Attorney on Chicago Cops Killing Car Thief: Police ‘Were Not in Imminent Fear’

RUSH EXCERPT:

HERMAN: "Well, let's give it at least to the police department for their transparency of their release of the video eight days after the shooting. The policy was 60 days. A lot better than years in the previous cases. You have to understand, this is an extremely high crime area. There are people getting shot every two hours and there are deaths of every 13 hours in this area. Mr. 0 Neal was involved in grand theft auto. Not the video game. He stole a video and crashed into a police car. That does not warrant him being shot in the back and killed." 
WHITFIELD: "He was unarmed. Police have said that." 
HERMAN: "Yeah. So the police were not in imminent fear of severe bodily harm or death. Therefore they're going to argue that by him driving the vehicle they were in fear of their lives. But then when the vehicle crash into the police car, he got out and ran, shot in the back. That was the cause of death, shooting in the back. I think these police officers are in big trouble here, Fred. Wrongful death case has been filed. Will be a federal civil rights case and probably criminal charges here. A lot different than Freddie gray. This one here looks like it's going to stick."