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Going forward. now, we recognize that cameras are not the be all, and we recognize that cameras are not the panacea. they're just one part of a plan for progressive change in the city of new york as it relates to aggressive policing in the city of new york. i'm also calling upon the governor of the state of new york, governor cuomo, to appoint a special prosecutor in cases of egregious police misconduct. so there is an independent prosecutor. local prosecutors rely on the police department for their re-elections. we know there's an inherent conflict with police officers. that's why we need an ...

Officer, quote, insisted that he tried to disengage as quickly as he could. well, here's what the video shows. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> once again, police beating up on people. >> back up and get on the steps. >> this case has become a rallying cry across the country, especially here in new york where protesters under way. there's videotape showing what happened. here is what this comes down to. i believe the system needs to be fixed. from the beginning, i called for federal intervention. there's a conflict with loyal prosecutors dealing with lo...

There's been only peaceful protest. the only reason there's national upset and concern and worry about what the response might be if a decision was made that nobody should be charged in this death, the reason in this case that there's been a cause for national concern is because of this video. it's not because people have behaved badly in their anger over what happened to eric garner, it's because of this video which shows what happened. which is very hard at a laymen's level to square with the idea that when this man died, it was nobody's fault. in section 203-11 of the new york police depart...

>> you could speak. >> so what are they suggesting? i can only breathe 10%? >> frankly, i think if you have somebody in that situation and he says i can't breathe, police should be rendering first aid, cpr, and calling ems for a quick response. >> now mark claxton, i also see the report saying that he disengaged as quickly as he can. what we see on the video, they are sitting on top of him, pressing him down to the ground. you were a police officer for many years here in new york. is that an immediate disengagement? >> absolutely not. as a matter of fact, reverend sharpton, much of what is com...

Biased against mr. baez because of his sexual orientation or religion or gender, then that's a federal crime. if it's just an ordinary oid, it's not a federal crime. and the issue there is, again, if it's a federal civil rights claim, there's 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 it's a much higher bar. >> in this case, the officer who put what appears to be in choke hold on mr. garner before he died, has had a couple of complaints, lawsuits, civil lawsuits brought against him just over the pas...