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The question is the individuals that commit they had horrific act tonight, are they from ferguson or are they in fact from somewhere else. a lot of the people we you can tayed to and calling themselves protesters were not even from ferguson, missouri. they were from other areas. there were people i talked to that were from new york city. this is a terrible situation lets hope the governor gets involved quicker this time than when he did in august. he didnt get there until four days after it erup...

Cities. now they are paralyzed because the politicians tried to keep the police from looking like police. they stand there and are a target for profanity name calling, spit, rock, bottles and bullets. it is unfair to the police officers and it is unfair to the community that isnt out there on the street making fools of themselves. >> we are short on time, but we appreciate you being with us. mark ferman talking about the developments there in ferguson, missouri which we now know the sheriff say ...

-year-old, 14-year veteran on the police department staff there. he was shot and a five-year veteran was shot. one in the face and one in the shoulder. joining us on the phone, the former l.a. homicide detective mark ferman. mark, what do you make of all of this? >> as we said before the last question from the reporter and the last response from the police chief really says it all. he described the volatile tee he knew he was on barrowed time. all of the shots fired and he knew it was a matter o...

>> accessibility is certainly that. but a weapon like a knife is a personal rage-based weapon. >> mark, thank you. we will hang with you. dont go too far. we have more questions for you. and when we were talking marta we saw students walking out and one monitor is interviewing one of the kids. >> no doubt shaken up but it looks calmer than it was today. the suspect is in custody. you have to believe the students saw him and no doubt some of them knew exactly who he was and maybe the backstory th...

Students in that school. lets listen to this: >> my one friend was cut across the face. she was bleeding. i didnt see her. the one friend got stabbed in the back. my one friends brother got tackled to the ground and they stabbed him several times. i dont know how he is doing. it is unbelievable. >> reporter: and some of the parents calling in who have been on the phone with kids who are in the lockdown area and not able to come out of the high school describing what they saw. blood on the floor,...

Asap. >> units 230 at the school. >> we are in route. >> we are getting a call reporting one individual has a knife. 230 and additional unit. the actor with the knife is in room 213. there is a victim down in room 115. >> 115. mark ferman former lapd officer. good morning to you by telephone. when you have a suspect with a knife you have to take that suspect down. and there is really one way to do that. you have to get a physical body on that person to take them down unless you can defend yourse...

Minutes. mark, why would the fbi be on scene this quickly? >> they have a lot of resources the police department can use forensically and electronically. it could also be something in this situation where there is something that goes across state line. i dont know. i dont know how close they are to another state line. they could be a resource they called in not knowing what they have. the situation right now, they are talking to the suspect and one of my concern, with such a desperate act so ear...

Conviction. hes filed for a writ of habeus corpus. finally hes filed for a writ of habeus corpus alleging that his lawyer mickey sherman was incompetent, a claim that is made all the time in our courts and almost never succeeds. it is simply astonishing that it succeeded this time. >> he said he had a bad lawyer. >> yes. there are lots of bad lawyers out there and lots of people in prison with bad lawyers. why michael skakel gets out because of that is one of the many mysteries of this case. >> ...

Actuality and reality. and mma, if you had your head being pounded on the ground, two times or three times, and you think that its going to cause you great bodily harm, under the state of florida law, you have the right and it is a justifiable defense. so you. >> sean: peter, you think it should be acquit but you thing hung. >> i think it should be acquit but i am afraid it might be hung. the emotionality that we are seeing even in this expert audience. >> there is a lawsuit of lawyers here. >> ...

Actuality and reality. and mma, if you had your head being pounded on the ground, two times or three times, and you think that its going to cause you great bodily harm, under the state of florida law, you have the right and it is a justifiable defense. so you. >> sean: peter, you think it should be acquit but you thing hung. >> i think it should be acquit but i am afraid it might be hung. the emotionality that we are seeing even in this expert audience. >> there is a lawsuit of lawyers here. >> ...