while he's disturbed by what he saw in the video, john mcmahon of the san bernardino county sheriff'sdifficult for officers to pull back the reins after a chase. >> it is very difficult at times to control your emotions and clearly to control the adrenaline adrenaline. not that that's an excuse but it is certainly a challenge that deputy sheriff and law enforcement officers across the entire country face every single day. >> reporter: a challenge that slager in south carolina can be heard acknowledging right after killing walter scott. >> probably a good idea to jot down your thoughts about whatever happened once the adrenaline stops pumping. >> it's pumping. >> oh, yeah oh, yeah. >> reporter: officers under pressure not just in the heat of the moment but to explain themselves after. >> joining me now, samuelson young, a researcher and analyst who studies police shootings in america. and samuels, i know it's tough to find toile numbers. there seems to be at least anecdotally, more officer-involved shootings recently. what do your numbers show you? >> so first, thanks for having me. wh

. >> reporter: san bernardino county sheriff john mcmahon. >> when you get to the end of a pursuit after crazy situations, it is very difficult at times to control your emotions and clearly, to control the adrenaline. not that that's an excuse for what occurred. >> reporter: but with cameras so prevalent these days that practically every arrest could be caught on camera, officers have long been put on notice and trained to keep those emotions in check. but videotaped incidents around the country appear to capture excessive use the force sometimes at the slightest threat. in albuquerque, a homeless man seeming to turn away ( gunfire ) was shot and killed. >> they know there's cameras around all over the place. >> reporter: retired l.a.p.d. captain greg meyer is an expert on police use of force. >> he spread-eagles himself on the ground with his arms and his legs out in a prone position. officers are supposed to be put through their paces under stress and in environment where's they are out of breath, where they've been running, and they have to subdue somebody. and they have to do it in a

. >>> san bernardino county shfr john mcmahon released the statement. he said, quote, the video urrounds this arrest is disturbing and i have ordered an internal investigation to be conducted immediately. >>> this morning we know more about the moenlts leading up to the deadly shooting of a black man by ta white south carolina police officer. state police released dash cam video from a patrol car on thursday. it comes after a mother speaks ow out about the indianapolis accident. >> reporter: the shooting death of an unarmed man by a police officer in south carolina started as a routine traffic stop. it shows officer michael slager going back to his patrol car after pulling him out. in the video scott briefly exits his car. >> get back in his car. >> reporter: but the officer tells him to get back insides. a few seconds later scott opens the door and takes off running with officer slager in pursuit. scott didn't have his registration and his family said there was a warrant out for his arrest for missed child support. that would have been the only video h

. >> reporter: san bernardino sheriff john mcmahon it's very difficult at times to control your emotions and clearly to control the adrenaline. not that that's an excuse for what occurred. >> reporter: but with cameras so prevalent these days officers have long been put on notice and trained to keep those emotions in check. but videotaped incidents around the country appear to capture excessive use of force sometimes at the slightest threat. in albuquerque a homeless man seeming to turn away was shot and killed. >> they know there's cameras around all over the place. >> reporter: retired captain greg myer is an expert on use of excessive use of force. >> they're not to go over the line to where they're punishing the person. >> reporter: myers said it's not just the two p irritable deputies who face scrutiny. when it comes to others who seem to join in -- >> they have the duty to say something and pull other officers out. all officers are trained to do this. you could be in big trouble. >> reporter: the fbi is now investigating to determine if there were any civil rights violations. carte

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san bernardino county sheriff john mcmahon. you've seen the video. was that an appropriate response from your deposit? >> it appears to be excess toif me based on what i saw in the video. >> reporter: pusock was basically charged with felony evasion, theft, and possession, scott, of stolen property. >> pelley: carter evans reporting tonight. carter, thank you. there was a wakeitate taid for walter scott who was shot last saturday by north charleston, south carolina police officer michael slager. slager, now fired and charged with murder, got a visit in jail today and vicente reporter: today is the first time officer slager's wife, jamie, and mother, karen sharpe, have been able to see him since he was charged. jamie slager is eight and a half months pregnant. slager's attorney says he's being held in an isolation unit for his own protection. his mother told us she's worried. >> he's a wonderful person. he's very sharing very caring. he and his wife are having a baby very shortly. i'm anxious about that. he won't be there for the birth so i'm worried

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. >> reporter: san bernardino sheriff john mcmahon has ordered an immediate investigation. they're also conducting a criminal investigation as well. >> i am disturbed and troubled by what i see in the video. it does not appear to be in line with our policies and procedures, at least a portion of of it. i ask that you allow us to conduct that investigation. and i assure you, if there's criminal wrongdoing on the part of our deputy shaeriffs or any policy violations we will take action. >> reporter: the deputies were attempting to serve him with a search warrant related to an identity theft investigation when he first fled in a car then abandoned it and then to the desert where he stole a horse and took off. in total a chase that took over three hours. >> i'm not going to stand here and say he's perfect because who is. >> reporter: his girlfriend said that the officers went too far. >> they beat the crap out of him and now they're trying to get out of it to avoid getting in trouble. >> reporter: trouble under intense scrutiny. and the fbi has now launched an investigation to

. >> john mcmahon's role he says will be to prosecute kane if the d.a. deems there's enough evidence to do so. rejected claims from kane's lawyers she did nothing wrong. and, instead, ordered the information be turned over to the district attorney. the d.a. is not talking about the case tonight or this 27-page grand jury presentment. top aides say despite the concern, kane ordered a staffer to stop an investigation by a special prosecutor into the leak. one staffer said when asked her to investigate, she told them her office quote, had more important things to do. now kane's lawyer said over and over to us today that they wanted those documents released. however, when we called them for comment after their release after noon today, they said they didn't have one. reporting live in norristown, nbc 10 news. >>> the six democrats who want to be the next mayor of philadelphia met for a candidate forum along independence mall. nbc 10 at the studios of whyy. the focus of the forum was leadership and how it relates to nurturing innovation and economic growth. >

. >> reporter: special assistant prosecutor john mcmahon is arguing indirect criminal attempt allegationuld proceed. kane fired barker after he testified before a grand jury investigating allegation that is kane allegedly leak secret information. kane's attorney says the the firing was a restructuring move. >> it doesn't look like retaliation at all. as you can see that steps were taken to reorganize the office to make it the more effective to make it more efficacious a and streamline the process. >> reporter: there was a court order in place barring anyone from kane's office from retaliating against any witnesses in the investigation and the special assistant prosecutor was asked if anyone else in kane's office had been fire. >> i have no knowledge of that happening. >> reporter: kane's attorney says court order ended when barker was fire. >> we have an order that they are relying on, the order was expired. >> reporter: in a statement kane's office say general kane was truthful in her testimony this afternoon the judge's ruled that the contempt case can move forward. that will be includ

the san bernardino sheriff, john mcmahon said they will do an investigation into this excessive use of be conducted immediately. lots of questions about this 30-year-old whose name is francis pewshock and whether or not they went too far. as you see, more and more people showing up into this video. pretty striking when you take a look at it. >> any explanation at to why it took so much force or they decided to use so much force or are they just waiting to provide that? >> reporter: this is all part of the investigation that they're saying they're going to look into this, they said haze clothes were lose, that the taser didn't hit his body. but the investigation continues. >> video is alarming. >> it is alarming. even when you see it from this byrdeye view from the helicopter. stephanie, thank you. thanks for joining us. >> have a great weekend. but first, watch "legal view" with ashleigh banfield. that starts right now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. welcome to "legal view." today we are seeing some brand-new police dashcam footage of those moments that led up to that dist

. >> san bern dino sheriff john mcmahon has ordered an immediate internal investigation.cialized investigation detail is also conducting a criminal investigation as well. >> i am disturbed and troubled by what i see in the video. it does not appear to be in line with our policies and procedures at least a portion of it. i ask that you allow us to conduct that investigateship and i assure you if there's criminal wrong doing on the part of any of our deputy sheriffs or any policy violations we will take action. >> reporter: the sheriff's department says deputies were attempting to serve pusok with a search warrant related to an identity theft investigation when he first fled in a car and then abandoned it and ran into the desert where he stole a horse and took off. in total a chase that went on for some three hours. >> i'm not going to stand here and say he's perfect because who is. >> reporter: his girlfriend of 13 years believes the officers went too far. >> they beat the crap out of him and now they're trying to do everything that they can to avoid them being in any trou

. >> reporter: john mcmahon the attorney you heard from just now, he has been appointed by the montgomery district attorney as a special prosecutor in the case. he said his role is to simply handle this contempt portion of the case. he said he anticipates the judges will make a decision very quickly, he's hopeful by the end of the day or tomorrow. he says he's hopeful he will be able to continue his part in the case and pursue charges against the attorney general. one other side note here that the special prosecutor in the case asked that three-judge panel to issue an order protecting all witnesses in this case from any type of retribution. reporting live in norristown deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> ford is recalling nearly 400,000 fiesta fusion and lincoln mkg models because of door latch issues. it involves 2012 to 2014 fiestas as well as the ford fusion and lincoln mkg for model years 2013 and 2014. the automaker says doors may not latch properly and could open while the vehicles are in motion. >>> if you're planning to dine out later this week you could help raise some

. >> reporter: san bernardino sheriff john mcmahon. >> when you get to the end of the the pursuit, crazy situations, it is very difficult to control you're motions and the the adrenaline. the not that is an excuse for what occurred. >> reporter: but with cameras so prevalent these days that every arrest could be caught on camera officers have licensing been put on notice, and trained to keep those emotionness check. but videotaped incidents around the country appear to capture excessive use of of force, sometimes at the the slightest threat n albuquerque a homeless man seeming to turn away was shot and killed. >> they necessity is there cameras around. >> reporter: greg meyer is an expert on police use of force. >> you spread eagle himself on the ground with his arms and legs out in a prone position. officers are supposed to be put through their paces under stress, in environments where they are out of breath where they have been running and they have to sub die somebody and they have to do it in a professional way. you are in the speaksed to go over to the line where they are punishing

>> reporter: well jessica, i just spoke to sheriff john mcmahon. he is the sheriff of san bernardino county sheriff's department. he told me he only glanced at the video. he didn't look at it very closely. but from what he saw, it was quote, in his words disturbing. we did want to show the entire video to sheriff mcmahon but he declined saying he will look at it more closely in private. in it you see a deputy shoots a suspect with a taser twice, and the suspect lays facedown on the ground with his hands behind him. two deputies begin to punch and kick him, even using the taser to strike him. more deputies show up. and some of them also strike the suspect. it lasted two minutes and 11 seconds. during that time we counted 37 punches, 17 kicks, and 4 baton strikes. the suspect was struck in the head 13 times. we just learned that the suspect is 30-year-old francis husog. he is wanted for identity theft. when deputies tried to arrest him, he took off in a car. he then allegedly stole that horse from a group of people east of apple valley which is about