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>> mark fuhrman is a fox news contributor and host. now, this is just breaking as we go to air. so apologize while i look through my notes. but it appears now -- okay so looking back at the record the mayor specifically said the record will show she never ordered officers to stand down. never ordered them to stand down during the riots. then remember this is the same mayor who said we gave the protesters space to destroy. and then she denied that she had done that. and now the top brass comes out and said yes, we told them don't engage. hold the line. mark? >> stand down, don't engage be targe...

Former l.a.p.d. homicide detective and richard fowler. thank you for being here. now this is just breaking as we go to air. so apologize while i look through my notes. looking back at the record the mayor specifically said the record will show she never ordered officers to stand down during the riots. then remember this is the same mayor who said we gave the protesters space to destroy and then denied that she had done that. now the top brass says we told them don't engage. hold the line. mark? >> stand down don't engage be targets, do nothing. it's all the same thing. stand down means you are...

Officers trying to seal off streets and frankly tactical decisions being made that it's not worth what increased violence may occur if they try to settle a street. >> has to be surprising to see that type of interaction with officers. >> two things are surprising to see these young men come towards police and see the police leave, spoke to instability, but that could have been just one episode. a second surprise is the stark lack of planning that you had here today. i understand from the mayor's office that it was to give protesters space and it's easy to say hindsight is 20/20, but we know fr...

How many times were we in ferguson? how many different scenarios have we been in since ferguson? and cities have planned for it, not perfectly, but baltimore had the opportunity to know what was coming down the pipe especially when you see what happened over the weekend? >> well the assumption wrong? you know better than we do. it seems as though the decision made by your leaders was give the protesters space. the family, this is their day of mourning. let's not show force. let's not be super aggressive and it seems to have backfired on you in terms of the logistics and the outcome of the situ...

Think that this makes sense to destroy our community when we know that those people who live there, that are already hurting, are going to be the ones that pay for that. >> is there a count for injuries so far? >> not yet, we can get that information to you. >> what do you make of the criticisms that your words might have encouraged some of the action on the streets today? >> i'll say the very blatant mischaracterization of my words was not helpful. i was asked a question about the property damage that was done and in answering that question i made it very clear that we walk a balance, we walk...