deciding factor was what ohio state investigators were able to determine. that is that the 25 year old jalen walker reportedly shot at least one time at officers doing the vehicle pursuit portion of that night back in june of last year, and because of that, when the 25 year old man bailed out of his vehicle and then initiated that foot chase, according to the attorney, general officers believed that he was still armed. and that is why authorities established that when he reached toward his waistband. okay? they assumed that he had a weapon, and that s when they opened fire. of course , we still have to find out if that use of force will actually be justified, but this certainly is going to raise a lot of questions about a potential about what might happen in the community there in akron. i should tell you, jake. i ve been speaking to people there in the community they have prepared for this for weeks. for this announcement that you re about to hear from the state s attorney g
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sort of what s called a true threat. and that means the first amendment does not protect violence or incitement of to imminent violence, but the line about where that is and when a threat becomes that type of incitement of to imminent violence or violence itself is something that the courts have struggled with over time. and i think that has been essentially weaponized by extremists to really push that envelope and try to stay where they feel is just on the protected side of the line. i think it also means that prosecutors are hesitant sometimes to prosecute when they worry that they might not be able to obtain a conviction because there will be a determination that speech was protected or even a jury determination, if it was not a legal determination by a judge, a jury determination that something really wasn t a true threat. and so we get more and more of this type of extremist language
the use of force investigation that akron pd will now be looking into the actions that each one of those eight officers will have to account for each one of the bullets that left their weapons. but we should stress jake. that is an administrative investigation, separate from any potential criminal proceedings that would have happened, which we now know after the grand jury. decision in summit county today, but that will not happen charges one not be filed. at least criminal charges will be filed against those eight officers. all right. polo sandoval. thanks i want to bring in criminal defense attorney joey jackson now and joey. what s your reaction to the grand jury, deciding to not indict any of the eight officers in this case, i think the measure of importance of really disappointment stems from the fact that i believe that the community would have wanted and everyone really, who was assessing this would have wanted a jury determination. what s the distinction? the distinction is a g
toward the defense of reasonable belief. danny, what about michael avenatti who is representing two of the alleged victims? he says look, he has video tapes. could that undermine any signed documents that r. kelly has? and that will go against the defense of reasonable belief as to the defendant s age. this is ultimately a jury determination after they get the instruction, and reasonable belief has a definition, but it s essentially did he reasonably and then believe? the jury will have to weigh these at trial to decide whether or not the prosecution has met its burden. did the prosecution disprove that r. kelly reasonably believed these victims were over 17? if there s video of him discussing it, well, then, that would blow up any kind of documentary evidence or signatures or fake i.d.s or real i.d.s trying to argue for his reasonable belief as to their