guy in the vehicle. now, what could have happened is if he chased him and this other guy was armed he could have came out behind the officer and killed the officer chasing the other guy. so what you ve got to do as an officer is let that guy go because you got a guy right there in your hands, pull him out of the car, call for backup say i got a guy on the run with his description. trent, to you, as a former police officer and an attorney looking at this right, the charges brought against officer slager are murder charges. what s your take on how the defense is going to go after this in terms of their strategy? are they going to make the defense that this is manslaughter at most because it happened in a moment of passion, in the heat of the moment? and i wonder if maybe you think he s been overcharged here that murder s going to be a tough one to prove here? no look first of all, let me interrupt you really quickly, poppy. i m not a former police officer. although i represented a nu