tough job. and you re out on the street and a lot of people are obnoxious to you too. but we expect police officers to do their jobs appropriately. and it s just very difficult about this, i don t know whether it s a nanny state on the cigarettes. but with things like robbery, those things bother me a whole lot. greta, my point is, if we didn t have this law that arrests people for loosies, this man would be alive, the police wouldn t have been in that situation. probably a lot of police officers look the other way on a lot of silly crimes. they see a lot of stupid stuff and they just stop it, and they use their judgment. why are we going to clog the system up with ten people selling cigarettes illegally, and underaged drinking.
police in some cases can deter or prevent a crime from happening. here we had some one, low level crime, vocal command were such. he was untd arrest. at that point. turn around. put his hand behind his back. he didn t do that. by not complying he is automatically resisting. i didn t see resisting. that s absurd. i was a prosecutor in brooklyn. and i love cops. i worked with cops all the time. ditto. this is a disgrace. this is a disgrace is what happened here. cops are supposed to have judgment. and tom, for you to say, well if you are going to arrest somebody for cocaine, arrest some body for loosies, all the same thing. no it is not. no it is not. are you familiar yes. esteemed panel. sure you are aware of this. taking care of low level crimes, quality of life issues around the city will prevent or not cause the larger crimes to occur or some times people who are committing lower crimes have committed the larger crimes when they get out of prison and come back. the
does it make a big deal about the full story? do grand jurors look at the whole context, and they see that this guy tried to rip off cigars or cigarettes or whatever he was doing, and then he resisted arrest and they see that in the video. do they look at the full context of the story? this guy, my understanding, was selling what we called loosies, which means it s all about money, gretchen. the reason why he has been getting arrested is because he is not paying the taxes that go to the government so that s why he is being arrested. looking at the whole story, yes, they re going to look at the fact that, number one, i m sure they heard that this was not his first brush with the law. he knows how police procedures happen. that s number one. number two, there was some conversation. it s not like they just rushed up on him. i don t believe there s already to the degree where you could hear put your hands behind your back. look, we got to lock you up and take you in. he knows what s go
and you re out on the street and a lot of people are obnoxious to you too. but we expect police officers to do their jobs appropriately. and it s just very difficult about this, i don t know whether it s a nanny state on the cigarettes. but with things like robbery, those things bother me a whole lot. greta, my point is, if we didn t have this law that arrests people for loosies, this man would be alive, the police wouldn t have been in that situation. probably a lot of police officers look the other way on a lot of silly crimes. they see a lot of stupid stuff and they just stop it, and they use their judgment. why are we going to clog the system up with ten people selling cigarettes illegally, and underaged drinking.
than a criminal trial facing the decision of a verdict. explain the standard for me. in new york state and in missouri, is there probable cause for this was there probable cause that a defendant committed a crime. no was the answer in both states. in the case went to trial, the higher standard to meet is proof beyond a reasonable doubt. what s your reaction to the decision? again, i think it s surprising. this was an encounter about a very minor crime. eric garner was selling so-called loosies. single cigarettes. individual cigarettes. not pot. actual cigarettes. they re not taxed. and the store owners in the area