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His 19 years as an officer as a reason that he should get lesser sentence. >> listen, the defense counsel is doing what defense counsels do. hes trying to point out the fact hes been a cop for 19 years. irrespective of the fact hes got other complaints against him. even the mother, i dont fault her for wanting to protect her son. she loves him. the bottom line is, he should be sentenced. he should get a very severe sentence, in my opinion. what he did was uncalled for. it doesnt matter about his...

0 we have all seen it. mr. floyd did not want to be in the backseat. thats it. thats the rub. it was the need to get him in that backseat no matter what. we all saw that once he was pulled out of that backseat, he ka calmed down even willingly went down to ground. im going down. he said. he went down to ground, not fighting, not punching, and he was placed initially on his side. hes already land cuffed. hes placed on recovery position like he should be, beches trying to breathe. quickly faced pr...

I dont like to kill bugs. hell, i cry when people shoot deers, you know. >> and what was his fee for the hit? >> i said, marjorie, that will cost you. she said how much? and i said, a quarter of a million. >> interesting, that was the same amount of monday demanded on the bank robbery note. now armed with that information, clark decided it was time to put a bigger squeeze on ken barnes. so clark and another agent picked him and up put him in their car. >> he got the front seat, and special agent...

It would do to policing. >> well, this is one bill thats justification in the use of force. and they would criminalize police officers and detectives while making an arrest using force. they want a tier system that would escalate as the situation would escalate but officers have to make a split second decision and people will be second guessing and monday morning quarterbacking these situations and putting the officers at risk and subject to arrest. will: yeah, paul, what were trying to do it se...

Qualified immunity. that may be something that we see. when you talk to police departments and police officers and police advocates, they say qualified immunity that allows police who are on the job and in very dangerous situations making split second decisions to do that without putting themselves in harms way. gives the ability to save lives. remember that situation in ohio with the police officer who made that split second decision to take out his firearm and save the life of a young girl tha...

Detention center. what is the status of the lawsuit and what are you asking for? >> we just filed the lawsuit on last week. antonio retained me a few weeks ago. we were able to file the lawsuit prior to the statute of limitations expiring, so what we expect is we expect to get civil recovery for antonio harris. what is so despicable about this particular case, anderson, as you know, this isnt a case where you got a question whether an officer made a split second decision and were wondering wheth...

Been flat on the floor for a full three and a half hours. when suddenly, she heard something. >> we had heard voices from above us, higher floors. asking us to get up. mother, mother with a children. you down there with a children. i knew that they were addressing. me immediately we got up on to our needs trying to get up to go. the shooting started again. >> she thought by moving, she had drawn attention to herself. >> we were scared at first because we thought now, our cover has been blown. be...

He took them through what happened step-by-step. said he was awakened at around 4 am by strange noises in the house. >> i hear the front door, or the door squeaking. and i hear grumbling. and i hear the dog grounding. >> he said hed never heard his dog growled before, so he was instantly on alert. >> did you think there were male voices, or female forces? >> i thought they were male. >> he said he moved towards the sound that he heard with his shotgun, he reached this hallway where he said he sa...

Police are conducting an internal investigation. tom? >> adrienne bankert for us. adrienne, thank you. and one more note on the economy and jobs. the numbers now moving in the right direction. 963,000 workers filed new unemployment claims last week. that number falling below 1 million for the first time since mid-march, but still far above the worst week of the great recession. 15.5 million americans are still collecting benefits. and when we come back, the new images tonight of that massive...

As the race for 2020 hits a new gear, and the stunning admission from president trump, now saying he doesnt want to boost post office funding to expand voting by mail. and attacks on bidens new running mate, kamala harris. trump calling her a, quote, mad woman. the k-9 unit outrage. >> get on the ground! >> shocking video of a dog biting a suspect, even after he had his hands up. tonight, what that man is saying, and the action the police department has now taken. baltimore blast. the new im...