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This afternoon the parents of michael brown released a statement saying we reject any kind of violence directed toward members of the law enforcement. it cannot and will not be tolerated. we specifically denounce the actions of stand-alone agitators who unsuccessfully attempt to derail the otherwise peaceful demonstrators. hours ago, president obama wrote violence against police is unacceptable. our prayers are with the officers in missouri. the the path to justice is one all of us must travel t...

Everybodys best interest and not get caught up in whats going on and let it derail the process going on here in ferguson. at the end of the day we still have to move the ball forward. we still have to create the changes that need to happen. and were not going to let anybody on the outside or inside derail us from that goal or mission. >> jeff, who is with the st. louis police officers organization. he was on cnns "new day" earlier today. he said the protestors have poured kerosene on this fire a...

Lot of angst among the police officers and sometimes they sort of get everybody else going. we have to be really careful with that thats just unfair. theres agitators and they dont represent the majority of the protesters. >> thats true. certainly the energy of the situation has been going on in this community. but it was the case of michael brown that brought this into sharp focus. lets go to benjamin crump, the attorney for michael browns family. what is the community saying about violence dir...

Agitators may have been responsible. give me your thoughts. >> wolf here is what i would say. i want to express prayers and hopes for the full recovery of those two officers who were injured in this ambush last evening. secondly we do not know who conducted this criminal act, who carried out this criminal act yesterday. and certainly, there is an investigation which has to continue. we should not jump to judgment on it. i think thirdly, the underlying issue is that the ferguson leadership still ...

S.w.a.t. team member a skilled shooter, a military veteran might have the skill to do a shot like that or shoot four times and hit two police officers side by side. its still a remarkable shot. >> the community there, give us a little flavor of whats going on what we should be bracing for. youre a community activist. a lot are concerned what could happen in the next few hours. >> well many activists that are my age and have been out and about that have been committed to this for the last 215 day...

Reinforcing a policeman and the police and community relationship. >> most of the protestors as you well know mr. pruitt theyve been peaceful. going way back there have been these outside agitators who come in and create violence. the michael brown parents they issued a statement saying that they support the peaceful demonstrations certainly in memory of their son, but they denounce the actions of standalone acknowledge staygitators. tell us about these people. >> unfortunately, the fact that th...

Shot at a cop. >> no, no. look, we all know this. there is most of the protesters since last august vast majority peaceful they want change they want institutional change. they are passionate sometimes but people who are abiding by the law or maybe sometimes exercising civil disobedience but nothing violent. every time i have been here and its been many many weeks, there has been a small contingent of people i dont know if they are outside agitators or if they are from the local community but th...

Legislation. most people would say that his actions there made him the agitator. and he went further and got into a physical confrontation with folks there simply there to testify. so i mean jeff is jeff and i think we all know what his motivation is. >> the ferguson police chief, as you know, he resigned yesterday. going to take effect next week. other officials in ferguson have resigned. two police officers were let goe. the county clerk, one of the judges, the city manager. is that enough or ...

I think they have every right to protest. i would be the first to stand up for that. but i also believe in protecting people and keeping them safe. if the peaceful protesters cant tell who is dangerous or not and gunfire is coming from a dark hill at midnight shooting random into the crowd, that would be dangerous not only to the police officers but the protesters as well. >> youre so right. last night people were ducking down. they were scared they were nervous. what we have to enforce, this is...

Of people both here in the st. louis region and even beyond across the country who have been protesting the last few months. >> are you among those who suspect outside agitators, some professional hit man, in effect with an expert marksman coming in and shooting these police officers? >> i dont know. i wouldnt try to guess. i will leave it up to the police to do their work and hopefully they will apprehend this person very soon. >> fair enough. let me bring back jeff roorda for a moment. we are ...