laceration. the pictures of those staples were included in the state attorney s report. that report also depicted the blood-soaked shirt that reportedly was worn by the fbi agent that night. after throwing the coffee table, mr. todashev reportedly ran into his kitchen, it was just a few steps away, and grabbed what s described as a hollow five-foot-long metal utility pole. so maybe that s like an aluminum mop handle or metal broom stick or something? they describe him as wielding that stick at the officers in a way that they felt threatened them. and that is when the fbi officer opened fire, shooting first three times. they say mr. todashev was still getting back up to his feet, still trying to attack them after he had been shot three times and that s why they shot him four more times. one of the bullets went into the top of his head. another of the bullets went into his back. but the report from the state attorney and from the department of justice, they both explain that as him falli
about how dangerous they thought ibragim todashev was at a man. this is something the state attorney avoided. he said he didn t think it was his place to talk about whether or not there might have been negligence or the actions of the officers. he accepts the fact that they went to todashev s home, todashev, as you said, didn t want to go into the fbi s headquarters. however, here you have, and the report indicates, the fbi agent, those two state troopers from massachusetts, rated him an 8 on a level of 10 in terms of danger before they ever went there. they knew he s a mixed martial arts fighter, an ultimate fighter. he had a history of assaultive behavior. he has a hair-trigger temper. in addition to all that, as they re going in, they see the stencil outline of an assault weapon on the door. they walk in and there s a ceremonial samurai sword posted on the wall. they knew that this guy was dangerous. and yet, some of their actions indicate that they had placed
were included in the state attorney s report. that report also depicted the blood-soaked shirt that reportedly was worn by the fbi agent that night. after throwing the coffee table, mr. todashev reportedly ran into his kitchen, it was just a few steps away, and grabbed what s described as a hollow five-foot-long metal utility pole. so maybe that s like an aluminum mop handle or metal broom stick or something? they describe him as wielding that stick at the officers in a way that they felt threatened them. and that is when the fbi officer opened fire, shooting first three times. they say mr. todashev was still getting back up to his feet, still trying to attack them after he had been shot three times and that s why they shot him four more times. one of the bullets went into the top of his head. another of the bullets went into his back. but the report from the state attorney and from the department of justice, they both explain that as him falling toward the fbi agent who was shooting h
investigation which is whether or not that fbi agent was justified at shooting ibragim todashev interviewed all kinds of people but the one person it didn t interview was the fbi agent. in fact, he didn t want to be intervi interviewed and the fbi doesn t record interviews, itself. so not only was he not interviewed by the state attorney here, but there was no recording for the state attorney to listen to, and the fbi simply has a written statement. so go figure that. the fbi has to have some sort of internal protocol. some sort of guidelines that they follow in terms of doing an interrogation like the one that happened in that orlando apartment that night. from your reporting on what we learned today about these detailed descriptions and transcripts we got about what happened in that apartment, does it seem to you like the fbi followed their own protocols for interviewing a potentially dangerous subject? they go into a lot of detail