the officer pushed tremaine to the ground and held him there in a chokehold. speaking to cbs miami, police detective alvaro tried to justify the incident by saying even though he tried to walk away, tremaine was accosted because his body language amounted to a threat. >> once his approach in the roadway, they grabbed him. once his body language of closing the fists, flaring his hands, trying to pull away, now you are resisting an officer that point. we have to neutralize the threat and we have someone that is being resisted, someone pulling away, someone clinton their fists and flaring their arms, that is a threat. we're not dealing were concerned with a puppy, we're concerned about the immediate threat to the officer. >> tremaine says he was feeding his puppy with a bottle when the police attacked him. the puppy suffered an injury to his left paw. york city police said they had intercepted two letters sent to mayor michael bloomberg, potentially containing the deadly poison ricin. the letters reportedly referred to bloomberg's extensive efforts to back strict