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The mob courage and then allow -- they allow the bad apples to seep in, the agitators the gang members, the people that really want to maybe get even with the police or get even with the store owner or any other reason just to steal loot or destroy property, if you allow that to actually form and fester that is when you have problems. thats what they have allowed in this, and it is not the police. they are being directed to not take any action. you need to take action and you need to stop that b...

It evoked the kind of abuse and disregard for citizens that spawned the civil rights movement. but i rejected the notion that nothings changed. what happened in ferguson may not be unique, but its no longer endemic. its no longer sanctioned by law or custom, and before the civil rights movement it most surely was. >> president obama also spoke about patriotism, about what it means to be a patriot, something that some people said was a response to mayor rudy giulianis comments about the president...

Treatment. just the equal treatment promised to them almost a serce before. what they did here will reverberate through the ages. not because the change they want is preordained, not because their victory was complete. but because they proved that nonviolent change is possible. that love and hope can conquer hate. as we commemorate their achievement, we are well served to remember that at the time of the marches, many in power condemned rather than praised them. back then they were called commun...

Agitators of the speakers. what helps john boehner this time, he has an even larger republican majority in the new congress so he has some room to be re-elected. this is some way they can make some noise. theyre all sworn in then again electing electing. democrats in the house will likely vote for nancy pelosi but there will be enough republicans that the kind of fate of john boehner as the next speaker is not in doubt. this with-s one of those issues where it allows conservatives to challenge h...

Newsroom to wrap it all. happy new year. >> happy new year, heather thank you. new year, same protests. it was dubbed a peaceful protest in st. louis missouri but it was anything but. 75 protesters marching against police brutality storming the st. louis metropolitan police headquarters and police using pepper spray and shoving protesters out the door as they tried to rush the entrance. melee led to 25 arrests. police saying they have heard the demands from protesters and protests like these are...

Ben. bryan llenas is live in new york with more. >> new year, same protests. in the wake of michael brown and eric garner, 75 protesters marching against police brutality storming the st. louis meant police headquarters on new years eve. police using pepper spray and shoving protesters out the door as they tried to make their way into the building entrance. the melee leading to 25 arrests. protesters holding signs saying "black lives matter." giving an eviction notice to the mayor. and police sa...

A mayor for any politician to do that. you are just not going to win that fight. >> and sharpton, i have said this blood on the hand things should not extend to him but i have criticized hill role as sifts agitators and msnbc host and the mayor asked the protesters to delay any more demonstration until after the police funeral and sharpton says no. >> he is just -- he needs to find his way. he wants to be everything a jack of all trades. al sharpton if he wants to be the next civil rights leader...

>> one, the mayor has to open up the dialogue with everybody. you cant speak with one community leader with the assumption that he just represents or they represent one particular group. theres organizations, you know, i give kudos to the protesters like the justice league and what they are doing. i think what theyre doing is in the right direction but we got to remember there are those agitators actually trying to change the dialogue and we have to be very cognizant of that. what we need to do ...

Little bit, cynical attempt, to make every incident a racial issue, which is not the case. in this case, i think theres clear evidence anybody can see, of the victim, that ended up dying, of course, holding up a gun, if theres any reason for a policeman to discharge his weapon, its with a gun pointed at his face. but i do think that the hard core demonstrators, who are the kind of professional agitators will be out there, in the same way they came out on the street in new york city yesterday, in...

Warning about that. hes concerned about the changes in police behavior stemming from this sequence of events. also this morning, top police union leaders are telling us theyre making a direct link between the recent protests and the murder of those two officers. two fallen officers, a city convulsing with tension and a sense that the strain between police across the country and the public they protect is growing. police are angry that recent demonstrations turned into personal attacks against th...