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Murderous, and sick that they're abusing the 911 system to create the conditions to lure someone in to what sounds like not a dangerous situation, that call we read was a faked, quote, domestic disturbance call, not a bank robbery, so the officers come in with one posture, and that is the seeds of their vulnerability, and then all the shots rang out. what do you think when you look at a crime like that, mark? >> it just demonstrates how law enforcement officers have to always be thinking in three dimensional ways. and not taking everything at face value, and why sometimes some of the decisions...

You're in touch with, and mark claxton, thanks to both of you. i have one more thing in this hour, and it involves the iconic filmmaker cameron crowe and some of what you guys were telling me, from almost famous to jerry maguire, next.

Standard. and the law says if the gunman was just partially motivated by a bias against a person due to their race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, age or sexual orientation or gender identity, then a hate charge can be brought. now, it seems almost intuitive given the location of this mass shooting that it feels like a bias motivated crime. how many bars and clubs are there in colorado and why did the gunman choose this one? it feels they were comfortable enough they had enough evidence that it was a bias motivated charge and bring the charge very quickly. >> mark, how do the hate crimes ...

Anti-lgbtq legislation and anti-gay rhetoric could fuel even more attacks. priscilla thompson is live for us in colorado springs. mark claxton director of the black law enforcement alliance. and glen kirscher in msnbc analyst. thanks to all of you for being here. glen, what must they know, prosecutors know to say this was a hate crime? are you surprised they filed this so quickly? >> you know, chris, i am. because ordinarily what prosecutors will do is they will jump out there with the most readily provable charge. that in this case would obviously be the murder charges. but, you know, this ma...

Mariano on administrative leave, lieutenant parkas was the acting chief in the city of uvalde on the day of the shooting. >> let's go to our panel ford reaction on all these developments. jim kavanaugh, msnbc terrorism contributor and retired atf special agent in charge. mark claxton, retired nypd detective and director of the black enforcement lights alliance. gentlemen, great to have you with us. jim, we knew it was going to be bad. we did not imagine it would be this bad. the report that came out today is worse than i think most of us anticipated. your reaction to this preliminary report? >...