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Grips and escalates to a taser and a firearm. well, the officers state of mind, if youre noncompliant and not listening is such that the officer really believes, he could present a danger to me. now the officer is thinking, if theres a fight, which ensued in this particular case, what if that person gets my firearm. and so the supreme court has spoken loudly and clearly on the issue. and what they have said is, what would a reasonable officer do, in this officers situation? and if a reasonable o...

Wrong doing, but i think its a tough case to make when an officer reasonably fears they are in threat. the constitution has said officers have a split second to make a decision and what would a reasonable officer do in that situation. thats going to be the focus. if a reasonable officer would have acted as this officer acted, then it would be deemed to be legitimate. >> by the prosecutor, the officer clear ed of any crimina wrong doing. now the suit from the family will follow it. thank you, we ...

Sanders. that sort of pandering is unbecoming of someone that wants to be president of the united states. shes aware of the objectiveness reasonableness standard, that officers have to make split second decisions when to use force. you cant use 20/20 hand sight. she knows that, that its the reasonable officer standard. once you strip away the emotion, the hyperbole and the rhetoric involved in this tragic case, all thats left are the facts and circumstances. its the rule of law standard that has...

All im thinking is keep kicking off the wall. dont let yourself get stuck. i dont want to get snagged on the wall. >> the second time, his legs hit hard. more than halfway down, he looks for a potential landing spot. >> i was wondering, am i going to go into the lake, in which case im not sure i can swim because at this point i thought i had broken legs. >> worse, he sees the rock directly below him. >> if i go into the general hard ground with the vertical speed that i had, i figured it would a...

He and mike metnick paid a visit to the courtroom of judge mccuskey. >> and he saw us in the gallery. >> i looked at him. i mouthed these words. is that randy steidl? and he nods his head yes. i recessed the court. as im saying this right now, im even getting goose bumps. >> then mccuskey signals us to come back in chambers. >> there was a split second where you just hug. i didnt cry. i came close. >> starting to get emotional. >> i knew how difficult it was to get to that point, to have a judge...

>> thank you so much. it was a pleasure. >> chris actions were brave and when groups of people are suddenly faced with an unimaginable choice to save yourself or help save someone else. its a decision that can happen in a split second. randi kaye reports. >> reporter: july 20th, 2012 a shooter opens fire inside a movie theater in aurora, colorado. 12 people are killed, three die saving others jumping in front of a bullet including jonathan blunk, 26-year-old father of two. hes killed after takin...

>> chris actions were brave and its something we have seen before. when groups of people are suddenly faced with an unimaginable choice to save yourself or try to help someone else. its a decision that can happen in a split second. randi kaye reports. >> reporter: july 20th, 2012 a shooter opens fire inside a movie theater in aurora, colorado. 12 people are killed, three of them die saving others jumping in front of a bullet including jonathan blunk, 26-year-old father of two who served in the n...

Prevent weapons from reaching hezbollah for example. theres going to be a lot of aircraft up in the skies over syria. there could be a miscalculation. and some plane could go down by another country causing who knows what. >> thats exactly right. and i think what weve got right now just makes this even worse. youve got russians, syrians, americans, now weve got the french coming in, in a bigger way. youve got all these different aircraft working for different coalition, different command and con...

Canonization. pope francis met with the sisters of the poor. the catholic agency reports the sisters filed a lawsuit against the obama administration for the mandate that employers provide experience for birth control and drugs that can cause abortions. the popes visit was seen as a sign of support. >> dozens of agencies are handling the popes security detail while he is in the united states. debra got a look at what is being done to protect the pope. >> it happened in a split second. several pe...

>> reporter: it happened in a split second. several people breaking from the crowd, one of them able to reach into the pope mobile in havana. the sudden security breach handled quickly by the pontiffs security detail underscores how high the stakes are and how much greater they will be when the pope arrives in new york city to address some 170 world leaders, all with security details of their own. security will be tight in the air, on the roof tops, the waterways, the city streets, all eyes zero...