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2-1. the african-american sergeant was in while this was going on. the idea was to bring him down and there have been a qua million arrests made last year. this is one that went bad. if brown had not been resisting -- the reason they are holding him down on the ground, you have to subdue someone to get their hand behind their back. martha: the whole physical part take about a minute of that struggle. i'm also would be very curious to see the grand jury testimony. there is a number of reasons we are given by the medical examiner that could have contributed to the death. it's possible to see the...

Person? >> that's fair. his preexisting obesity and heart condition would have made him more at a risk from dying of asphyxia but he wouldn't have died of asphyxia hadn't been placed on him. >> does it take a lot to do a chokehold on someone to asphyxiate someone? could i have done it? i'm 5'3", do i have another pawf to do that or does it take a lot of force. >> it takes a lot of force. because it's force on the neck itself that precludes the blood vessels going to the brain as well as the wind pipe. there is also pressure on the chest. that takes a lot of force to press the chest so that the...

A risk -- resisting arrest, but then it became illegal, so this move is not supposed to be used by police officers. right? >> okay. there was a whole definition of this was a choke hold because there is a different maneuver that the police department is allowed to -- police officers are allowed to use. i believe it's called the seat belt because it mimics the way a seat belt comes across your chest, so it's not putting pressure exactly on the wind pipe, but close to the side of somebody's neck to just try to disable them enough to get them to the floor so they can be cuffed. there's a very sma...

Investigation. there will most likely be a $75 million civil lawsuit filed against the officer and the police department by the family and there could be an administrative disciplinary process that will take place by the nypd. the officer has been suspended but at this point, he will not face criminal charges in this case. shepherd? >> rick outside the courthouse in staten island, thanks. we'll get back to him and the rest of ur correspondents as news warrants. this from the new york city handbook. quoting more than 20 years the nypd patrol guide has pro about hibited the use of choke holds re...

York city today, and we've got the tree lighting ceremony. >> two things. first of all, just watching the video once again, remember i just explained about the seat belt. if you look at the police officer's arm, initially for a second it goes around his wind pipe. then his other hand wraps around, and it's really around his neck, and just like a seat belt would be on the front of your body to bring someone to the ground. again, i wasn't in the grand jury, but my guess is that that was the police officer's argument was, yes, i was not trying to do a choke hold. he is a much taller man. initiall...