Berkeley Mayor: No Comparison Between Antonio Martin Shooting and Ferguson

"I had the opportunity last evening to review the video of the incident. What I saw in this incident is not what people portray ... You couldn’t compare this with Ferguson or the Gardener case in New York. The Garner case in New York, they had the video; Ferguson they did not.

We have the video and I can assure you that what is on the video is what we’re going use. I don’t believe they used the video in New York for whatever reason ... But the City of Berkeley will be doing the investigation, along with the -- in parallel with the St. Louis County and our goal is to project the truth to the residents because the first thing occurred last night was -- and when I got there we’re saying the same thing, 'Here is a white policeman killing a black young man.' 

So when does this stop? I can assure you that did not happen last night, OK. We had a policeman responding to a call protecting the residents of the City of Berkeley and the call came through the dispatch office in reference to this young man was shoplifting. When the officer came there, the video shows that the deceased pointed a gun that has been recovered, at the officer."