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Were dissecting right now. but from a federal, you know, i guess, investigative standpoint, how critical would that moment be? >> well, the u.s. supreme court says that all law enforcement use of force incidents must be reviewed from a perspective of objective reasonableness. its not just did he, in fact, believe his life was in danger, because i think its obvious from the video, as a matter of fact, monday morning quarterbacking it, it probably was not. thats not the end of the inquiry. you hav...

Cell phone video, to have his hands up. this is disturbing video because you watch someone be killed. we want to show it. his hands are up. now, hes shot to death. matthew, explain what we are seeing. >> i dont think theres too much explanation necessary. the standard of objective reasonableness for use of force is clear. thats what law enforcement is guided by. in this case, there is no objectiveness or reasonableness about what we saw. >> when you look at that, as a law enforcement officer, yo...

In court the officer said he feared he was being shot at. there had been a backfire as the couple drove off. it was mistaken for gunfire. there were no weapons in the car, but he wasnt worried about the car moving. it seems you wouldnt jump on a car that wasnt moving. is this the way it should have gone down? >> its the way that it did go down. when situations get that intense, there are likely to be a number of things to think a backfire of a are car, another loud noise, the state of mind of th...

Officer. i get your pointed, yes. >> its a critically important point, because at the end of the day, the universe that makes possible this expansive shooting of unarmed people or suspected people is held up by supreme court decisions, tennessee versus garner in 1985 and graham versus connor in 1989 both born in the midst of the war on drugs. if we want to see what makes it possible for police to shoot fleeing suspects or if we want to use the standard of objective reasonableness, that in those ...

Actions with former police officer dennis root who now trains officers in safe arrest tactics. along with me also, hln legal analyst joey jackson and cnn legal analyst danny cevallos. mr. root, if i can ask you right off the bat, these officers -- this has been investigated. these officers are back on the job. its very hard to know the entire picture by seeing that one body cam perspective. but from what youve seen, did you see anything untowards on the part of the officers in this response? >> ...