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>> step out of the car. >> you do not have the right to do that. >> i do have the right. so step out and i will remove you. >> why did the officer asked her to put out her cigarette? >> i have no idea. i know that being a former patrol deputy myself and making hundreds of car stops it makes me reflect on my tile during the police academy and in the police academy you go through situational training where you have these type of high tense scenarios where the individuals are police officers themselves and then you have your training instructors basically scrutinizing how you adjust to these scen...

It shouldn't deal with race or sexual orientation or anything other than the situation itself. i agree with the other panelists, because here's the key thing. right now is an opportunity to look at the officer and see how many times he had utilized that discretion and who he utilized that discretion on. because it can clearly show there's a problem. he often pulls over black males and because of that and has never pulled over a white male because of the same issue. so here's an opportunity to take a look at that and i'm sure that will be part of the investigation looking into why he did this a...

Never pulled over a white male because of the same issue. so here's an opportunity to take a look at that, and i'm sure that will be part of the investigation looking into why he did this, and if this is a continuous process that he does. >> this is a great point that i think the chief is making. every police officer knows the traffic code is his or her best friend. there's no car that can't be stopped. no driver that doesn't violate some small rule of the traffic code every three blocks. and so because of that, officers have an almost unlimited discretion to stop anybody. and the question is,...

Some small rule of the traffic code every three blocks. and so because of that officers have an almost unlimited discretion to stop anybody. and the question is, we know they're not going to stop everybody. but the question is how will they exercise that discretion? when you see somebody pulled over for dwi, for reckless driving, for being 25 miles over the limit, that is something that any police officer viewing that will do. but broken taillights that involves a choice and one of the things we're going to want to know from the officer's record is what is the pattern of choices he makes? >> h...

They're a nuisance and vehicle or traffic code and no one deserves to die. >> megyn: look at this, julia, look at this, these guys say, they were rammed down by this police cruiser in the middle of the street and basically got the tadeath penalty for being punks. >> i totally disagree with that. where are the screeching tires, that slowed down when the second jumped on the back of it and the cop was in mid motion. for all we know he was screeching on the brakes trying to stop. we don't have that from the video and we don't know why he was chasing him. live by the sword and die by the sword. th...