university law professor and former federal prosecutor fred butler and former federal prosecutor david henderson. david, we ll start with you because the d.a. said that, you know, they didn t find enough evidence to prove that the officers violated colorado law in connection with mcclain owes death, but then the governor gave it to the a.g. and now we ve got charges. how did all of this unfold? jeff, i think this is simply a matter of perspective in terms of whether or not they are going to participate in equitable investigation. let s put it this way. the police have the right to approach you the same way a normal citizen would approach you. they can walk up to you and start asking questions the same way a normal citizen would. the problem is that when they operate beyond the law and get physical with you when they have no legal right to do so they typically are not held accountable. in order to stop him and detain him, they needed reasonable suspicion that he was involved in crimin
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