the two officers body camera videos. we have slowed down officer lindenschmidt s video so you can see officer tensing getting up from the ground. officer kidd s body cam does not show officer tensing getting up from the ground but you hear officer kidd corroborate officer tensing s story. dragging me. yeah, i saw that. thought i was going to get run over. are you good? i m good. got my hand and arm caught. yeah, i saw that. joining us, christopher cooper former washington, d.c. police officer and expert in police conflict resolution and attorney. back with us msnbc joy reid. we heard that big cheer go up in the courtroom today when the bail was announced that $1 million being so high. again, this seems like one of the emotional reactions to more
that is officer ray tensing, the university of cincinnati police officer who shot and killed sam dubose during a traffic stop. the family of sam dubose sat in the courtroom this morning as officer tensing pleaded not guilty of murder. and the judge set his bail. the defendant is facing the possibility of life in prison. it s the court s duty to ensure his appearance. the bond will be 1 million any way. ladies and gentlemen, this is a courtroom. you will conduct yourselves at all times appropriately. today, the prosecutor s office confirmed it is investigating two of the other officers who were on the scene that day. officers phillip kidd and david lindenschmidt. the university placed both on administrative leave today and will conduct an investigation in to what happened. the prosecutor s office released
attorney. back with us msnbc joy reid. we heard that big cheer go up in the courtroom today when the bail was announced that $1 million being so high. again, this seems like one of the emotional reactions to more than just this case to having seen other officers in situations like this being treated much more lightly. so moments like that seem to carry much more surprise. yeah. absolutely. i think first of all it is so rare. it is factually so rare for a police officer to be charged, let alone convicted and that hasn t happened yet for the the killing of a civilian. it is incredibly exceptionally rare. most of time what you have is even prosecutors, as you saw in ferguson, seem to take thise side of the officer at face value even when there are witnesses who are countering the officer s claim. i think there is a sense that
how vigorously the prosecution argues it. you only need to remember the rodney king case to remember that video that seems damming to the public to a reasonable person watching it does not always, and does not often result in the conviction of police officers. it depends on what the jury believes about the a officer s state of mind. this is a story that is just beginning. we have seen time and time again going back decades that it is very difficult to convict police officers in the killing of civilians, very difficult. and depending on the jury you pick, sometimes it is impossible. the rodney king case was all about jury selection since they were acquitted on the state charges. a federal jury convicted them and they fwot prison time with a different composition of jury. christopher cooper, joy reid thank you both for joining us tonight. coming up the latest on the investigation of the debris found in the indian ocean.
there was in fact a threat to himself and there was in fact a threat to others. officer tensing will likely argue that mr. dubose could have not only harmed him, as well as over officers other people with an automobile. joy reid the officer tensing has been able to make his bail today. that s normally figure is usually 10% of what the announced bail is. that s correct. so joy, he will be released as a result of being able to do that. this issue of state of mind is also there s also the question the jury is basically going to be put through the body cameras in to the officer s position and they will have to ask themselves was that a reasonable response given what that officer was experiencing at the window of that car? yeah. this is where it comes it comes down to jury selection and