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Is we need crime reform, we don't need police reform. when you look at a city like chicago when 500 people are dying a year by gun violence, it's not the police that's doing that, it's the citizens, we need crime control not police reform. melissa: do you think that police have taken a step back, more hesitant today because of so many things that we have seen or are they impervious to do their job? >> police are impervious, there's no police that understands that when he or she steps out there are cell phone videos going for someone to post this and say, look at excessive use of force. i don't...

Reversed, something happens to a criminal, then that person becomes an angel and it was a thug officer out harassing people or whatever. we have seen that for the last several years and it started unfortunately with the last administration and we are still trying to bounce back from that. melissa: yeah, no, that's a great point. police officers take huge risks every single day when they go out and protect a community, is there a different way that we should be operating? >> no, i don't think so. i mean, at the end of the day policing is policing. it will never change. it's been the same for 20...

Melissa: yeah, what do you think could have been done different in charlottesville? when you look at what happened is it the element that is were there, is it the violence, was it the way the situation was handled, were there not enough , what's your analysis? >> i think it was wait to go explode. whether you had enough police there -- no one was taking into account officer safety and they were going to be greatly outnumbered and you had people with opposing views and unfortunately in this country we are at a point where people don't think they can disagree with each other without being nonvio...

Charlottesville, what we saw in durham, north carolina, they set the law from the beginning and i commend those officers. melissa: yeah, i mean, you think that that's essentially what it was about, it was coordination between the police or is it a different group of people? i mean, obviously in this one it didn't appear to to be white -- supremacists, speakers there had not affiliation and a few of the same speakers listed that we had seen in charlottesville. those are the facts. does seem like it was a different event, certainly. >> yeah, definitely seems like a different event. you still had...

Kelly: a lot on the plate. melissa: coverage of the counterprotest in boston continues which remains largely peaceful about concerns of violence after one week of charlottesville. former member of the fbi joint terrorism tasker force weighing in. that's ahead wise man, i'm nervous about things i can't control... affecting my good credit score. i see you've planted an uncertainty tree. chop that thing down. the clarity you seek... lies within the creditwise app from capital one. creditwise helps you protect your credit. and it's completely free for everyone. it's free for everyone? do hawks use...