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The city had already filed a civil rights suit against him, settled a civil rights suit against him for $30,000 for what appeared to be a pretty humiliating moment in which he had strip searched two gentlemen, sfripg them down to their underwear in the street? >> right. that kind of conduct suggests fairly outrageous conduct by an officer. you don't do that. that's clearly against the law. it's not unusual for officers to have complaints and to have nothing happen to them. i can't tell you how many cases i've had over the years where we've had officers caught on tape engaged in misconduct, off...

Right now. and it's the right position. >> so having spent 22 years in the nypd, what do you think the locker rooms and precinct houses around the city were yesterday when that came out? >> well, i think that it probably makes -- some guys may have looked at it as saying you know what, we didn't expect this. some may have thought they did. but i think we need toechl size that many of those officers are going to hit patrol, they're going to do their job and they're going to do it effectively, but those who aren't doing it effectively would need to ensure that it's corrected and have the trainin...

A growing movement. >> are they able to shut down the bridge? >> they are trying right now. there are some cars that are on the street but they haven't been able to fully shut down the bridge quite yet. >> thank you, amanda sakuma. i'm joined by professor paul butler. a former federal prosecutor himself. philip holloway and also former prosecutor and former police offic officer, both of those titles went to him. and a criminal defense attorney. my main focus with mr. butler, professor butler is a criminal case in criminal court. when you look at the pictures, i want to show some what happened ...

Chokehold. the video was shot by an onlooker and shows police officers monitoring garner as he appears to lay unconscious on the ground. let's watch. you can see two emts have arrived and several minutes later, he's taken away on a stretcher. >> and at one point one of the officers is heard saying, garner is still breathing. that's because somebody was saying, why aren't you giving the guy cpr. i want to bring in philip holloway now. i'm getting to a couple of points. a number of factors led to this guy's death. then just like -- not everything is just like.

Operates and how ineffective they've been in really high profile cases and have confidence in their ability. however, i will say it appears that commissioner bratton has really placed hymn and placed a high standards and it's likely, i agree, it's likely the police officer will be terminated. rudy giuliani when he was mayor fired a police officer even before a departmental trial. there was a conclusion between internal affairs reports. so there is precedent taking immediate action even today. >> talk about that, would there be a sufficient legal precedent for bratton to do that? >> he could if...