Page 2 - Eric Garner Situation News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

County, chief belmar, is it's provocative in nature. three minutes after the event you're saying that the shooter was embedded with the protesters. that's provocative and it's inaccurate. and that doesn't allow us to get to a conversation about what really happened here. >> but, lizz, what is a guy going to say? he just had two of his officers shot. i mean, you know, they could be at their funerals right now. >> but we're not. okay, chris? we're not. and we expect people like the chief of police to be able to comport himself appropriately and based upon the training that he's had. you don't --...

Supports open season on police, we are creating a tremendous rift between those we want to serve and protect and those that are willing to take the life of a police officer because they're inspired by what they hear in the community. >> right. absolutely. both situations tragic. although, i will say in terms of the florida situation, i don't think we know what preceded that, whether it was related to the michael brown/eric garner situation, but obviously somebody did something horrible there. thank you so much. always good to see you. this story, everyone, is trending on social media. #nypd ...

Was embedded with the protesters. that's provocative and it's inaccurate. and that doesn't allow us to get to a conversation about what really happened here. >> but, lizz, what is a guy going to say? he just had two of his officers shot. i mean, you know, they could be at their funerals right now. >> but we're not. okay, chris? we're not. and we expect people like the chief of police to be able to comport himself appropriately and based upon the training that he's had. you don't -- when you face a situation like this, you try to be as accurate as possible. and it was inaccurate to suggest that...

>> joining me now is reddit hudson part of the national coalition of law enforcement officers for justice reform and accountability. i want to play you chief belmar describing the kind of situation that his officers faced last night and have faced before in this situation. take a listen. >> what if we're in a situation where it's 25 or 50 yards away? and it's a threat right there in front of you that can be engaged except we're around a situation where 40, 50, 70 people are around. we really need to understand the dangers of this. and i'm not blaming anybody other than the individuals that too...

Situation that cannot be solved. it just seems completely impacted. like, how do you think about the way out particularly in the weight of this violence last night? >> the way out is the same way that it has always been. we go through it. we continue to tell the correct narratives about what's going on. we continue to expose the wrong and we continue to be -- if we're all attempting to do as the attorney general said that we need to do straighten out the mess that is here in ferguson, we can't be distracted by this. and we can't allow ourselves to engage in highyperbole. so yeah, it's going to...