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This case is highly -- this is case is a problem because the statewide law, that is the spring- -- the switchblade law, is -- was not violated. that's what they charge these police officers with. they don't talk about the city code provision that the charging officers charge mr. gray with. so it's really a very inconsistent explanation by the state. state does not allege when they charge these officers the right thing. >> now, does the issue of whether or not -- how do they even know he had a knife when they first started chasing him if it was concealed? is that relevant? >> well, yes and no. ...

With incorrect arrests made on the belief someone had a switchblade or illegal knife. in those cases, the question is not ultimately whether or not the knife was legal or not. it's whether or not the facts available to that officer, whether or not he reasonably could have concluded based on his observations that knife violated the applicable switchblade law. >> they'll argue they saw the knife in his waist band and pursued him, but made the discovery, saw the knife, they called it a switchblade even though it turns out to be a lawful small knife. >> we say switchblade. some laws criminalize mo...