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suggest that there was any reason for mr. scott to be shot in his back. after all, this began as a traffic stop. the other thing i would say -- this is an important question. that is whether the officer exercised the best judgement in chasing mr. scott. after all, by chasing mr. scott, he allowed this car with another person to remain there unattended. what would have occurred if that person would have just slipped into the driver's seat and drove that car away? so i wonder -- i don't wonder. i question whether the appropriate and best police response was to chase mr. scott on foot or whether the response would have been to call for backup radio a description of mr. scott, indicate that he was in flight and see if he could get reinforcements to assist you with this situation. lots of questions. i think it's important discussion about police tactics.
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to the top, he then runs away from the vehicle. don lemon, let me get your analysis of what we just saw. >> well it's interesting that the night after the officer was charged, i asked the brother and the attorney for the family whose car was it. they told me that it was mr. scott's car. and so in the video with the officer, in this dash cam you hear him saying it's not my car yet, i'm buying the car, i'm in the process, my car is gone, i don't have any paperwork, whathave you. needless to say, he didn't have any of the paperwork but is that a reason to run? i don't think so. what this does it shows what happened before the first video we saw but it doesn't really tell the story of why he ran. i don't know why someone would run if they are in the process of buying a car unless the car is stolen who knows. according to the family the car is not stolen. he was in the process he says of buying the car. still, is that a reason to run? i don't know. definitely not a reason to lose your life because it doesn't
outside world, just is getting to the family. >> is he okay the brother? >> he is okay. he is okay. this is a very strong family a very strong family. >> well that's good to know. let's talk a little bit about this video, the dash cam video that has just been released. i assume you have seen it now, right? >> i have not been able to sit down and watch it as closely as i would like to for the first time. but i am aware of what's in the video. >> do you know why walter scott would, you know he get out of the vehicle and run away? the police officer says stay in the car and he started to run away. do you have any idea why he would do that? >> i go back to what i still originally think in that is with regard to the child support and a fear of maybe going back to prison after the stop.
i think that -- i doubt if this was the best thing to do or the appropriate thing to do which was to give a foot chase based on the information. >> let me have tom fuentes respond to that. >> i think it is acceptable. 100% of police officers if somebody runs away in that situation, are going to run after them. why is he running from that car? there have been situations where officers later learned yeah the car was stolen could be a body in the trunk, cohave just committed a bank robbery. the person just doesn't jump out of a car and run away at full speed without reason. a police officer is going to want to know that reason and verify that he's not a threat. >> hold on for a second. there you see him, i want to cue this up because at one point, walter scott opens the door after the police officer, michael slager goes back to his police vehicle. there you see he's opening the door. the police officer cries out get back in your car. he gets back in the car. the police officer's doing what he's doing in his vehicle. the police vehicle. then all of a sudden the door is going to open again and all of a sudden we will see walter
loved being a police officer. i can't imagine him doing something that -- it's just not like him. that's not his character. but i just have to -- i just -- i just have to let it be and hope god takes care of everybody involved involved. not only my family but the scott family. because i know they are grieving just like i'm graving. >> chris stewart, your reaction. >> i mean it's honesty. you know this situation isn't just the scott family. this is a tragedy for everybody involved. it's a tragedy for this officer. it's just sad. it's sad all around. whenever something like this happens, it's a ripple affect. of course the immediate family is upset and devastated.
right? >> oh definitely, yes, sir. >> tell us about that. >> essentially, we are going to bring suit against the city of north charleston police department against the officer and against every other agent and/or agency that contributes to or caused this incident to occur and cause the death of mr. scott. we anticipate filing a wrongful death action a surviveal action as well as a 1983 claim against the parties that are responsible. >> a 1983 claim, what does that mean? >> it's a -- for violation of his civil rights and liberties. >> chris stewart, you want to elaborate, anything else what you are planning on doing? >> you know this entire process, like i said you know when we found out about the charges being brought against the officer and the family was there and they hugged and there
>> you don't have insurance, you got to have insurance. >> i haven't bought it yet. i'm saying i'm about to do that monday. my car's down. [ inaudible ]. >> you don't have any paperwork in the glove box? no registration in there, no insurance? >> he has all that. >> but you're buying this car? >> yes, i am. >> did you already buy it? >> no i'm about to buy it. >> a minute ago you told me you bought it. >> [ inaudible ]. >> all right. be right back with you. >> all right. so there we heard some of the conversation. clearly walter scott saying he has no driver's license with him, no registration. he says he's purchasing this car, hasn't purchased it yet, but wants to buy it. all of a sudden the police officer goes back to his vehicle and then as you'll see momentarily, we cued it back up
police officers in our state have fired at suspects but only a handful have been accused of doing so illegally and none have been convicted. it's time for a change. >> reporter: officer michael slager has himself been the subject of a prior complaint over his use of a taser in 2013. he was exonerated but mario givens who filed the complaint, now plans to file a lawsuit. >> it hurts. my arm got messed up. i had a couple bruises. >> reporter: again, we expect the dash cam video from officer michael slager's vehicle to be -- to arrive here very shortly. the details on it we are told from south carolina law enforcement officials that it shows the entire traffic stop it shows walter scott exiting his vehicle and at some point it may show him running away at least briefly there. there was also a passenger in walter scott's car, according to police records. we have not yet heard his account. wolf? >> brian, stand by. as soon as you get that video, the dash cam video, we are going
from climbing fences to cars on the runway a disturbing new investigation reveals how many times people have made it past security and into sensitive areas of u.s. airports. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're following breaking news. a new witness account to that shocking police shooting in south carolina. a woman who saw the moments leading up to it now speaking out for the first time revealing what happened exclusively to cnn. and state authorities have just announced they are releasing dash cam video that recorded key moments of the confrontation between walter scott and former police officer michael slager. we are expecting it in "the situation room" any time now. we will show it to you as soon as we get it. stand by for that. we are covering all angles of the breaking news this angle with our correspondents and our guests including the president of the national urban league marc morial.