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Is we need crime reform, we dont need police reform. when you look at a city like chicago when 500 people are dying a year by gun violence, its not the police thats doing that, its the citizens, we need crime control not police reform. melissa: do you think that police have taken a step back, more hesitant today because of so many things that we have seen or are they impervious to do their job? >> police are impervious, theres no police that understands that when he or she steps out there are ce...

Reversed, something happens to a criminal, then that person becomes an angel and it was a thug officer out harassing people or whatever. we have seen that for the last several years and it started unfortunately with the last administration and we are still trying to bounce back from that. melissa: yeah, no, thats a great point. police officers take huge risks every single day when they go out and protect a community, is there a different way that we should be operating? >> no, i dont think so. i...

Melissa: yeah, what do you think could have been done different in charlottesville? when you look at what happened is it the element that is were there, is it the violence, was it the way the situation was handled, were there not enough , whats your analysis? >> i think it was wait to go explode. whether you had enough police there -- no one was taking into account officer safety and they were going to be greatly outnumbered and you had people with opposing views and unfortunately in this countr...

Charlottesville, what we saw in durham, north carolina, they set the law from the beginning and i commend those officers. melissa: yeah, i mean, you think that thats essentially what it was about, it was coordination between the police or is it a different group of people? i mean, obviously in this one it didnt appear to to be white -- supremacists, speakers there had not affiliation and a few of the same speakers listed that we had seen in charlottesville. those are the facts. does seem like it...

Kelly: a lot on the plate. melissa: coverage of the counterprotest in boston continues which remains largely peaceful about concerns of violence after one week of charlottesville. former member of the fbi joint terrorism tasker force weighing in. thats ahead wise man, im nervous about things i cant control... affecting my good credit score. i see youve planted an uncertainty tree. chop that thing down. the clarity you seek... lies within the creditwise app from capital one. creditwise helps you ...

From barcelona, ben, thank you. melissa: after counter-protestors poured into the streets making their voices heard against the so-called free speech rally held by conservatives. the rally is now over. some counter-protestors are still lingering, thats what youre looking at in the screen. lets bring aqila johnson, reporter of the boston globe. i understand youre standing by in the commons, describe the scene for us. >> i am. at this point it has the field of a festival as it begins to end and ki...

Melissa: fox news alert for you. massive counterprotests mostly peaceful. now the crowds are dispersing. it began with mile-long. for more reaction on todays events, former nashville police officer and hes host of the beyond the badge podcast. lets start with the events in boston today. what do you think made the difference here that so many people were able to come together express their views, we didnt see violence, its dispersing, does it come down to the police force? >> well, melissa, thank...

That in this country people are more concerned when police take action against a suspect than they are when a police officer is killed. if the roles were reversed here, i think we would already be seeing outrage, we would already be seeing protests, hash tags, no one wants to take into account the dangers of policing and how hard the job is. its the only job in the country where you can leave home and not know if youre going to return home from work. melissa: yeah. its very true although obvious...

That they had allowed to be there. have you seen any indication, what the reason for that was, did they get to the speakers, so they were done or did they feel intimidated or do you have any thoughts on that because we are seeing conflicting reports online but youre there, so you tell us? >> well, you know, i actually marched the route with the counter-protestors so i didnt get to common after 12:30 and as we made our way we were greeted too with the news that the original rally had ended well b...

Out about the free speech group, it really became a rallying point. they came to rally not just against the fro-speech group that was in the boston common today but show support for what happened -- to show their solidarity with people in charlottesville against hate and against racism and bigotry. those are the sign that is we saw in the counter-protestors today. melissa, kelly. melissa: thank you so much for that. kelly: steve is live now on the ground in boston, he was following those counter...