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Secrecy of that grand injury process. and they were hopeful that all of that evidence, the same way it was released in the ferguson case would be released in the garner case. instead what they got today was this minimal trickle of information that really shared none of the relevant witness testimony, particularly from those police officers that they wanted to hear. >> the people there, mainly african-american? are they a diverse crowd? can you tell? >> it's a very diverse crowd. and it also represents a lot of people, to be honest, protesting quite a number of different things. obviously what ...

We don't know what the grand jury saw that we didn't see in that video, why they didn't charge him with at least voluntary manslaughter, at minimum negligent homicide. the feds have to come in. when african-americans were victims of violence, often state prosecutors wouldn't bring the case. the feds have to step in then. it's a high hurdle, not impossible. >> what would be the charge. you say homicide. that carries a lot of possibilities. what would you say? recklessness? strangling? >> if we're looking at new york law, voluntary manslaughter. i think the cop just lost it. when you kill in the...

The street. i don't get why there's no homicide case. we don't know what the grand jury saw that we didn't see in that video, why they didn't charge him with at least voluntary manslaughter, at minimum negligent homicide. the feds have to come in. when african-americans were victims of violence, often state prosecutors wouldn't bring the case. the feds have to step in then. it's a high hurdle, not impossible. >> what would be the charge. you say homicide. that carries a lot of possibilities. what would you say? recklessness? strangling? >> if we're looking at new york law, voluntary manslaught...

>> they are trying right now. there are some cars that are on the street but they haven't been able to fully shut down the bridge quite yet. >> thank you, amanda sakuma. i'm joined by professor paul butler. a former federal prosecutor himself. philip holloway and also former prosecutor and former police officer, both of those titles went to him. and a criminal defense attorney. my main focus with mr. butler, professor butler is a criminal case in criminal court. when you look at the pictures, i want to show some what happened with the victim, eric garner just laid there for minutes and minutes...