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Livoti deprived anthony baez of a federal constitutional right. the right to be secure in your persons, the right to have -- >> what makes it more difficult, you have to prove that the police officer acted with the intent to use excessive force, not just to use any force, because a police officer under certain circumstances is authorized to use necessary force, but that he intentionally used more force than was necessary to accomplish his purpose. because in using more force than necessary, in doing that, you are depriving someone of their right to be free from the use of unnecessary force. >>...

Secretary clinton were consistent with that. so we are optimistic. >> i appreciate your time tonight. thanks so much. there are others who were thinking about running for president on the democratic ticket who absolutely have no problem whatsoever saying they're against keystone. why can't hillary clinton? that's "the ed show." "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the grand jurors were playing on their cell phones. that's the startling new allegations in the eric garner chokehold ca...

Overwhelming. both men were put in police chokeholds. both died from compression to the neck and chest and suffered from asthma. and both deaths were ruled homicides. in the baez case, the officer was indicted and went to trial, but here's how that first trial ended up in 1996. >> in a tense courtroom, officer francis showed no emotion as the judge reluctantly cleared the veteran new york city policeman of homicide. >> i do not find that the defendant is innocent. i do find, based on the quality of the evidence presented that the people have failed to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a r...

They put the video on. people was on their phones. people were having conversations. >> really? >> it was a regular day to them. like it was no big-time case to them. >> it's a startling claim. playing on their cell phones! otto also claims the prosecutor asked more questions about erirk garner's conduct than the officers. he said grand jurors already had their minds made up and that after just ten minutes, prosecutors stopped his testimony and sent him home. we called the da's office about these allegations and they declined to comment. all of this raising troubling new questions about how th...

They'll be reviewing that and determining what additional investigation has to be done in order to support federal charges and when they're prepared to do so, they'll submit a case to the grand jury. >> now, in the case of abner la weema and baez, it was excessive force that was established, is that correct? >> correct. >> now, do you need race involved to establish excessive force? because i think that's a misconception a lot of people have. >> that is a misconception. race is not necessarily an issue when it comes to police officers acting on what's called under color of official right. that...