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The supreme court has said that you measure these things by what an objective officer would do a reasonable officer in that officers position. you have three officers there, two are not shooting and i think the prosecution is going to -- >> i want to show you something from today. he did what he could to show that other officer who responded who did not use this gun. to your point. watch this. >> when you ran around to the end of the defendants car and saw -- observed the defendant shooting him,...

Assault that she surprisingly survived. >> the attack made local headlines. >> i can tell you detail for detail, second to second what happened. >> she was 19 years old at the time and was in the apartment she shared with her best friend when a visitor stopped by. >> he was just a friend of ours from high school. we went to parties together, you know. things like that. he smoked a joint with us. did some lines of coke with us. he looked pale. was wearing all black, he looked real pale. he said, ...

>> but this isnt over yet. >> when he was on the ground, he gave me a look. the look was, youre crazy, this isnt over. he was ready to get up and get into a serious physical, you know, quarrel. >> i swear, please do not -- listen. >> i didnt want to have to keep fighting him, so i wanted to end it then and there and just get his keys. >> chill, chill. >> so i put him in a sleeper hold and i said, im not going to hold on to it for too long, either, because that can cause brain damage. so as soon ...

>> however, the way that he was reacting afterwards, he feels as though he was the victim. i cannot honestly say i would want someone to punch me in my face and put me in the sleeper hold. however, if it came to a point that that was literally the only thing that was stopping me from hurting someone i love, then, yeah, i would want someone to stop me by any means. >> and i promise you, when you see this, brother, i swear i love you. coming up -- >> mom, be careful for the car. mom. >> im feeli...

Though he was the victim. i cannot honestly say i would want someone to punch me in my face and put me in the sleeper hold. however, if it came to a point that that was literally the only thing that was stopping me from hurting someone that i love, then yeah, i would want someone to stop me by any means. >> and i promise you, when you see this, brother, i swear i love you. coming up -- >> mom, be careful for the car. mom. >> im feeling so bad as the mother because im laughing so hard at him. >...

>> the attack made local headlines. >> i can tell you detail from detail, second to second what happened. >> she was 19 years old at the time and was in the apartment she shared with her best friend when a visitor stopped by. >> he was just a friend of ours from high school. we went the parties together, you know. things like that. he smoked a joint with us. did some lines of coke with us. he looked pale. was wearing all black, he looked real pale. he said, man, ive been up for too long. and -- ...

Didnt commit a crime. >> well, the best i can determine is they thought that this was a legitimate arrest, that even though this was a very minor crime, selling cigarettes without paying taxes on it, they thought he was subject to arrest, he resisted, and the cops took necessary action. his death, presumably, the jury found, was due to the fact that he had these pre-existing medical conditions. he was overweight, he had asthma, and that led to his death rather than unlawful action by the police....

Assault that she surprisingly survived. >> the attack made local headlines. >> i can tell you detail from detail, second to second what happened. >> she was 19 years old at the time and was in the apartment she shared with her best friend when a visitor stopped by. >> he was just a friend of ours from high school. we went the parties together, you know. things like that. he smoked a joint with us. did some lines of coke with us. he looked pale. was wearing all black, he looked real pale. he said...

>> the attack made local headlines. >> i can tell you detail from detail, second to second what happened. >> she was 19 years old at the time and was in the apartment she shared with her best friend when a visitor stopped by. >> he was just a friend of ours from high school. we went the parties together, you know. things like that. he smoked a joint with us. did some lines of coke with us. he looked pale. was wearing all black, he looked real pale. he said, man, ive been up for too long. and -- ...

Survived. >> the attack made local headlines. >> i can tell you detail from detail, second to second what happened. >> she was 19 years old at the time and was in the apartment she shared with her best friend when a visitor stopped by. >> he was just a friend of ours from high school. we went the parties together, you know. things like that. he smoked a joint with us. did some lines of coke with us. he looked pale. was wearing all black, he looked real pale. he said, man, ive been up for too lon...