CNN Erin Burnett OutFront March 19, 2015 23:30:00
And joining me now, former nypd detective, tom verny, and vann jones. tom, you're with me. let me start with you. so johnson's version of the story. he says he wasn't intoxicated. he says he didn't try to present a fake i.d. we should note he's a few months shy of his 21st birthday. given that we don't know exactly what happened okay? but no matter what happened does it justify throwing a kid to the ground and having his face be utterly covered in blood? can anything in this situation justify that sort of force? >> well it all depends on what happened before the video that we saw. it doesn't s...