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Large police presence. he claims it's not a race issue. wilson goes on to say that in ferguson there's a lack of initiative to get a job. the youth are running in the streets, he says not worried about working in the morning. the 29-year-old claims that culture is everywhere in the inner cities. >> darren wilson is no racist. i know him well. i think the article misrepresents who he is. >> boris sanchez reporting. in other news california in flames fueled by drought and helped along by lightning. 21 fires are forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. the rocky fire the largest...

He claims it's not a race issue. he goes on to say, in ferguson there's a lack of initiative to get a job. the youth are running in the streets, he says not worry about working in the morning. the 29-year-old claim that is culture is everywhere in the inner cities. >> darren wilson is no racist. i know him well. i think the article misrepresent who is he is. >> wilson said he's interviewed in other police departments but has not been hired because he is a liability. he wants to go back to the ferguson police officer department to prove he isn't defeated. >> interesting. >> a lot of security ri...

Person in my business? how is this different? >> i think it's different because that is something that does not come down specifically to religious beliefs. i think when you're talking about traditional marriage or gay marriage it is something that has been voted on. poppy, let me finish. >> it's not just about married people. i'm talking about someone gay not just a married gay person. >> but poppy, we have people that voted on gay marriage recently in quite a few states including california. this is a political issue, not a race issue. it has been treated as a political issue, a personal iss...

State investigators. >> is that your biggest fear this was racially motivated? >> yes. i don't want the community saying it was a white on black thing. that's the worst thing that can happen is people making it into race issue. >> reporter: he lived in a house just on the edge of these woods and the sheriff tells us that his body was found about 500 yards deep back in that direction. it's a long path through this thickly wooded area and then you come to this opening where search teams found him on thursday. he was hanging from this black locust tree. his body we're told was about two to feet t...

54-year-old otis byrd was found hanging from this tree with a bed sheet around his neck. it's not clear yet whether byrd killed himself or was murdered but as soon as sheriff marvin lucas saw the scene, he called in federal and state investigators. that is your biggest fear this was racially motivated? >> yes. i don't want to community to get excited saying it was a white on black thing. that's the worst thing that could happen is people making it into a race issue. >> reporter: on thursday search teams found his body in this thickly wooded area. they found him hanging from this tree 500 yards...