that it was a killing, not just a death, is one of the handful of elements you need to proceed to trial. where the officer will get his day in court and you have a much higher standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. which we all know. what is frankly shocking about the news today, i cover this stuff and try to be fair in the law because there s always two sides or more. but the question here is not, was this murder, the question is very narrow, was there enough evidence that this homicide might constitutes a crime that could go to trial. right. and it is hard to look at the video of an unarmed man, an apparent choke hold being admin is itered, which is banned under nypd rules and then look at that achb and say that s a homicide. let s go on and give this person