Group called the black hebrew israelites. they were hurling insults at them and then when you see all the video you realize thought kids were simply shouting school chants at the suggestion of one of the kids and chaperone and then the man with a drum walked in and actually got up in the young man s face. brian: so the media jumped to the conclusions what these young men were doing and what young kids were doing and what they represented. put everything on its head. the facts have come out. apologies have come cascading in. but it hasn t stopped the threats from coming at these high school kids who were there just for a supervised demonstration. jillian: nic sandman the guy you see there standing his ground trying to diffuse the situation. the video has gone viral of two of his friends from the high school grant and sam. and this is what they had to say about this incident. there have been many threats against our lives. against our parents.
The officer shot and killed. we have not gotten that from law enforcement there ourselves just yet. again, local nbc affiliate there. francis, at this point all we know is that around 8:15 local time, 8:15 central there was a call that went out from this this police officer. he was pursuing one perhaps two people at the time and then shots rang out. his weapon and pepper spray both taken. just to give you perspective about this particular area, this community. it s about 60 miles northwest of chicago, 50 miles northwest of chicago. about an hour s drive. this is a lot closer to the wisconsin border than it is to chicago proper. this is a rural area. the suspect, two white guys and a black guy, at this point they are considered armed and dangerous, in addition to that high school grant, communiity