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And right now they are afraid and day don't know what to do. >> this kind of sense of an endless cycle. and again, none of us are justifying looting or violence in any stretch, but this kind of feeling that is adding to those that would agitate and misuse it mark claxton, is something that has got to be navigated by legitimate people on the ground like a reverend wes. >> yeah oh, absolutely. and i think in addition to what reverend wes had indicated earlier on i heard, councilman mosby really lay out clearly what so many of the issues are that kind of lead to these type of violent outbursts. w...

Of some spots. they're taking criticism and their first priority is to protect life their own life and then they'll go after the people looting the buildings. >> that's mark with "the baltimore sun". mark claxton, how do you, as a former police officer, how do you assess the police response? >> well i think they've shown a tremendous amount of restraint, especially when you consider that several of their members have been injured, and the reports are accurate pretty seriously. i think there had -- i think what is obvious, or what should be obvious to me is that perhaps they underestimated the ...

And i don't believe it's done fairly, and i don't think it's done in a way that i mean that evokes justice for all of us. not at all. >> mark claxton, as we are watching these live shots of the cvs pharmacy store that was looted earlier, now on fire i notice that we have yet to see fire trucks there. does that mean that it's difficult for them to get through, because those areas have been cordoned off? >> i would assume so. >> we're told by the family attorney, billy murphy that the family is watching the looting and they're very upset and very angry and very sad. and again, i think with all o...

Even when they was taking him to the van, he was crying out in pain. >> and you know what i think is really interesting, when you hear the -- you hear the gentleman videotaping. he talks about that mr. gray was tased. that the police officers tased him. now, deputy commissioner rodriguez said there's no indication of any kinds of marks on autopsy. which i assume would include any markings from having been tased. >> i didn't hear anything about him being tased? >> i just heard that from the person on the street. >> and there lies the situation. >> okay. we're going to have to leave it there for...

Not the standard level of training for a professional police officer and therefore, they should not be placed in positions, situations that deal directly with public safety especially special operations undercover operations stings et cetera. listen, i think law enforcement appreciates and the community appreciates individuals who volunteer themselves but let's not fool ourselves. a professional police officer is on a much higher level than a volunteer limited trained individual who really has goodwill towards the community, and that individual now -- is now individually culpable and the entit...