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>> how did this happen? you [ bleep ] racist. >> what is the core of this? >> i mean it's hard to say that it's a race issue. i think that race played a factor in it. to me the biggest thing is excessive force. >> there is a criminal investigation. they say they are going to look into the conduct of the officers involved in this arrest. >> thank you. >> the u.s. army is reportedly investigating charges that platoons of soldiers was given free reign to racial slurs to what is being called racial thursdays. >> the soldiers are based at fort wainwright in alaska. at least one veteran lawmaker say...

Held a rally. he was there too, after being released from jail. >> regardless of your personal opinions and the way you feel about subjects to please respect everyone here. we're all apart of one community. and we deserve to respect each other, especially in times like this. >> reporter: university of virginia president, teresa sullivan has asked the governor's office to launch an independent investigation. >> it felt it in my stomach. i just -- seeing the blood run down that young man's face you know i wanted to know what happened. >> how does this happen?! [ bleep ]! how does this happen?! >...

Matter it is a lesser standard. >> it is. >> we believe there's evidence here that clearly shows in the situation that the officer found himself in he does not have to take the child's life. now we believe the facts that build up to the situation where it was the kill shot had other possibilities to use and failed to do. >> do you think this was motivated by race? do you think race was played at all by officer wilson? >> i'm not making it a race issue. i believe there are facts that will support our theory in a court of law. >> that's interesting you're not making it a race issue and yet the f...

>> i'm not making it a race issue. i believe there are facts that will support our theory in a court of law. >> that's interesting you're not making it a race issue and yet the ferguson police department, chuck, yesterday was found to have serious race issues. that's where the doj investigation eventually went and very while it exonerated officer wilson it did nothing of the kind for the ferguson p.d. and some saying it should be disbanded. should it? >> megyn i've lost the feed. i can't hear you. i think that's a decision for the local politicians to make. what we believe at this time is that...

Trying to make it safe. they don't get the recognition. >> they already have a target on their back. >> they take millions of incidents and try to make it a race issue or something wrong. >> the reason these guys were killed was not based on race or their color. it was based on the fact that they were in a marked police car wearing blue and they were targeted the same way they refer to the bln when you had them walking on the lower east side executed back then. you had them sitting in front of a witness's house targeted because he was a cop protecting someone. >> let's talk about the fact that...