Eric Garner cases: 4 questions former police commissioner Ray Kelly

 Eric Garner cases

Eric Garner were arrested during police

Eric Garner were arrested during police

The former New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said he was "not enough to just watch the video" to answer questions about the death of Eric Garner during an interview with ABC News.


 Here's what else we learned:

Q: What happens next?

A: "The officer still will go before a departmental hearing," Kelly said. "Consequences can be severe. There's a federal investigation that is being conducted and of course there will be a civil suit as well."

Q: How can police restore trust?

A: "You have to work at it every day," he said. "It's the type of business ... where you're always going to have some friction. Nobody is totally going to be happy with the relationship that they have with the police. They are the bearers of bad news."

But, he added, "communication is key."

Q: Are you worried about violent protests?

A: Kelly pointed out that New York City has the biggest police department in the country, and is well equipped to handle protesters. That's unlike in Ferguson, where multiple police departments were called in to help, he said.

But, "hopefully it will be a peaceful set of demonstrations that we'll see."

Q: What is the NYPD doing to prepare for that?

A: "Officers are being deployed to key locations trying to get information," he said. "Trying to get some intelligence to where those demonstrations might be. They're talking to community leaders. They're obviously communicating with the mayor, with people in Staten Island, and other organizations in the city."