police on the ground. they told officers the man had picked up a toolbar and broken a window out of a home. body cam video shows the officers running up a dirt driveway with flashlights. when they stopped the suspect, there s five seconds between when they tell him to show his hands to the sound of gunshots. a warning, the video is graphic. show me your hands! [gunfire] shots fired. subject down. after the man is down, the officer still believes he is armed and continued to take cover near the side of the home. sacramento police say the officer saw the man extended his arms holding what appeared to be a gun. it turned out to be his cell phone. the helicopter video also capture the shooting with deputies notifying dispatch that shots have been fired. meantime, on the ground, the officers involved in the shooting decided at some point
police on the ground. they told officers the man had picked up a toolbar and broken a window out of a home. body cam video shows the officers running up a dirt driveway with flashlights. when they stopped the suspect, there s five seconds between when they tell him to show his hands to the sound of gunshots. a warning, the video is graphic. show me your hands! [gunfire] shots fired. subject down. after the man is down, the officer still believes he is armed and continued to take cover near the side of the home. sacramento police say the officer saw the man extended his arms holding what appeared to be a gun. it turned out to be his cell phone. the helicopter video also capture the shooting with deputies notifying dispatch that shots have been fired. meantime, on the ground, the officers involved in the shooting decided at some point
that came to life after he was picked up and the incident with the officer. this doesn t really matter because michael brown was picked up because he was acting suspiciously when the officer saw him. miguel, thanks. i appreciate it. let s talk more about this and what miguel is leading to. paul is here, a criminal defense attorney and joey jackson, cnn legal analyst, a criminal defense attorney. thank you for coming in. a few things here. you both take a look at the video. the film maker basically says this video shows the police intention was to make brown look bad in the narrative they put out and also the film maker says shows a suppression of evidence. is that what you see here, joe? i see a crisis of trust an confidence. to be clear, talk about the legal implications.
could reasonably use deadly force as a response. they reached these findings without ever speaking to the police officers involved. that s correct. they just looked at the video. they dissected the video, they dissected parts of the record. but what is really key is to understand what was the officer thinking when officer loehmann arrives on the scene, jumps a curve, and winds up within five to seven feet of tamir rice and shoots within two seconds i think it s rather relevant to think about what the officer was considering a the time that he pulled the trigger. what s fascinating is the reports get in to complete supposition on that point, saying that they just assume that the officer saw certain things, saw certain movements that are virtually undetectible on the video. and then that the officer makes decisions based on these movements that take place in less than a second, some of the
they just looked at the video. they dissected the video, they dissected parts of the record. but what is really key is to understand what was the officer thinking when officer loehmann arrives on the scene, jumps a curve, and winds up within five to seven feet of tamir rice and shoots within two seconds i think it s rather relevant to think about what the officer was considering a the time that he pulled the trigger. what s fascinating is the reports get in to complete supposition on that point, saying that they just assume that the officer saw certain things, saw certain movements that are virtually undetectible on the video. and then that the officer makes decisions based on these movements that take place in less than a second, some of the things they re talking about. that s right. the standard that applies the supreme court decided in 1999 in a case called graham versus conner the standard to determine