thank you. despite calls from the mayor and also from the city s borough presidents to hold off on the protests, there are social media reports of a gathering later tonight here in new york city. alisyn? alexandra field thank you for the background now to milwaukee where a white police officer will not be charged for gunning down a mentally ill black man. in just-released dash cam video, officers raced to the scene as you hear officer christopher manney radio in, he s panicked as he describes the confrontation that led to him shooting dontre hamilton more than a dozen times. manney has been fired, despite the fact that the d.a. ruled he was justified in his actions. in terms of self-defense. this as the feds open an investigation into this case. george howell joins us live from milwaukee with all of the latest. what do we know, george? alisyn, good morning, it is important to talk about timing. this decision basically playing out days after the two officers lost their lives in ne
and never talking about it and never talking about the police officers who save black lives which far outweigh police officers who abuse anyone and by the way, both cases you mention, great sympathy for their family but both those men were committing crimes. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani on cnn s new day. a district attorney in milwaukee, wisconsin, concluded that a former police officer was justified in the shooting death of a mentally ill man. our affiliate wisn has the dash cam video and frantic radio calls that likely played a role in the d.a. s decision not to charge that officer. christine paladino reports. reporter: that s the panic voice of christopher manney calling for backup after he shot dontre hamilton 14 times in the middle of red arrow park back in
april. the department of justice also released dash cam video of officers responding to manney s radio calls for help. he s going to need medical. black male. he s about 20. i need medical. reporter: manney approached him and asked him to stand up and then started patting him down. that s when hamilton grabbed n manney s baton and started hitting the officer with it. he exercised bad judgment that put him in a position where he had no alternative but to use deadly force. reporter: chief ed flynn says manney violated his training by patting down a mentally ill person. he fired him back in october. manney is still trying to get his job back. i would expect him to appeal his termination. i ll oppose his rehiring. i don t think he should be a police officer.
he says police officers blaming him for an anti-cop culture in the city are wrong. the city has deceived more than a dozen internet threats against police officers. in milwaukee, a white police officer will not be charged in the shooting death of a mentally ill black man, officer christopher manney was fired after allegedly shooting dontre hamilton 14 times. did you manney said he opened fire after dontre grabbed his baton and started hitting him with it the justice department has open an investigation. did he pi despite headlines about exploding air bags, the national highway safety transportation released a list showing 79 models are up for top safety designation, up from 39 last year. toyota has the most cars on the 2015 list. friends and fans remembering legendary british rock legend joe cocker.
extraordinarily bad judgment that day. that basically put him in a position where he had, had no alternative but to use deadly force. manney is the same officer seen in this bizarre cell phone video in 2012, manney seen throwing punches at a local activist dressed as a clown. police say the clown was darting in and out of traffic, going up to cars with a squirt gun and that he resisted arrest in an exclusive interview with cnn, the victim s mother said that he s an overzealous cop who got away with murder. no mother should murder their child to something this tragic. important to point out the video of the officer wrestling with the clown. the clown is well known in milwaukee. the family said they question the officer s judgment and how