18-year-old who police say held out a gun and pointed it at the officer. all this as protesters in new york continue demonstrating against the nypd decembspite ca for mayor de blasio officers are finally laid to rest. it was a sea of blue today at the funeral for officer rafael ramos. with a funeral for his partner, officer liu set for tomorrow. the nypd is reporting at least half a dozen people have been arrested and 40 investigations launched into continued threats against police. and with officers being encouraged to wear bulletproof vests, to work only in groups and to remain vigilant even as they attend their colleagues vigils, despite these racially charged events, president obama is telling npr that the account is less racially divided in day-to-day interactions than when he took office. we have david webb and alan combs, but first fox news exclusive with nypd sergeant who turned his back on new york mayor de blasio. sergeant mullens joins us now. sergeant, first o
are very sensitive to the various resident, black or white. i think one of the major accomplishments can occur in a city is to have diversity in your police department where not only the residents but the policemen, black, white, hispanics are communicating with each other. therefore they re extremely sensitive. i think that is, the city of berkeley is fortunate to have diversity in our police department we can work together with all aspects of society. leland: i would add, sir, they are fortunate to have you as their mayor. mayor theodore hoskins of berkeley, missouri. we wish you peace in your city. i appreciate the opportunity to convey our position and to y all, have a happy new year. leland: you too, sir, thank you. bye-bye. leland: molly? molly: russia s economy rocked by international sanctions and the lowest oil price since 2009. so what is this guy going to do
a black young man. so when does this stop? and i can assure you that did not happen. reporter: berkeley mayor theodore hoskins insists this case is very time because this time, he says, there s visual proof clearly showing his officer fired in self-defense when confronted by an armed teen. specifically, three surveillance views from the gas station that investigators released to show exactly what happened. in one, you see two men in the parking lot face to face with the officer who responded to a report of shoplifting. look closer and one of the men raidses his arm, pointing what authorities say is a gun directly at the officer. another angle shows much more, presumably after the officer fires his weapon, he falls backward as if retreated. then he quickly gets back to his feet. despite this video proof, the mayor knows some will remain
the videotape indicates that the officer was justified. my position is that very clear distinction between ferguson and new york is, we must support the right of the police officer anytime he is justified. leland: mayor hoskins, we re seeing video of your city of scuffles at a gas station there. there are dozens of police officers trying to hold the line. protesters are come in trying to attack police officers. it has to be scary, saw explosion, looked like fireworks. got to be scary with a mayor, any moment you have a police shooting not only tragedy to deal with but threat of violence coming after it. i agree with. that unfortunate when an incident of this nature occurs, there are some naysayers out
skeptical in this community just a few miles from the place that sparked tremendous national controversy. when it comes to a policeman that s doing the right thing and protecting himself, i m going to support that, doesn t matter if he s black or white. reporter: there could have been more video proof of this incident. we know that that officer did have access to a body camera as well. but at the time, he just didn t happen to have it on him. thank you so much, george. there were a handful of arrests in berkeley of protesters who were blocking a highway overnight in nearby ferguson, a driver plowed over a memorial for michael brown. it sits in the middle of a street near the canfield green apartment complex where brown was shot. the memorial was already cleaned up and rebuilt by this morning by volunteers who saw pictures of the mess on social media. joining me now is the mayor of berkeley, missouri, theodore hoskins. mr. mayor, thank you for joining us.