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>> you could speak. >> so what are they suggesting? i can only breathe 10%? >> frankly, i think if you have somebody in that situation and he says i can't breathe, police should be rendering first aid, cpr, and calling ems for a quick response. >> now mark claxton, i also see the report saying that he disengaged as quickly as he can. what we see on the video, they are sitting on top of him, pressing him down to the ground. you were a police officer for many years here in new york. is that an immediate disengagement? >> absolutely not. as a matter of fact, reverend sharpton, much of what is com...

Here. in an incident from february 2012, he was accused of making a false arrest and incarceration. the case remains open. in march gent 2012, he was accuf an illegal strip search. the nypd settled the suit for $30,000. you're an officer and have been on the streets. this guy has had some accusations before. now he comes, despite the medical examiner and says it wasn't a chokehold. he's allowed to go in the grand jury. no adversarial opposition there. how are you as one who has been on the streets as a police in new york, assess this. this guy, on tape, taking down, five guys around, and kept ...

Compresses the jugular and corotted arteries which prevents blood from rushing to the brain and a combination of the two. then you have other kinds of holds which are meant to take somebody home. a wrestling hold. jiujit jiujitsu. they use different holds around the neck. essentially if you stop somebody from breathing or you stop blood from flowing to the brain, that person is going to become unconscious in seconds. and his life is in danger. if they use -- >> and it's a chokehold? >> if they use a chokehold at the level of the larnyx, you can break the hyoid bone. you can just crush the larn...

>> what we saw there was a genuine expression of concern and involvement. >> he even added, i ain't mad at you. mark claxton, former nypd detective and nick gillespie is editor-in-chief of reason.com. thank you for being here. mark, i want to start with you, because one of the things we've seen in this hubbub over this gesture of hands up by five st. louis rams and the aggressive statement by roorda, i want to read a bit of it. we see a disconnect over what the first amendment means. he writes, i know that there are those that will say that these players are simply exsizing their first amendme...

National action network, representing the naacp. the idea is to show that this is a problem across the board. as you saw this morning's "the new york times," gay and lesbian groups coming out with us. we want to force the agenda to deal with it, front and center. once we do that, have you people like opportunities that have come forth with the policy steps we need. a lot of people talk about the civil rights movement, they don't understand. dr. king and others dramatized an issue that the defense funding and others legislated, so our role is it's just wen too quiet. we need to make enough dram...