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Walter shoot. he was shot and killed a week ago. this is new detail as the passenger that was captured on dash cam sitting next to scott before scott ran. this is the new video of the passenger speaking with the officer -- another officer. they have met with the person and he has been released without the charges and little was unknown about the identity of the person. let's bring in cnn that's there with the latest. let's start about the funeral that we know today. >> reporter: good morning victor. it's been a difficult week in south carolina community. particularly for the family of walter s...

Tussle. what was said that so frightened mr. scott that he ran knowing the cop was armed and pulled out a trayser. >> that's what i'm saying. >> let's assume mr. scott was afraid of being arrested. did he really think -- because the officer had asked for his driver's license so he had his driver's license. >> yes. >> he knows who mr. scott is. >> right. >> he probably knows where mr. scott lives by now or could easily find out yet mr. scott ran. >> yes, he did. >> and continued running. >> i can't psycho analyze scott. >> i can't either. >> except to say you can blame aggressive policing for p...

It shows the initial encounter between slager and scott during a traffic stop and then slager goes back to his patrol car and walter scott takes off running. >> there's a gap you see here and cell phone video we've seen that shows officer slager shooting scott five times. there would likely be no gap had the officer been wearing a body camera. one of the first things the mayor of north charleston did was order more of those body cameras. thousands of police officers require their officers to wear them but not everyone agrees this is the right move. joining us now, boston police detective, pres...

>> joining me criminal defense attorney john burress who handled several high profile cases and david mack who was a speaker in culture sensitivity classes mandated for all police officers in that area. thank you for joining us. john, let me start with you. we heard gabe say we do not know why mr. scott ran from the car. is that relevant to the investigation at this point? >> it may be relevant initially, just in terms of the officer's conduct, but once there was a fight, a struggle of some kind and he ran from the officer from there, that issue becomes whether or not that impacts the officer'...

Is it surprising to you that we haven't heard or public hasn't heard about this passenger? do you think it's a critical piece of this story that the public should know about? >> i think it is important. what he said to the police is to what he knew about why mr. scott ran from the car is going to be important. i think we're all going to find out pretty soon. his identity will be revealed. and as the investigation moves forward, the district attorney is going to release some of that or it will come out in court. the d.a. has to protect the integrity of their case. they won't release everything ...