eight times that of new york. not a single albuquerque officer has been charged or convicted. not one. district attorney brandenburg cleared the two officers who killed christopher torres. just as she has cleared every police shooting in the city during her last 13 years in office. her explanation, in a news conference, she can only believe what the police tell her. do i understand this right, nobody from this department actually went out and talked to these two officers? you relied on the statements these officers wrote up after the incident? we have to really lly on pol reports. we re not an investigative agency. gordon eden is albuquerque s new police chief. his job is to change the culture here. that came into question just days after he joined the force and sided with the officers in the james boyd shooting. i spoke prematurely.
susan candiotti reporting for us. a mentally disturbed man shot dead in the back. james boyd s death was ruled a homicide and his shooting was captured on videotape, but no one has been charged. he was shot by police officers in albuquerque. it s not the first time that something like this has happened. we re going to have the details and why the justice department is now getting in and taking a closer look. [male vo] inside this bag is 150 years of swedish experience in perfecting the rich, never bitter taste of gevalia. we do it all for this very experience. [woman] that s good. i know right? gevalia. but we re not in the business of spokespenaming names.kswagen passat is heads above the competition, the fact is, it comes standard with an engine that s been called the benchmark of its class. really, guys, i thought. it also has more rear legroom than other midsize sedans. and the volkswagen passat has a lower starting price than.
i want to begin this segment with a bit a warning for you. we re about to show you a report in which a man was shot and he will die. this is not something we do lightly here at cnn but we feel this is important to show you the symptoms of what some people are saying is a police force in this country that s trigger happy and it s out control and needs to be fixed. in albuquerque, new mexico. reporter: what you re about to see is horrific. mentally disturbed homeless man illegally camping in the hills will fall victim to police bullets. the justification for this shooting, according to police, those two small camping knives in his hands. after hours of negotiations and surrounded by hemal lheavily ar
and i shouldn t have. there has not been a single prosecution of a police officer. from what i understand, there is not any discipline. i can t speak at all to what has happened in the past. but i can assure you that through the changes that we ve made in our internal affairs process, we re holding people to a higher degree of accountability. the truth is, chief eden and the albuquerque police have no choice. the final terms of a consent degree will place the police department under federal supervision. drew griffin, cnn, albuquerque. a brutal robbery caught on tape. take a look at your screen. a man approaching a pregnant