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Resulted in a man's death. so when you look at it under those circumstances, again, and the low threshold for probable cause, it israel shocking that this officer was not indicted. it is also shocking that his soup visaor was there. six or seven other police officers were there. let's talk about mentality here. >> others came and didn't do anything. >> noted problem using that chokehold in front of his supervisor. no problem using that tactic in front of his other officers. what does that tell you? >> yeah. you, kendall, as a prosecutor, of course we don't know what happens in grand juries bec...

You know, thinking about what's going on and what had happened and everything. but every time i turn the tv on i see that video. for them to come out with this verdict. like they not even seeing what i saw. >> what kind of guy was eric? >> eric -- that's funny you ask me that. eric was the sweetest, for him to be so big and stuff. he was only angry if he drank something. so i used to have a joke that he couldn't drink because he was an angry drunk. that was the only time he would ever tell me no. >> so he had faults. >> of course he. did he wasn't perfect. >> but they're saying your son was th...

Could vote and say that there was no probable cause. what were they looking at? were they looking at the same video that the rest of the world was looking at? >> i'm one that has said the federal government needs to take over these cases. esaw and gwen and i met with the federal government twice on this case because i had no confidence in the staten island grand jury. i said i wouldn't even go to the meeting because i didn't think they would do anything and they didn't. explain why a federal investigation, whether it is ferguson, whether it is cleveland, and i talked to the father of that 12-y...

That many police officers. in that manner by a practice, a chokehold which has been banned in new york since the 1990s when another police officer used on it a civilian and that person died. >> kendall, you've done a lot of work with grand juries. as a federal prosecutor. what do you think in terms of this video, is it enough to show probable cause of a crime? tell us how this possibly could have gone in front of a grand jury and not establish probable cause. >> sometime you wonder if probable cause is clearly explained. because it is not the concept of guilt or innocence as you've discussed m...

Crime had been committed. wouldn't that be enough to show probable cause? >> you would think. the video speaks for itself. as they say, pictures are worth a thousand words and that video told the story. here you have a man committing one of the most minor crimes someone can commit in the state of new york which is selling these lucy cigarettes. he is selling cigarettes that aren't taxed. you have someone who is pleading with the police. people say resisting arrest? he was pleading with the police, trying to state his case. he wasn't threatening them. he wasn't cursing at them. he didn't just c...