and i think that there was injustice done in this case. i can speak for myself. i cannot speak for every single individual. you believe the police officers in that case should have been indicted or some level of homicide? this should have been taken to a criminal trial. but the only way is to indict. exactly. i believe there should have been indictment. i believe the grand jury was wrong. what do you think, mike? i think she s got it exactly right. you think politicians should be able to render justice saying in the case of she has very carefully not saying people should be convicted but a trial court. i think politicians can speak on behalf of the anguish and pain of a community. can they render a judgment about a criminal case? no, they just but it s after the fact. it s not, as you led off with nexton almost ruining the manson case by speaking prematurely. it s after the fact. they can harness this
frustration and anger and constructively direct it towards fixing a system that everyone perceives to be broken, particularly in this case that there is something that did not work. what was it that this prosecutor saw that the rest of us apparently didn t see that led him to think this was not a what did you think of governor christie s statement that he s fine with the decision of the court. he s a prosecutor. i don t expect him to say anything that s going to be outlined of supporting the very process that he was in charge of for many years. same with hillary clinton. she gave the empathetuc speech but not getting to the specifics of what this case means. this is really a tension between black america and white america, particularly with young black men that we ve got to expose and deal with. and the political leadership i don t think has it within them to do it. do you think there will be a
clearly in this case, that was not the case. the officer s actions, when he made the decision to use the chokehold, he knew or should have known his actions were wrong and should have known the consequences of those actions. thank you so much. coming up with a roundtable. ted cruz and his band on the right want to shut the government down. joe mccarthy is at it again. plus, the secret figure in the hillary clinton campaign who is already undercutting what could be her biggest competition on the way to the nomination. a remote that lives on your phone.
but it s not something that we cannot overcome. good things can rise out of the ashes if we don t fumble the ball. it s important as we continue the conversations about the tragedies we ve seen in several cities, it s important to continue to say the overwhelming majority of law enforcement officers in this nation are good, decent hard working people who per form their duties admirably. i have watched the video. there s been a lot of talk about cameras and now here we are with video. the thing that is or has been troubling to me is once mr. garner was on the ground and obviously in distress and medical distress, there was no sense of urgency. we know the sense of urgency to render aid can make the difference between life and death. but we did not see that in this case. and the video is, i believe, quite clear and convincing. believe me that that is
and a couple of guns and he s just shot somebody. why do they treat him like a street criminal? he s not a street tough, or is he? i ve never heard anyone say he is. all those have to factor into the overall equation, including his own physical health. the crime itself was petty. the officers have the legal right to arrest him. and when they chose to do so, he was legally he had to put his hands behund his back and comply with their lawful orders. in some states, you can be arrested for speeding. you can go to jail for 12 months for speeding or running a stop sign. whether or not you like the law, even if it was petty, they had a right to arrest him. how do you see this case going to federal court? that s where i see it. it would surprise me if the federal government did not step in and get an indictment.