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Police Shooting Aftermath Streamed Live on Facebook. Aired 7- 7:30a ET

Aired July 07, 2016 - 07:00   ET

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CUOMO: Good morning. Welcome to your NEW DAY. We begin with breaking news. Back-to-back deadly police shootings caught on tape. Just hours ago, a Minnesota officer shooting and killing a black man during a traffic stop.

[07:00:08] CAMEROTA: But here's what makes this one different than any other. The man's girlfriend was on her phone, streaming video live on Facebook. Millions have already seen it. And in just moments, we will speak live with the victim's mother and uncle.

Let's begin our coverage with CNN national correspondent Ryan Young. He has all of the breaking details -- Ryan.

RYAN YOUNG, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Alisyn.

Just a disturbing video to watch. In fact, it was shot in selfie mode, almost ten minutes long. And you see her talking to the camera. At first everything seems calm, but you realize things take a drastic turn. Just watch how it unfolds.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DIAMOND REYNOLDS, GIRLFRIEND OF PHIL CASTILE: Stay with me.

YOUNG (voice-over): Diamond Reynolds capturing the moments after her boyfriend was shot by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop.

REYNOLDS: We got pulled over for a busted taillight in the back. And the police (EXPLETIVE DELETED). He's covered. They killed my (EXPLETIVE DELETED) boyfriend.

YOUNG: Philando Castile's white shirt soaked in blood and in distress. They were pulled over, allegedly for a broken taillight, around 9 p.m. outside of St. Paul.

REYNOLDS: He's licensed to carry. He was trying to get out his I.D. in his wallet.

YOUNG: Reynolds livestreaming video from inside the car, with her 4- year-old daughter in the back seat.

REYNOLDS: He let the officer know that he was -- he had a firearm, and he was reaching for his wallet. And the officer just shot him in his arm. YOUNG: The officer, still pointing the gun inside the car, explains

why he opened fire.

REYNOLDS: We're waiting for -- I will, sir. No worries. He just shot his arm off. We got pulled over on Carpenter.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I told him not to reach for it! I told him to get his hand up!

REYNOLDS: Please don't tell me this, Lord. Please don't tell me that he's gone. Please don't tell me that he's gone. Please, Officer, don't tell me that you just did this to him. You shot four bullets into him, sir. He was just getting his license and registration, sir.

YOUNG: Multiple officers at the scene ordered Reynolds out of the car, handcuffing her. Her cell phone falls to the ground, and she continues pleading with police.

REYNOLDS: Please don't tell me he's gone! Please, Jesus, no! Please, no! Please, no! Don't let him be gone, Lord!

YOUNG: Eyewitnesses capturing this video of officers trying to revive Castile before he's taken to the hospital, where he died. Reynolds, then put in the backseat of a police car, continues talking to the camera.

REYNOLDS: I can't believe they just did this. I'm (EXPLETIVE DELETED) -- (EXPLETIVE DELETED)!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's OK. I'm right here with you.

REYNOLDS: Y'all, please pray for us. Jesus, please, y'all. I ask everybody on Facebook, everybody that's watching, everybody that's tuned in, please pray for us.

YOUNG: Reynolds says her boyfriend worked as a cafeteria supervisor at a St. Paul's school, had no criminal record. Crowds gathering at the scene of the shooting and at the governor's mansion demanding answers.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

YOUNG: You can actually hear Diamond's 4-year-old daughter talking to her mother in that video, telling her mother that she will be OK and that she's with her. We did learn that the police department does not have body cameras, so we will not know what exactly happened in those first few seconds before that shooting. That livestreaming of the video now the record that we have. Of course, there will be a lot of questions into this and what happens next -- Alisyn.

CAMEROTA: There sure will be, Ryan, because that video is just so striking that it demands answers. Thank you for that reporting.

Joining us now, this morning, is the mother of Philando Castile, Valerie Castile, as well as his uncle, Clarence Castile. We are so sorry for your loss this morning. We know that this is your

first interview and that this is a very hard morning for you. Thank you so much for being with us.

Mrs. Castile, have you seen that video that we just played of this incident?

VALERIE CASTILE, MOTHER OF PHILANDO CASTILE: No, I haven't looked at the video, because I know it's not a good thing to look at. I don't want to -- I want to remember him the way I last saw him, leaving my home earlier that evening.

CAMEROTA: And how was that?

V. CASTILE: I don't understand.

CLARENCE CASTILE, UNCLE OF PHILANDO CASTILE: How was he feeling when he left?

CAMEROTA: What did happen right before this?

V. CASTILE: He was upbeat. Well, earlier, I'll say about 2 p.m., he came to my house in order to go and get his hair done. And he came back and we chit-chatted, him and his sister, and they had a conversation about the concealed carry permits that they both have. And they were saying that, you know, to be cautious.

[07:05:02] And my daughter says, "You know what? I really don't even want to carry my gun, because I'm afraid that they'll shoot me first and then ask questions later."

CAMEROTA: My gosh, that seems like some sort of omen or something to hear that.

Now, Mr. Castile, have you seen the video?

C. CASTILE: Yes, I have.

CAMEROTA: How do you explain what you see on that video?

C. CASTILE: I seen a young man, helpless, shot for no apparent reason. I saw my nephew, shot by a man, clinging to his life, you know, with no help. It was the most horrific thing I ever seen in my life.

CAMEROTA: Yes.

C. CASTILE: We hear about things like this happening all the time around the United States and the world, you know. People being harmed and abused by people that we're supposed to trust with our lives. People that are supposed to...

V. CASTILE: Protect and serve.

C. CASTILE: ... serve and protect us. And they tend to be our executioners, and judges, and murderers. V. CASTILE: I, basically, think that these things are happening because there is no checks and balances in the justice system, and that a lot of our African-American men, women, and children are being executed by the police, and there are no consequences.

So, in essence, I feel like it's becoming more and more repetitive. Every day you hear of another black person being shot down -- gunned down by the people that are supposed to protect us.

My son was a law-abiding citizen, and he did nothing wrong. He had a permit to carry but, with all of that, trying to do the right thing and live accordingly by the law, he was killed by the law.

C. CASTILE: It's devastating to us all.

V. CASTILE: I'm outraged.

CAMEROTA: We hear that, and that's understandable. And we understand why it feels as though we've seen far too many videos like this. Just the day before your son was shot, we saw one out of Baton Rouge. We've seen so many videos like this, certainly in my line of work, but this one, I have to tell you, is different. And, in part, it's because his girlfriend was livestreaming it, and so you saw her reaction, you saw her 4-year-old daughter's reaction in the backseat, and you saw your son's reaction. Have you spoken...

C. CASTILE: All of that, all of that. Saw all of that.

CAMEROTA: Have you spoken to his girlfriend?

C. CASTILE: No.

V. CASTILE: We can't locate her. No one knows where she is. The last time I saw her is when my daughter and I came upon the scene, and she was in the backseat of the...

C. CASTILE: Falcon Heights.

V. CASTILE: Falcon Heights Police Department's police car and they wouldn't even let us get close enough to her to even talk with her.

CAMEROTA: And you came up...

C. CASTILE: To cover up the...

CAMEROTA: But, you came up on the scene, Mrs. Castile, because you had seen this unfolding? How did you know what was happening?

V. CASTILE: No, we were getting phone calls, and my daughter was screaming in the house. And I was like what's going on, what's wrong with you?

C. CASTILE: That livestreaming.

V. CASTILE: And the livestream was going on. I, personally, didn't see it, but I knew something was going on. And they were saying they were at Larpenteur and Rice.

C. CASTILE: And we went to the wrong place.

V. CASTILE: But then they were saying you could see a Falcon Heights sign...

CAMEROTA: Yes.

V. CASTILE: ... so I knew immediately that it had to be Larpenteur and Snelling.

And we rolled up on the incident, and we couldn't get to her to talk to her. We were stopped by the police, and I asked them where was my son at. I didn't want to talk to anyone. I just wanted to know where my son was, because I didn't want my son to die alone.

CAMEROTA: And what was the answer to where your son was?

V. CASTILE: First, it was, "I don't know." And then the sergeant that was there at the site, he came back and told me that he was at Hennepin County Medical. And I said well why did you take him there? Why didn't you just take him down to Regions Hospital, because I thought that was a little bit closer than Minneapolis? But, by the time we got to Hennepin County, he was already deceased, and they didn't let me see my son's body.

C. CASTILE: At all.

V. CASTILE: At all.

C. CASTILE: She hasn't seen him yet.

V. CASTILE: I have not -- I have not identified my son's body, because they didn't let me, so...

CAMEROTA: Do you -- do you think that help came in a timely enough fashion for your son?

V. CASTILE: I have no -- I have no idea, because everything was unfolding while I was driving to the incident.

CAMEROTA: Mr. Castile...

[07:10:05] C. CASTILE: I can -- I can...

CAMEROTA: Go ahead.

C. CASTILE: I'm going to say that the help didn't come quick enough, and in a situation like this it never does. I mean, the police are all hyped up, and the adrenalin is flowing, and you know, they're in a certain place in their minds. I mean, the last thing they want to do is touch somebody, offer some help, you know. But, from what I heard, they did later, you know. A few minutes later they did try to revive him, but I wasn't there on the scene.

I don't know how quickly it came, but from what I've seen on the livestream, the officer was standing there with his gun still pointed at my nephew. I mean, the man. The man was still standing there with the gun pointed at my nephew, screaming at him. And he was laying in the car, you know, swelling up. His arm swollen and hanging off his body and blood everywhere. You know, I mean, it's hard for me to understand, you know, what was going through their minds and things like that, but what happened...

V. CASTILE: I just want to say that I appreciate Diamond streaming that video live because...

C. CASTILE: No doubt.

V. CASTILE: ... we never would know exactly what happened had she not put that out there like that.

C. CASTILE: Exactly.

V. CASTILE: And then for him to blatantly shoot into that vehicle with that child in there...

C. CASTILE: Exactly.

V. CASTILE: ... and that female -- and I know for a fact my son would never jeopardize his fiancee and the child by doing anything to provoke this officer to think that his life was in danger.

C. CASTILE: He was a man; he was a man. He wasn't an -- he's not an officer; he's just a man. An officer is supposed to protect and serve. He's not an officer. That was a man who did that. That man is a destroyer...

CAMEROTA: Yes.

C. CASTILE: ... and he came into our lives and done something -- took something from us.

V. CASTILE: Well, he -- they took a very good person. And everybody that knows my son knows that he is a laid-back, quiet individual that works hard every day, pays taxes, and come home and play video games.

C. CASTILE: Yes.

V. CASTILE: That's it. He's not a gangbanger. He's not a thug. He's very respectable, and I know he didn't antagonize that officer in any way...

C. CASTILE: None, whatsoever.

V. CASTILE: ... to make him feel like his life was in danger.

C. CASTILE: Or threatened -- threatened in any way.

CAMEROTA: Mr. Castile, the St. Anthony Police Department, that was involved, says that in their 30-year history they've never had a police shooting. I know that you talked -- you just talked about the police officer being hyped up. You do hear on that video, Diamond's video, of the police officer yelling.

How do you explain the state of mind that the police officer was in or what happened here that might have led to the police officer being so hyped up?

C. CASTILE: It...

V. CASTILE: Trigger happy.

C. CASTILE: No, no, I wouldn't say trigger happy. I would just say that the mere fact that my nephew had a firearm in his vehicle. He had a CCW permit. Therefore, he had the right given to him, the permission and the privilege, of the state of Minnesota to carry a firearm on his person.

V. CASTILE: I think he was just black in the wrong place.

C. CASTILE: That could be true, but he had permission and a privilege to carry a firearm within this -- this state. And from what I understand, Philando told them that he did have a firearm.

V. CASTILE: I'm sure he did, because that was something that we always discussed. Comply -- that's the key thing -- the key thing in order to try to survive being stopped by the police is to comply. Whatever they ask you to do, do it. Don't say nothing. Just do whatever they want you to do. So, what's the difference in complying, and you get killed anyway?

C. CASTILE: And we know there's -- we know if you take a conceal carry class, you know, there's protocol. When you get pulled over, you let them know that you do have a permit and you have a weapon in your car.

V. CASTILE: And that's what he did.

C. CASTILE: And you let -- you tell that police, "Please let your partner know I have a weapon in the car." OK, now I'm supposed to get my driver's license out. I reach for my license or whatever, and then you unload. They unloaded on him. That man shot him.

CAMEROTA: One of the striking things about this video that Diamond shot is her composure. So, at first, while your son and nephew is bleeding next to her, she is recording quite -- in a quite measured fashion what just happened. She's giving her location of where she is, what transpired, and she's also communicating with the police officer in, again, a very composed, poised, calm fashion. How do you explain how she was able to do that?

C. CASTILE: She's -- she's the coolest girl I ever seen in my life. I don't know how she did it, but she managed to get the information out.

[07:15:02] V. CASTILE: Both of them guys are pretty laid back, and they're calm people. They're not aggressive, neither one of them, and that's why she was able to hold her composure, because that's in her nature, as well as him being calm and compliant. That's in his nature.

So that's why they got along really well. You know, you have two individuals with the same personality, yes, they will get along. And that's why she was able to hold her composure, because she's laid back; and she's calm like that.

CAMEROTA: You know, that video...

V. CASTILE: And I want to applaud her, again.

CAMEROTA: That is nice. I'm sorry to interrupt. So you want to applaud how she handled herself?

C. CASTILE: Correct.

V. CASTILE: Correct, absolutely because, like I said in the beginning, we may never have known the truth -- the actual truth -- because I don't know if that officer -- man -- was wearing a body cam, himself, that would help explain some of the things that took place.

C. CASTILE: Dashboard cam, you know? I mean, there's ways of getting information, you know. I mean, they're going to do an investigation. I mean -- and hopefully things will -- the proper things and the right information, and the true information will come out.

CAMEROTA: I don't know that this police department has a dashboard cam.

V. CASTILE: That video -- they cannot be disputed.

CAMEROTA: Well, tell me about that, Mrs. Castile, because the video starts after the shooting.

C. CASTILE: Exactly.

CAMEROTA: What do you think could have been happening in the moments before the shooting?

C. CASTILE: It's hard, it's hard.

V. CASTILE: It's hard to say because you don't know what that officer's frame of mind was.

C. CASTILE: Exactly.

V. CASTILE: But I know my son, and I know that he took the classes and everything. And the main thing I'm trying to tell you is we know black people have been getting killed -- women, children, men -- and I always told them whatever you do, when you get stopped by the police, comply. Comply, comply, comply.

And if that man asked him to show his license -- and I know he verbally told him that he had that gun. There's no two ways around that, and can't nobody in this world tell me nothing different.

CAMEROTA: And, in fact, that's what Diamond says on the video. She says, "You asked him to give you his license, which is what he was doing. He told you that he had a concealed carry permit..."

V. CASTILE: Absolutely.

CAMEROTA: ... and she's -- she's testifying to all of that in real time.

I want to ask you about your son. We've learned a few things about him. We know that he worked at the St. Paul School District as a supervisor in the kitchen. What else can you tell us about him?

V. CASTILE: Yes, in the cafeteria. He's been working since he was 15 years old. He's been paying taxes since he was 18 years old. He's been consistently employed all those years, and I just don't understand it. I'm outraged about the whole situation, because he is a really good person. He's laid back; everybody likes him. He's no thug. He don't run the streets. He don't go to bars. He just does none of that.

CAMEROTA: Mr. Castile?

C. CASTILE: Well, I don't -- I didn't -- I don't see my -- I didn't see my nephew a lot, but when I did, we always talked. My questions for him most of the time was "How's your job going? How are you doing," you know. The last time I seen my nephew was on Mother's Day when I...

V. CASTILE: Mother's Day.

C. CASTILE: ... invited my sisters and nieces to my house for dinner on Mother's Day. Philando, Diamond, and the baby came over. And I asked him again, how's his job.

I mean, we ended up talking about retirement, you know. What kind of money he's putting away for his retirement and things like that, you know, because I'm a firm believer in getting set up, you know, for those twilight years and having some money. And he's got a really good start with, you know, the school district, you know, with the payer pension and deferred comp, and things of that nature like there. He's really been stacking up...

V. CASTILE: I always encouraged him. I encouraged him to do one job, stay on that one job, and retire from it, especially if they have good benefits, and that's what they do.

C. CASTILE: That was my last conversation with Philando on Mother's Day.

CAMEROTA: Yes. Mrs. Castile, it sounds like you gave him all the right advice and encouragement.

After we see shootings like this, you often see people take to the streets. You see protests. We've seen some of that already happening in Baton Rouge. What do you want to see happen?

C. CASTILE: Justice.

V. CASTILE: I would like to see justice.

C. CASTILE: That's all we want, is justice.

V. CASTILE: That's all we want, is justice.

C. CASTILE: Justice for Philando.

V. CASTILE: Because like I said, he didn't deserve to be shot down like that.

C. CASTILE: No, not like that.

V. CASTILE: I couldn't believe -- I couldn't believe it. I could never fathom in my life. I did everything right as a parent. I made sure my kids understood the difference in being law-abiding, and that the police were there to help. I never once, in my life, had thought that my son would actually be killed by the person that was supposed to protect and serve him.

[07:20:08] And he is legitimate all the way across the board. You want to carry a gun, go and get your license. And that's what him and his sister did.

Everything he did was legitimate. He worked an honest job five days a week.

C. CASTILE: Serving -- serving children in a school. This man was so docile and laid back. It's incredible how anybody could mistake that, but...

V. CASTILE: Sometimes you have those that, you know -- you stood up and say that there is no more -- what do you call that?

C. CASTILE: No more justice?

V. CASTILE: No, no, no. When they -- profiling.

C. CASTILE: Yes.

V. CASTILE: They're still saying that ain't -- there's no profiling, but it is, it is. We're being hunted every day. It's a silent war against African-American people as a whole.

CAMEROTA: And so...

C. CASTILE: And it's sad to say. I mean, we think -- we think we're in a land of plenty, you know, freedom and things like that.

V. CASTILE: We're never free.

CAMEROTA: And so what does justice look like for you in that case?

V. CASTILE: Well, right about now it's not looking too good, because I'm not getting the answers that I'm asking for. And like I said, they did not even let me see my son to identify him.

C. CASTILE: Yes.

V. CASTILE: I have to wait until tomorrow after an autopsy.

C. CASTILE: Yes, and she may be -- they might even not let her come to see him right away, today.

V. CASTILE: They don't know anything. They don't know who the BCA investigators are.

C. CASTILE: Who the doctor or the medical examiner's going to be.

V. CASTILE: They don't know who the medical examiner's going to be. They don't know what the name of the police officers that were involved in the shooting. They're telling me that they don't know anything, so I don't know anything.

C. CASTILE: What we do know is Philando's dead. That's what we know.

V. CASTILE: That's what we know. I will never see my son again.

CAMEROTA: We hear your frustration.

V. CASTILE: I'm hyped up, absolutely. I'm outraged, and anybody that saw that video, they should be outraged, too.

C. CASTILE: And millions have seen it already, so it can't be hidden. Diamond posted that on Facebook, livestreamed it. An hour later, it was taken down.

V. CASTILE: Luckily, she -- other people shared it and saved it.

C. CASTILE: WCCO -- WCCO got ahold of the video and sent it to New York...

CAMEROTA: Yes.

C. CASTILE: ... and it went from there.

CAMEROTA: It has gone viral and millions of people...

C. CASTILE: It came to you guys.

CAMEROTA: Absolutely. Millions of people have seen it, millions of people are seeing it this morning.

But you both are so reasonable. You're not asking for much, other than your questions to be answered and for justice. But is it just -- let's say that these police officers were fired from the force. Is that justice? Is that it?

C. CASTILE: No, no.

V. CASTILE: No, no.

C. CASTILE: Jail time.

V. CASTILE: No.

C. CASTILE: Jail time.

V. CASTILE: No.

C. CASTILE: Jail time. No, jail time.

V. CASTILE: I'm sure there's protocol in everything, and if a layman, like myself -- if I shoot somebody, I'm going to be prosecuted.

C. CASTILE: That's it.

V. CASTILE: He needs to be prosecuted because of that video. See, because she shot that video. They can't cut it,; they can't edit it. It's not grainy. You can see and hear her talking about everything that happened in that situation. And all I'm saying is these police officers need to be held accountable for their wrongdoing.

C. CASTILE: That's right.

V. CASTILE: If you made a mistake, you made a mistake, and you need to suffer the consequences. If it happened to me, it could happen to you. We need checks and balances.

C. CASTILE: We always say -- every time something like this happens we say it's got to stop. When is it going to stop? What do we got to do to make it stop, you know? What do we got to do? Will it get worse before it gets better? I mean, we need some help. We need some help down here.

V. CASTILE: We needs checks and balances. If I can be held accountable for what I do, these officers should, too. And I believe, because everyone's getting acquitted, it's like open season. "OK, I can shoot him and I'll get acquitted. I'll get my money every day like I'm working -- paid leave."

C. CASTILE: What do they do? Yes, put him on paid -- paid leave.

CAMEROTA: Yes.

C. CASTILE: You can't work, but you can still get money and paid.

CAMEROTA: I mean, and so, when you talk about the injustice that you feel in your community and that you've long felt, even before this, and that you feel for the black community, do you want to hear the presidential candidates talk about this? Do you want this on a national stage to be addressed?

V. CASTILE: Absolutely.

C. CASTILE: Yes, absolutely.

V. CASTILE: It needs to be addressed because, like I said, if there is no checks and balances, then we going to have chaos. It will be chaos. If you don't hold people accountable for what they do, then they feel like they can just do anything, so then we're out of control. The nation will be out of control.

[07:25:20] CAMEROTA: What do you want your leaders to do?

V. CASTILE: I want our leaders to step up and hold these people accountable. That's it, accountability. Everybody needs to be held accountable.

CAMEROTA: Yes. Valerie Castile...

V. CASTILE: This is no -- OK -- because he is a police officer, he get a pass. You know what I'm saying? But then if I do it, I'm going to jail.

CAMEROTA: We hear you.

V. CASTILE: No, that's not right.

CAMEROTA: We -- no one can disagree with that. We hear you. Valerie Castile and Clarence Castile, we're so sorry that you're enduring this, this morning. We appreciate you coming on and sharing your strong feelings about this, and we hope you get information today. We will check back in with you tomorrow morning.

C. CASTILE: Thank you.

V. CASTILE: Thank you, absolutely.

C. CASTILE: I'd like to say one thing.

CAMEROTA: Yes.

C. CASTILE: Oh Lord, my God, is there no help for the widow's son? We got to hang on by the strong grip of the lion's paw.

V. CASTILE: Amen.

CAMEROTA: Thank you, Mr. Castile and Mrs. Castile. We will check back in with you, and we pray that you get some answers today.

V. CASTILE: I hope so, too.

CUOMO: Ending on a prayer there. Obviously, families in this kind of situation very often cling to their faith. It's something that really helps give them the strength when they need it the most.

The video that the girlfriend made is going to make everything different in this situation. Not just because it brought it to light. But the mom there said something that is very sophisticated. When you say something during an actual event, it has high value to the legal system.

That's interesting, because the girlfriend, Diamond, was narrating. She was narrating. She had the composure to narrate through the entire thing of what had just happened.

Because we don't know what happened before she started. There are no body cameras here. So the best idea we have of what happened with this young man is this.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DIAMOND REYNOLDS, GIRLFRIEND OF PHILANDO CASTILE: Stay with me.

We got pulled over for a busted taillight in the back. And the police (EXPLETIVE DELETED). He's covered. They killed my (EXPLETIVE DELETED) boyfriend.

He's licensed to carry. He's licensed to carry. He was trying to get out his I.D. in his wallet out of his pocket. And he let the officer know that he was -- he had a firearm, and he was reaching for his wallet. And the officer just shot him in his arm.

We're waiting for -- I will, sir. No worries. He just shot his arm off. We got pulled over on Larpenteur.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I told him not to reach for it! I told him to get his hand up!

REYNOLDS: He had to get his I.D., sir, his driver's license.

Oh, my God. Please don't tell me he's dead. Please don't tell me my boyfriend just went like that.

Yes, I will, sir. I'll keep my hands where they are.

Please don't tell me this, Lord. Please don't tell me that he's gone. Please don't tell me that he's gone. Please, Officer, don't tell me that you just did this to him. You shot four bullets into him, sir. He was just getting his license and registration, sir.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get the passenger out with the hands up. Your hands. Keep them up. Keep them up!

REYNOLDS: Where's my daughter? You got my daughter?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Leave away from me and walk backwards. Keep walking. Walking. Walking. Keep walking. Get on your knees. Get on your knees.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

CAMEROTA: The composure and cool-headedness of this girlfriend and of the mom that we just spoke to and the uncle is so remarkable. Who in that situation could have complied and been as calm and collected as she was? I know that I could not. I know this. I could never have been in that situation like she is.

CUOMO: Part of the answer to that question is that Philando was, that he was calm when he was asked to comply by the police. When they asked him for I.D., he did what you have to do when you get your training for a carry permit, which is to say that he had a weapon in the car.

And then something went horribly, horribly wrong. And there are a lot of questions and answers that begin in a small way with, why wasn't there a quicker call to get help in that situation? What was the need to keep the weapon trained on the people in that situation?

These questions will be asked. Now it's time to figure out how we get answers in a situation like this.

Congress, you'll hear that this is a state issue, it's policing. There's plenty of room for overnight on a federal level. Joining us right now is Republican Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio. He's a member of the House Oversight Committee.