the house on fire. listen to what the sheriff of hines county had to say. this individual had violence on his mind. and i will say i believe that he did not intend to leave here alive today. all right. so the manhunt is now in day five. and we do want to mention the jackson community is mourning the death of a local pastor, reverend anthony watts. it is believed that arrington shot and killed him when the pastor pulled over to help arrington, not knowing he was an escapee. that is so tragic. amara walker, thank you so much. meanwhile, the san francisco fire department commissioner who was allegedly beaten with a metal pipe by a homeless man is now being accused of initiating the altercation. the public defender says the former commissioner attacked the homeless man first with bear spray. cnn s veronica miracle has the story. first, a warning. some of the video is disturbing. reporter: a violent attack
with a impeachment rod caught on cam race, clearly was hitting his head. he was bleeding from his head. reporter: the victim, former san francisco fire commissioner don carmignani. the suspect, a homeless man. really? at what point do you fight back? donny could die. reporter: in neighborhood where some locals are fed up with the problem, it seemed like a clear-cut assault case until it arrived in court, and the public defender for the suspect, garrett doty released this video, saying it shows the ex-fire official walking up to doty, pulling out a can of bear spray, and spraying the man as he lay on the ground. that s when the man appears to get up and the pair began to shuffle. a short chase leads up to the beating. unless mr. carmignani is credible and believable, they don t have a prosecution. reporter: doty s public defender says it may not even end there. she also points to this video, entered into evidence by the district attorney she says showing the 2021 bear spraying
dowd and someone would go prison if they re convicted. a civil trial is a much lower burden, where it is a preponderance of the evidence. the way people describe it is like the scales of justice, you know they re 50/50, and you put a feather on the scale and it s like 50 point or one person gets you over the finish line a preponderance of the evidence, and in a civil case it s about monetary damages. friedman agnifilo, thank you so much for being with. as we really appreciated. thanks for having me. so the search continues for two or four inmates derek escape from a mississippi jail last week, and what happened to the other two. plus we re learning more about the former san francisco city official was allegedly attacked with a metal bar by a homeless man earlier this month. the public defender says her client was not the aggressor and attacked the former fire commissioner in self-defense. that the head, on three 60.
today s preliminary hearing, and without the testimony from the complaining witness prosecutors could not move forward with the case. now, despite surveillance video showing 24-year-old garrett dotey chasing him down the street and hitting him multiple times in the head with a metal pipe, the judge had no choice but to release the assailant on his own recognizance. prosecutors said the man was physically unable to come to court, on pain meds and suffering from a broken jaw. his failure to show follows interviews with local media and new video tape released by the public defender s office that claims to show evidence of dotey defending himself. dotey s lawyers say he sprayed her client with bear mace and may be similar with eight bear
did not get funding, we do not have funding to do it, and i know that the city district attorney s office, the public defender s office did not get money, our information technology lags. and the new discovery obligations have been met by new york state prosecutors and only 21% of cases statewide and local courts met them in just 16% of cases and local courts in new york city have met them and only 13% of cases. so you are talking about a lot of people getting away with a lot of crime. trace: in these big corporations, these legal firms just dropping a truckload of discovery and saying, good luck. get with it. great stuff, thank you. trace: first up into nights crime round up, 34-year-old man is dead after he was pushed on the subway tracks in new york s upper west side early friday morning. police say the suspect has a history of mental health issues, some frustrated new yorkers say