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And now, what has been said about what happened . Well, don, for the past 24 hours or more we have been trying to fill in critical gaps for the story, and specifically what happened in the moments leading up to when this video started being shot. How did this conflict escalate the way it did . Well finally tonight, Fayden Santana who took the video started to fill in the gaps and not all of them, but some of them. This is what he told Nbcs Lester Holt a short time ago. What did you see and what did you do . What i saw was as far as the video, the shooting and then after the victim dead before the video, i was walking to my job, i was walking to my job and i witness eded that i was coming out he was coming out of the store . Yes, and i saw him maybe five or six minutes yelling and chasing to stop him. And when i first heard something i thought that somethng happened about it ....
Fast forward to today just a few moments ago. it was interesting the way this came down. first we get the request from the jury asking for a santana s testimony, the witness that caught the last of the shuffle on video. then 12 minutes later there s the note from the jury saying it is clear the jurors will not be able to reach a consensus. the judge then came back, asked the jury to come out and asked them if having fayden santana s testimony might sway anyone. it took two minutes, maybe three minutes for the jury to come back out and say if we listen to this it will not change. so a very heated debate during deliberations. the judge pulling the allen charge as it s called trying to force these jurors to deliberate and as he said, you have a duty to reach a verdict. essentially saying if this is a mistrial, if it s retried you re going to get the same questions ....
Lodged against officer michael slager. this complaint came in 2013. it also involved his use of a taser. slager was exonerated in that case. we re monitoring this news, and we re going to have more coming up in a moment. the man you see on the left of your screen is mario gibbons. there is officer slager. but back to this case. slager has now hired a new attorney, according to reports, and police could release dash cam video from the officer s patrol car as soon as today. the man who captured video of the shooting on his cell phone says he fears for his safety but felt he had to come forward. i said i need to let people know what is going on right now. you re going to hear more from him along with his attorney there. i had a chance to speak with fayden santana today. trymaine lee joins me from north charleston charleston. what more do we know about the ....
Exonerated. take a listen. he beated on the door. he didn t say nothing. he just started trying to grab me out the out. he pulled the taser out. the black officer still had ahold of me. he was like come out the house or i m going to tase you. i throw my hand out, and he tase me. i come out the house. i fall out the house. so earlier today, i had a chance to sit down with fayden santana, the man who s being called a hero for capturing the video of officer slager fatally shooting walter scott. here s part two of that interview with santana and his attorney todd rutherford. do you follow current events? have you been aware of other cities that have had situations where police have used excessive or deadly force? yes, i followed the ferguson case. mr. rutherford, i want to ask you, we have the mayor giving the press conference yesterday saying they ve ordered 251 body ....
And now, what has been said about what happened? well, don, for the past 24 hours or more we have been trying to fill in critical gaps for the story, and specifically what happened in the moments leading up to when this video started being shot. how did this conflict escalate the way it did? well finally tonight, fayden santana who took the video started to fill in the gaps and not all of them, but some of them. this is what he told nbc s lester holt a short time ago. what did you see and what did you do? what i saw was as far as the video, the shooting and then after the victim dead before the video, i was walking to my job, i was walking to my job and i witness eded that i was coming out ....