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He stepped in and got a conviction. >> will there be a federal case taken here? >> i think that's more likely than the case in ferguson. i can certainly see the argument made there's probable cause for negligent homicide. whether that can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt will remain to be seen. i can see the case being made out here. >> i think attorney general holder will go after a systemic problem in ferguson and a particular one in this case. they look at that guy and sympathize with him as a person. he's even a likable looking guy. i can't explain why but he seems like a likable guy. d...

As opposed to the prone position or face down like we saw in the garner case. the reason it's taught that way is because positional asphyxiation due to these face-down prone chokehold maneuvers is lethal. and you don't know who amongst us has health problems such as mr. garner had that makes people like that especially susceptible to death. the better police practice is face up or we call it supine restraint rather than prone. >> do you think there will be a federal case? do you think? do you think there's enough here that it's likely that attorney general holder will act here and intervene an...

Anyone trying to get around the city tonight or last night will have a very difficult time. chris? >> thanks for that reporting, stephanie gosk. let's go to msnbc's amanda. she's following the protesters to the brooklyn bridge. what are you seeing there? >> hi, chris. hundreds of protesters here gathered trying to cross the brooklyn bridge. there are police barricades up but they are able to inch their way. there's a short walkway to come through. but they have many streets here blocked off. there's a heightened police presence all around. things remain peaceful. they are chanting peacefully. ...

>> they are trying right now. there are some cars that are on the street but they haven't been able to fully shut down the bridge quite yet. >> thank you, amanda sakuma. i'm joined by professor paul butler. a former federal prosecutor himself. philip holloway and also former prosecutor and former police officer, both of those titles went to him. and a criminal defense attorney. my main focus with mr. butler, professor butler is a criminal case in criminal court. when you look at the pictures, i want to show some what happened with the victim, eric garner just laid there for minutes and minutes...

This is the part that disturbs me. why would you squeeze people with immunity to get to somebody? >> in theory, they were given immunity to give up the goods on the main cop. >> the district attorney wanted to get him? >> if he wanted to get him, he'd get him. i'm a former prosecutor. it's absolutely true. the reason there's no indictment in garner is because the district attorney -- >> was that williams who said that? >> i think it was a judge in the new york court of appeals, wapner, i believe is his name. the man that didn't want the indictment, his name is mr. donovan, he's the district at...