They put the video on. People was on their phones. People were having conversations. Really . It was a regular day to them. Like it was no bigtime case to them. Its a startling claim. Playing on their cell phones otto also claims the prosecutor asked more questions about erirk garners conduct than the officers. He said grand jurors already had their minds made up and that after just ten minutes, prosecutors stopped his testimony and sent him home. We called the das office about these allegations and they declined to comment. All of this raising troubling new questions about how this grand jury operated and whether broader changes are needed nationwide. Today in cities across the country, yet more demonstrations over the eric garner case. But its not the only one. In phoenix, protesters hit the streets after police shot and killed an unarmed black man earlier this week. In ohio today, the family of 12yearold tamir rice followed a wrongful death against two officers. And in brooklyn we l
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overwhelming. both men were put in police chokeholds. both died from compression to the neck and chest and suffered from asthma. and both deaths were ruled homicides. in the baez case, the officer was indicted and went to trial, but here s how that first trial ended up in 1996. in a tense courtroom, officer francis showed no emotion as the judge reluctantly cleared the veteran new york city policeman of homicide. i do not find that the defendant is innocent. i do find, based on the quality of the evidence presented that the people have failed to establish the defendant s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. the defendant is found not guilty. there was big protests. charges that officers lied under
they ll be reviewing that and determining what additional investigation has to be done in order to support federal charges and when they re prepared to do so, they ll submit a case to the grand jury. now, in the case of abner la weema and baez, it was excessive force that was established, is that correct? correct. now, do you need race involved to establish excessive force? because i think that s a misconception a lot of people have. that is a misconception. race is not necessarily an issue when it comes to police officers acting on what s called under color of official right. that is, that they are acting in their police capacity. now, when the baez case when to federal court, prosecutors weren t trying to prove murder either. instead they told jurors, quote, the charge is that francis
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