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>> right. so think of it. if you're a commercial pilot or a private pilot and you fly outside of the your faa air space, you get in trouble. that is what is happening to virgin galactic. this starts as spaceship two was climbing up to the edge of space and warning lights and the pilots were faced with a split-second decision, abort the mission which would have mentd that your founder richard branson in the passenger seat would not become the first billionaire to make it to the edge of space, jeff bezos would have beat him or due try to take over controls and change the trajectory and that is w...

So, what message does this send to police officers who go ahead and abuse their power? >> well, i mean, it does send a message. and obviously,fficer should nev their power and authority. but remember, wolf, this is not a case of an officer making a split-second decision. or, you know, debating whether or not the use of force was more than what was actually needed. i mean, this is a clearcut case here. but again, it's not a reflection of policing, in general. i've done this for 47 years. and does it -- i mean, we have got some police officers that never should wear the badge. there's no questio...

Then, after they beat him, they lied about it in their police reports. each, covering up the -- the conspiracy to cover up this case continued in the police reports. continued in their report to the district attorney's office. the conspiracy to cover this up continued for nearly a year, after antonio suffered this vicious beating. and -- and -- and -- and -- and this was a -- this was, clearly, a culture within the louisiana state police. no one stood up and said, hey, this is the wrong thing to do. in fact, they did the opposite. they bragged about it. laughed about it. joked about it in text...

Continued for nearly a year after antonio suffered this vicious beating and this was clearly a culture. no one stood up and said hey, this is the wrong thing to do. in fact, they did the opposite. they bragged about it, laughed about it, joked about it in text messages so we're not saying this is a question of whether or not officers were making a split second decision, they made a conscious decision to beat antonio, to violate his rights, to violate the law, to violate the constitution and then thought it was funny and joked about it. >> antonio harris, michael sterling, appreciate you coming...

>> you -- you're -- mr. sterling, you -- you're representing antonio harris in a suit against three of the four officers involved, along with louisiana state police superintendent, the louisiana state police, and the richland parish sheriff and detention center. what are you asking for? and what's the status of the lawsuit? >> yeah. well, anderson, we just filed a lawsuit last week. antonio retained me. just a few weeks ago. we were able to make -- to -- to file the lawsuit prior to the statute of limitations expiring. so, what we -- what we expect is we expect to get civil recovery for antoni...