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Appalled and should be appalled. i think the people who called demonstrations across the country have to take responsibility even if you have some people in the back doing and saying despicable things, you have to come forward and say that's not representative of the whole movement. at the same time, those kinds of things were not aired publicly before the shootings cannot be blamed. i don't care what somebody says at a rally or protest. nobody has the right to pick up a gun and shoot anybody else, even though a police officer. i'm from a law enforcement family. p if you do that, you are wrong...

You want a race war, you're going to get one. there is incitement and culture out there where cops are now open game, and we have to somehow mitigate that and trust our police officers. >> you know, i cover law enforcement on my beat. i talked to officers, van, who say i feel like i have a bull's eye on my back. i'm more nervous about my job. i work in an anti police culture. do you think officers have a right to feel this way? >> you know, i understand those sentiments. at the same time, what is actually driving the concern and the outrage are not the words of protesters, it's the videos of p...

Empowered to go after their own and to be whistle-blowers. i don't think that it's the words of the protesters. it's the deeds of a small number of police officers who have been caught on camera again and again and by the way, none of these officers are in prison. you've watched now for a year and a half, officer after officer, video after video, not one officer is in prison -- >> officer wilson is guilty, van in ferguson? >> i'm not talking about officer wilson. >> because the hands up movement was based on total lies but yet politicians, celebrities, sports stars were doing hands up, all bas...

Than ever to unravel. the headlines the last few days are dizzying. a manhunt for the killers of a veteran officer in illinois. >> the chopper is overhead. >> reporter: a houston sheriff's deputy ambushed and gunned down at a gas station. >> cops lives matter, too. >> reporter: a san antonio man with his hands up gunned down by officers, and empty police chants in minnesota. houston's harris county sheriff still mourning the loss of one of his deputies where the debate is taking a toll. >> certainly those kinds of extreme rhetoric can lead to unintended consequences. >> reporter: the theory ov...

The situation is only getting worse. who is to blame here? >> well, i think there are a small minority groups of folks that are painting cops really bad. they are saying if you're blue, you're guilty and that is a certain form of prejudice. cops are there to do their job overwhelmingly. they are good people doing god's work and going out with a target on their back. this shouldn't have to happen. >> you don't think cops are to blame at all? >> not at all. >> van? >> well, first of all, the first thing we have to do is say how sorry we are to the families. right now you have people watching thi...