again, you see mr. scott running away. you see the officer firing eight shots. mr. scott falls down. and the officer walks towards him. tom, i want to start with you. how do you interpret what you see here? well what i interpret, alisyn is that the officer did not have a reason to fear for his life. and whatever they were if they were let s say trying to grab hold of the taser when they were close to each other, and the taser fell to the ground and we don t know that that s what it was for sure. but it would seem that the officer had little reason to fear for his own safety or for the safety of someone else in the community. if you have an armed person fleeing the scene of a crime, you know you might fear for other people. it seems in this case he probably had no reason to fear that mr. scott was a danger to anybody else. dot, what did you think when you first saw that video? i was very upset.
thank you very much for staying with us. you re watching cnn newsroom. the last half-hour of the day with us. i m errol barnett. i m rosemary church. it is time to check the headlines for you this hour. a white police officer in south carolina has been charged with murder in saturday s shooting death of an apparently unarmed black man. the charge comes after a bystander s video surfaced. it shows the officer firing at the suspect eight times as he was running away. the u.s. says it s expediting military aid and targeting intelligence for the saudi-led coalition fighting houthi rebels in yemen. three students were among several civilians killed tuesday. the school was hit pie air strikes meant for aer thatby rebel base. u.s. officials say russian hackers who broke into the white
i m rosemary church. i want to check the headlines for you this hour. a white police officer in south carolina has been charged with murder in saturday s shooting death of an apparently unarmed black man. the charge comes after a bystander s video surfaced that shows the officer firing at the suspect as he was running away. u.s. officials say hackers working for the russian government accessed sensitive information by breaking into the white house computer system. that includes nonpublic details of the president s schedule. the white house earlier said last year s breach only affected an unclassified system. the u.s. says it s expediting military aid and targeting intelligence for the saudi-led coalition fighting houthi rebels in yemen. three students were among several civilians killed in air strikes on tuesday. their school was hit from
multiple commands. there was stop, get down, just variations of that. reporter: consistent was that manning took out his baton, that hamilton was able to take it from him and was beating the officer when the fatal shots were fired. they came to the conclusion that based on all the facts, all the circumstances present to a reasonable officer and officer manny s position at the time the circumstance occurred, his use of force was privileged and was justified. reporter: chisholm says a major point of concern was that hamilton was shot 14 times. there is no standard that says an officer is required to stop and reassess after firing x-amount of rounds. the national standard is that if they fire to stop the threat. as long as the threat is still present, they are authorized to continue firing. reporter: and to demonstrate, chisholm released a video showing an officer firing 14 times with the same type of gun to show how quickly it happens.
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