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The first time and learning something important from it. joining us now, mark claxton, director of the black law enforcement alliance and former new york city police officer. mark, what do you think is the most significant part of that video? >> i think the most significant part is right at the point where mr. lambert is attempting to enter the hospital, right at the doors of the hospital, if you will, while he is handcuffed, slamming into the doors of assistance, if you will, and subsequently being tased. i think that's very telling, that one scene of this very troubling den disturbing video ...

You're talking about a fleeing individual, not an individual who's actively engaged in some kind of physical combat with the police officers. that is relevant especially nowadays because it seems there's a dramatic increase in the use of tasers. but what's also disturbing is that you have a collective, a group of individual police officers, all these professionals out of all of them, not one said okay, that's enough. let's stop that. and i think that's missing in today's law enforcement. there needs to be -- anyone can get caught up in in the emotions of a situation, but there ought to be one ...

It. friends of mine, especially black friends, have been telling me that they've seen enough of this video, that it is just simply too disturbing, too awful to watch. one reason why we show videos like this repeatedly is that not everyone watches television at the same time. and so each time we show it, many people are seeing it for the first time and learning something important from it. joining us now, mark claxton, director of the black law enforcement alliance and former new york city police officer. mark, what do you think is the most significant part of that video? >> i think the most si...

Against isis is the image of this isis fighter, knife in hand, having just executed an born in kuwait, moved to west london when he was 6 years old. new york city police officer. mark, what do you think is the most significant part of that video? to remove all undocumented people in the united states, all 11 million or 12 million of

That and feel that vulnerability. >> it's difficult to watch for many. as we are showing earlier for context. we had a guest yesterday talking about this, mark, from an organization that trains school officers across the country. i want you to listen to what she said and i want to get your reaction. >> on average, 1% of officer recruit time in the academy is spent on training officers how to deal with juveniles. and about 90% of that time, in other words, less than six hours, is spent on juvenile law, not on how to communicate effectively with youth or how to de-escalate situations or avoid us...