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Under the law, the intent matters. whether he knew to say this wasnt my intent or not, he said he did not intend to strangle or do anything that was a strangle. i think the 2010 said the strangulation law, what has to be proven is the intent to breathing. >> theres another statute that applies, the criminally negative manslaughter and wasnt instructed on that. for whatever reason, decided not to. they know more than we do. i think what happened in this case is escalated. the use of force escalat...

Been. this type of response. as far as the training that officers will get. thats something that the police commissioner is going to put in place. you know, keep in mind, don, as -- as tom could, would probably agree. these cops get an enormous amount of training. sensitivity training. verbal judo training. things cops dont get anywhere else in the country. so this will be added training to what they already get. >> mel, how do you -- how do you train or, untrain -- some one, something that you ...

>> we have specialized training for the cops. you know, in, in -- in, in riot control. they have demonstrations you. can see that in the way the cops are responding. >> cornell, you know, as, we have been sort of comparing -- what has happened, what we saw play out in ferguson. what we saw play out here. it is a tale of two cities. beauty of it. brook was talking about it. white people. black, being arrested. beauty of it. a lot of times. a political hack as you know. i will go to the politics o...

Happened here. same way you cant in ferguson. there are reasons why they unfolded in ferguson. same way in staten island. these are going to have to be reviewed. training is going to have to be reviewed. policy, procedure will have to be review. you just cant ignore what happened here. and just, pretend to move on like nothing happened. >> can i ask you something. what, what do police officers, you see batons. we are seeing different. not seeing the type of -- combat gear or, to the extremes tha...

>> its the responsibility of the new york city police department. how theyre handling -- it would have been handled in the same way as the new mayor de blasio. sort of let the protesters blow off steam and space, give them some room and dont try to confront directly. >> i think thats right. we see restraint from the officers. we see, i think, the officers not ratcheting things up. we are not seeing the sort of militarization we saw in ferguson. i think thats your constitutional right to peaceful...

Several hundred people. i have to say i was most struck initially by how quiet and peaceful they are. in the middle of it all, there are just little white lights that say, black lives matter. i was eavesdropping on a couple of confidences and one man was being asked, we were listening to the police commissioners conference and the mayor, they were talking about how this in the wake of the nonindictment in this eric garner case, how the entire police force here in new york will be retrained and o...

About race, though, its about living, knowing the people who you serve. >> yeah, absolutely. but, if darren wilson had a darker complexion, he wouldve acted the same way. this is a situation -- it all comes down to what happened that moment he pressed the trigger. >> let me say this, brooke, if i may. >> yep. >> let me say this, and i can say this with complete confidence. if me, rasheed, were the police officer in that incident where i saw michael brown and his companion walking down the middle...

Be that as it may, getting back to cultural training, sensitivity training, these are two elements that should be a part of in-service training. in most departments. the only thing thats required for police officers in their in-service training is to requalify on the pistol range. they need more training than just being able to shoot their firearm proficiently. they need sensitivity training, particularly when they are patrolling in areas that are ethnically, culturally, tainted towards or leani...

Mayor. where do you see the department in in progress of bridging that mistrust. >> we have police legitimacy that the whole department is being trained in. this is almost a sensitivity training how we deal with the public. were trying to bridge that gap. same police officers on the same beats every day, the accountability we put in place to assure the citizens of chicago are getting the service from the police officers and theyre being treated fairly. because of that, its going to take a little...

In in progress of bridging that mistrust. >> we have police legitimacy that the whole department is being trained in. this is almost a sensitivity training how we deal with the public. were trying to bridge that gap. same police officers on the same beats every day, the accountability we put in place to assure the citizens of chicago are getting the service from the police officers and theyre being treated fairly. because of that, its going to take a little while, we have a lot of work to do, we...