a man identified as a marine veteran tackled him to the ground and put him in a choke hold. the marine reportedly held him like that for several minutes. dana: kneely was later pronounced dead. the man seen tackling him was taken into custody and released and not charged yet. that is igniting outrage on the left. protestors taking to the streets. look at your screen there calling for the marine to face murder charges. some democrats are echoing that sentiment and pressuring the d.a. alvin bragg to prosecute him dana: kneely was 30 years old. homeless. made a living as a subway performer and michael jackson impersonator. he had a history of mental illness and arrested dozens of times and told police he was schizophrenic. the city failed him. dana: this case is reigniting the debate on law enforcement. many arguing his death could have been prevented if police had been allowed to do their jobs. this horrible tragedy was completely avoidable but it has come about bec
shortly after this i m using the word bounty was put on his head, the authorities visited his family in hong kong. it was clearly intimidatory. according to samuel bickett, a respected us based fellow at georgetown s center for asian law, clearly, the hong kong authorities are sending a message to activists and potential activists abroad that if you stand up to the hong kong government, they are going to go after your family. you approve of that? well, that s not true. because it s important to note that, according to the hong kong legal system, which is the common law system, no one is going to be held accountable for criminal offences that another person has committed, even if that person committing the offence is a family member or a friend. so they re only going to be prosecuted if they have committed an offence or have aided and abetted an offence themselves. so this practice is a common law practice and that is exactly the same as any other
actually are very relaxed. i think the way they think about it is sort of 01. if nothing happens everybody is happy. if it s one it s their home and they have to defend it. dana: your father has been in jail for how long now, 2 1/2 years? yes. dana: do you have any indication how he is doing? because of how broadly the national security laws, i actually haven t been able to get back to hong kong since the end of 2020 so i haven t seen him since. dana: do you imagine he will ever be able to get out? i mean, i am very hopeful that i will see him again but it would definitely not be through the hong kong legal system. there is no indication he is getting anything close to a fair trial. dana: is he getting any information? i want to play this for you.