Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20141203:16:02:00
Officer. thank you so much. you wrote a piece and some of the points you make under new york state law police officers can use force to affect arrest, prevent escape, and protect themselves and others from physical harm. you go on to say that new york law provides that citizens may not footbaphysically resist. how does relate to the video and what we saw and the information we know from the prosecutors thus far? >> it's clearly a tragedy. it's clearly a police screw up. the issue is whether it's a criminal matter that should be prosecuted and i think the law in this case tend to favor the poli...
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