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Five police officers wounded. theres -- they certainly will want to handle this case, locally at the local level, and there are very strong reasons why this should be a state case and not a federal one. id be extremely surprised if the state yields to the federal government or even if the federal government tries to get in here and handle these charges. this, i would be almost certain will be handled by the colorado state authorities. >> whoa takes over the scene itself, which includes the actua...

Of those super maxes. and the feds probably have a million things that they could use to pick up the case throughout this whole escape he must have broke some federal laws that they could jump in on but other than that, its a state case and he has to stay in the state system. i was in the federal system. i spent time in federal state and county. when i was in the federal system i could be sent anywhere in the united states. when i was in the state system you are relegated to the new york prison ...

Extremely quickly. i havent seen one start so quickly so soon after an incident. the justice department said both the fbi down in south carolina and the civil rights division are both going to be taking a look at this. the justice department said well take appropriate action in light of the evidence and developments in this case. and of course the state is already bringing charges, which, you know sort of gives you an impression that post-ferguson, a lot of things have changed in the way both st...

Are both going to be taking a look at this. the justice department said well take appropriate action in light of the evidence and developments in this case. and of course, the state is already bringing charges, which, you know, sort of gives you an impression that post-ferguson, a lot of things have changed in the way both state and federal law enforcement deals with these incidents. >> evan, obviously some people seeing this say, racism is involved. the officer is white and victim is african-am...

>> shes not going to win on aggravateor aggravators. he hits all bad ones with multiple victims, helpless people people associated with the government. everything you can imagine, they have proven. shes got to shift back and say he came from a troubled home troubled childhood. he was dominated by a big brother he respected and was a committed idea og. he wasnt acting on his own but an agent of the older brother. remember were in a jurisdiction here massachusetts, which doesnt recognize the death...

So is this a clear case for prosecution from the state? most people think so. why didnt the state prosecute? we dont know. its probably the answer is the da, mr. donovan in staten island didnt want to bring the prosecution so thats when the feds can step in. >> in terms of bringing a federal case on civil rights grounds, everybody who watched that -- you can make up your own mind from watching the video, but a lot said unquestionably its excessive, it was clearly -- this was like a choke hold, d...

Biased against mr. baez because of his sexual orientation or religion or gender, then thats a federal crime. if its just an ordinary oid, its not a federal crime. and the issue there is, again, if its a federal civil rights claim, theres got to be purposeful intent. negligence or recklessness would be good enough for a homicide in a state case but not for a federal case. so its a much higher bar. >> in this case, the officer who put what appears to be in choke hold on mr. garner before he died, ...

Elevating the teaching profession but were also protecting the it radights of kids. >> vindication in this for you personally? im not joking when i was saying you were seen as a heavy. someone reviewed your new book, theres an idealist who got bit aa dose of realism. when you see this court decision do you feel like, we can change it on a big level? >> i have always felt a tremendous amount of confidence we can change the public education system in this country for the better and one of the thin...

John mccain. im sure of course, that response will continue over the next hours a days. lets pivot and talk about fresh news in the battle over voting rights in this country. pennsylvania state judge today striking down that state he is voter i.d. requirement, saying it imposing an unreasonable burden, after those on capitol hill proposed a fix to restore protections in the voting rights act struck down by the supreme court last year. zachary roth has been covering all of this for msnbc.com. let...

Away, want to put a felony, six months on him, he was going to queens college, never had a record. judge should have discretion to let the kid go. prosecutor said no discretion, i think it is obscene. >> thats a state case, not federal. >> okay. directly ahead, is the united states overreacting to the al qaeda terror threat? ted koppel thinks so. hear his explanation when you come back. ♪