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Projectiles still there and the taser hadnt stopped the suspect. something else, anderson that struck me about two minutes into this videotape, watch closely here. you see one of the officers there as you mentioned now on the scene. he appears to bend down and pick something up. now, its hard to see exactly what that is. we dont know if it could be the taser weapon that the officer says that the victim took or if it was something else but clearly, that officer picked something up from the ground...

What does this look like to you with your expertise? >> you mentioned two different things. the first thing id like to address is the taser weapon. when you slow down the video at the very beginning, to me, as somebody whos trained law enforcement across the united states in the use of the taser as a weapon system, that slowed-down video looks like the taser being left out by the roadway. and now here it is at the end of the video, the officer after apparently dropping something that he went bac...

See his weapon is holstered. is it typical for officers to have tasers holstered on their left-hand side where hes working outside the purview of this camera? >> absolutely. no agencies will require the officer to do cross-draw tooepgs with the taser so they dont have weapon confusion. this way you have the firearm on the right side or left side, whichever the dom hand of the officer is. and you place the taser weapon on the opposite side so they cant unintentionally draw the taser weapon instea...

But there are other reports, dennis, that show potentially the tase had already happened. the cord from the tase, its almost imperceivable in some of the video, in some of the pictures. but there are reports that say witnesses and the officer himself said he tased the man aleady. does that not therefore render that taser useless, not dangerous, even if the man took the taser? its been used. it can no longer present a threat, right? >> well, once the cartridge has been discharged, once hes fired ...

Weapon at the pepprpetrator -- e video shows this is not the case in this particular event. once the taser weapon is out of play and the person begins to flee from the officer, the officers application that the shooting of the individual is unreasonable. there is nothing i can find in the video that would justify the application of deadly force in this event. theres no special circumstances known that im aware of about the individual that posed a threat to the public if they were allowed to esca...

The sheriff office. >> when you were with the sheriff office did you accomplish any other certifications or training in particular areas of law enforcement focus? >> my focus -- i had the opportunity to experience just about everything a police officer can experience while with martin county. i was within their training unit, i was within their criminal investigation i was traffic unit and road patrol and also served on the canine unit and throughout my time the entire process i also was an inst...

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Cool. we are just going to have to see through the evening whether they listen to the leaders. campbell. >> and, casey, just talk to us a little bit about -- about the verdict here. you know, the defendant claimed that he add mistakenly grabbed his firearm instead of his taser weapon. clearly that is not a defense that was able to -- sway a jury. >> right, campbell, this case was moved to los angeles because of all of the tension up here in the bay area, in oakland. so i was not in the courtroom...