decedents and the major issue one of legal justification that pursuant to law officer brelo as well as the other 12 officers who were legally justified in using the deadly force they used. joining me to talk about this is cnn law enforcement analyst and former assistant director of the fbi, tom fuentes. this is the question i think so many people have tom, after officer brelo had shot dozens of times at this car, he then gets on the hood of the car and shoots into the windshield. why? well the testimony was given, brianna, that car had not stopped moving and attempted to strike police officers so the car itself became a weapon. if you shoot, you re taught, you know in firearms that because of the safety shatter proof glass on windshields if you shoot at an angle a bullet will ricochet sideways or up in the air so you have to fire at a 90-degree angle. the only way is at a higher
so let s review what brought us to this point briefly. a car backfires. police believe it s gunfire. there s a high speed chase that lasts for 22 miles. 62 police cars involved 137 rounds shot including 49 rounds by officer brelo. the couple in the car shot at or shot at least 20 times each and it turns out there s no gun in the car. and no one will face any consequences. joining me to talk about this cnn law enforcement analyst harry houck and hln legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson. good morning. nice to see you here. so i ll start with you, joey. at least seven police officers who were involved in this incident invoked their fifth amendment rights. they refused to testify. there were no civilian witnesses. just dozens of police officers who were there on the scene. the cleveland prosecutors blamed the police union for their lack of testimony, and likened these police officers silence to the actions of quote, an organized crime syndicate. ouch. that s ha
that cop, brelo, jumps on top of the car and begins firing 15 rounds. how is that self defense? well it is self defense because this officer was under the belief that the gunshots were coming from the vehicle. he had good reason to believe that. these two folks engaged the police in a very long and dangerous police chase sometimes at over a hundred miles per hour. and then he hears constant gunfire gunfiregun fp firing. this turned out not to be as what he thought it was but it doesn t mean he perceived it correctly at the time. that is what the trial is about. aaron, every other cop among the 13 perceived the true situation to the extent the couple were not firing from the car at the moment. they stopped firing except for brelo.
the french open under way at roland gar ross. roger federer a win today in the first round but furious because of security or should i say lack of security on the court a fan actually ran onto the court and tried to take a picture with fedor. federer said i m not happy about it, but nothing happened. i m relieved but clearly, it wasn t a nice situation to be in. and the indy 500 has just finished and the winner a juan pablo montoya. he grabbed the lead with just four laps to go and held on to win. montoya came all the way back from 30th place to win. this is his second indy 500 win. all right, nine of the cleveland cops involved in the shooting of two unarmed steps in their car back in 2012 are now suing the police department. they claim they were discriminated against with longer-than-normal leaves because they are not african-american. michael brelo not guilty verdict was put has put a new twist on the lawsuit because brelo was
CNN New Day Sunday May 24, 2015 12:12:15 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.