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Telling the full truth or even half the truth just like in this case. we heard one story and then the truth ended up being something entirely different and alex, i will remind you that we just closed the show on trial because there was a videotape of what happened to george floyd. the official police accounting in the beginning was nothing like what the video evidence finally showed. unfortunately, police officers and departments too often lie and there is a lesson for the media in this to remember that we have a responsibility to give a full accounting of what happens in these situations and to not simply accept what the police have said as the official accounts. what s interesting, too. i noted and i don t want to speculate on what the reasoning is for it, but i did have a dispatcher. you can tell a dispatcher who is asking one of the officers is the body cam video activated. so whether it s a matter of course that they asked that or if there was meaning considering ....
Into custody, spine 80% severed according to the family s attorney, ultimately died in police custody. that s very concerning. the video that we re looking at doesn t speak to that but it s the p.d. s attempt to say that they re going to show what they have and not release it later as part of some sort of case they re making. that s their argument. i guess i wonder if you think that this sort of in a way represents a change given the events after walter scott s death. the inordinate focus we ve had as to whether or not the police accounting of what happened is actually what happened. the benefit of the doubt that the public has thus far basically given the police. are we seeing an eroding of that sort of basic trust that the police gave the benefit of the doubt? is that dynamic changing? is that why the police feel like ....
Dan roy henry jr. d.j. was his name. he was a student athlete at pace university, who was shot and killed in october by a police officer outside of a bar. now, police say that d.j. was speeding away, and hit a police officer. that police officer was then on the hood of the car, firing into the vehicle, hit d.j., and d.j. was killed. but d.j. s parents dispute the police accounting of that incident. they say the son was simply following the officer s instructions, and that another police officer stepped in front of his vehicle. they wanted the police officer charged with murder. but yesterday, a grand jury decided not to indict, and the police officer who shot and killed d.j. did nothing criminally wrong. d.j. s parents were here with us last week in studio to talk about their hopes for their indictment. they re here with us once again this morning to talk about the reaction to there being no indictment. ....