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Battle. officer collin stafford ambushed while responding to a robbery call, he is now in stable condition. today is the nine year veteran's 36th birthday. the shooting comes six months after a birmingham sergeant was shot and killed. overnight protesters swarmed the home of an nypd officer one day after the justice department clears him in the eric garner case. >> we will find you. heather: officer daniel pantaleno is accused of choking garner while arresting him for allegedly selling untaxed, loose cigarettes in 2014. garner died of a fatal asthma attack. investigators determined it was the ...

>> the eric garner, cell phone video, tsince rodney king in lo angeles. the two share similarities in the garner and king cases numerous officers responded. in king's case there were many officers, some involved in the beating others standing by watching. in the garner case one officer involved in choking him. other officers tried to subdue garner in other ways. both cases involved black men and white police officers. both sparked protests after a decision by jurors. in new york it's been peaceful so far. >> i can't breathe! in los angeles, protests turned into days of rioting. 50 people died....

>> i stood in ferguson, bullets whizzed past me. i still made the same claim i have right now. i felt the brunt of what happened. >> so he says cops in general are awesome and the ghetto they're the only thing that keeps it from being the wild, wild west we have to be careful in these discussions not to demonize all cops, right? they are very useful but you bristled when he said that, why? >> because it goes back to the dehumanizing piece. black people are savages and animals. only thing stopping black people from murdering each other is the presence of police. he seems to have this huge defen...