feet. that s right. epa. supporters say it is going to protect officers. detractors warn that this will stack the deck against the public, getting rid of battle that has been a check on police misconduct. the fact, is video taken by bystanders has been a critical element in multiple cases. probably wouldn t be in the public consciousness if not for bystander taking their phone out and recording. garner pleaded with the officer that he could not breathe. freddy gray died in custody. bystander video shows police putting gray, who is handcuffed, into a police van headfirst. he died from injuries sustained while riding inside that van. castile s girlfriend recorded the traffic stop where he was fatally shot by an officer. cell phone video of an officer dealing with george floyd s death let the officer s murder conviction. a lot to discuss. legal analyst joey jackson, criminal defense attorney.
and eventually, within minutes after that, i saw for the first time what is now known as the bystander video. darnella frazier changed the police chief s mind about what happened on that street and the next day derek chauvin was fired. when darnella frazier testified during the trial, she testified she wished she did more. when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad, i look at my brothers, i look at my cousins, my uncles, because they are all black. i have a black father. i have a black brother. i have black friends. and i look at that and i look at how that could have been one of them. it s been nights i stayed up apologizing and and apologizing to george floyd for
and eventually within minutes after that, i saw for the first time what is now known as the bystander video. darnella frazier changed the police chief s mind about what happened on that street, and the next day derek chauvin was fired. when darnella frazier testified in the trial, she said she wished she did more. when i look at george floyd, i look at i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles because they are all black. i have a black father. i have a black brother. i have black friends. and i look at that, and i look at how that could have been one of them. it s the nights.
amounted to a violation of george floyd s civil rights. we have a quote here from those opening statements, where the prosecutor said, these three cpr-trained officers stood as chauvin killed the man, slowly, in front of their eyes. they chose not to save mr. floyd. she went on to say, they watched as mr. floyd died a slow and agonizing death. for the defense, you heard some of their strategy. they re pointing the finger at george floyd. they re saying that his resistance, his drug use, made his death more likely. that there was much more than that body camera video and much more than that witness and that bystander video to the story. for the attorney of officer king, they re focusing on the training, saying that officer king was at a disadvantage, because of the failed training and the poor training in the words of that attorney, of the minneapolis police department. and then lane s attorney called him a gentle giant. you really got the sense that he was trying to personalize his cli
knew it wasn t the same video that i saw. eventually within minutes after that, i saw for the first time what is now known as the bystander video. changed the police chief s mind when she testified in the trial she said that she wished she did more. when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad. my brothers, cousins, uncles. i have a black father, black brother and black friends. i look at that. i look at how it could have been one of them.