats going on whats happening. we know that the medical examiner, independent, comes back and says that the chokehold contributed to eric garners death and therefore his death was ruled a homicide. those things right there would, no matter where they are on the political spectrum no, matter what they think about race, no matter what, would look at those things and say...

50s before my time. we have this last hill to climb in the criminal justice system. i believe we can do it. we will not do it with violence but we are not doing it by not questioning thing we see in our own eyes. you build a police state when youre told you cant question anything. many people disagreed with the verdict on o.j. but they had the right to question it even though a jury made a decision. dont we have the right to question grand juries when were looking at a video or things that dont ...