CNN Smerconish June 4, 2024 13:36:00
He wasn't punching him. he just went around to his area and pulled him out. now, it's clear that he was probably about to get a beating, but the d.a.'s office felt, well, if the guy is not beating you half to death, stabbing you, punching you, shooting you, you have no right to use deadly force in response. >> does it matter that, to what i see in those videos, there was nowhere for alba to retreat? >> you have to retreat. there is a duty to retreat with regard to the use of deadly force in new york. there was no place for him to retreat. and so the choice was was either possibly catch a beati...