state perspective here in california, that feels like federal government, the federal government control over a lot of these scrair various local jurisdiction. steve: then the irs seem to wage a war on small business as well. we talked about how the new irs agents would not affect anyone makings less than $400 thousand, that is not the case with the restaurant industry, there is a sum of irs agents that have been allocated to retro actively go after server s tips, people who don t make more than 75 to 100 thousand a year. if they under report their tips, the irs agencies will audit them and specific about how much they claimed. it is the businesses that pay the penalties they get
i put this question to two of our legal experts who are here with us today. both were veteran prosecutors who have seen this both from a federal and a state perspective. can either of you walk through us walk us nonlawyers through this part of these charges you want me to take a crack you go ahead. okay, the first thing to note is that the statute in new york that says you can bump this up to a felony requires that you have an intent to commit some other crime. you don t actually have to commit that crime. so that s why you wouldn t necessarily need to charge it and that s something alvin bragg said also if one of the crimes you re thinking could be used and then that s not something you could charge in state court anyway this goes to the question in the last segment where he said isn t
straurner, i appreciate your time. thank you. perspective from two criminal defense attorneys, and joey jackson. joey, how long do you expect an investigation to take? the u.s. attorney for the western district, i think it was, of tennessee, said that the federal civil rights investigation will be methodical, in his word, and also thorough. it will take as long as necessary in order to get to the facts. remember there s two things that are happening. the first thing is that the state certainly has an obligation and a responsibility for those that live there to provide facts, to evaluate had the facts are, to make a determination as to whether or not there s a case here. when you look from a state perspective, you see different charges the state can put forward in terms of murder, manslaughter, whatever else they determine. was he detained unlawfully? was aid rendered appropriately? did anybody fail to act or intervene? and you have a federal investigation. why is that significant
bad news does not improve with age. the quicker you get it out there, deal with consequences, the better. you speak with authority on this, former police chief here in washington, d.c., as well as a police commissioner in philadelphia. joey, the police officers have been fired. we re learned one of them was a defendant in a lawsuit over alleged inmate beatings. what impact might that have on this investigation? i think it will be significant. it may give you some insight into who the officer was. does it represent who he how he comports himself and goes about his business with regard to the trial itself, if there is one as it relates to prosecution, defense lawyers will move to preclude that. these officers have a lot of explaining to do. from a state perspective i would expect there would be charges predicated upon what we re
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