CNN Erin Burnett OutFront September 4, 2015 23:49:00
The issue of the knife being in his hand or not is still an issue. but whether the knife is in his hand or not, there's an issue as to whether or not his aggression had stopped. that's the issue. did his aggression stop whereby officers should not have used that lethal force? >> that's the big question. clearly in that first video, he has his hands up and the officer shoots. playing on the other side of this what the officers would say is state of mind. we had reason to believe he was a threat based on how he lunged at them with this knife, the butt of the knife and hit one of the officers wit...