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Man who attacked officer apologizes, says harm was never his intent 'I went straight to praying for him': July 2020 attack on the Atlantic Beach Police officer was drug-induced, not deliberate, says his assailant. Author: Anne Schindler Updated: 6:54 PM EDT July 27, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Last week marked one year from a brutal attack on an Atlantic Beach Police Officer. Though recovering from his injuries, the officer remains unable to return to work. However, the man who assaulted him says he has plenty of work ahead of him. In a series of exclusive jail...

Prominent conservatives have been saying and what may have triggered rob bowers? >> i think there are some disturbing connections you can point to. i think there's this whole climate of crazy rhetoric which razz created the environment in which right wing extremists can be radicalized and turn to violence. the rhetoric itself is so violent over the top that someone who's already unbalanced like a cesar sayoc or a robert bowers can be moved into violence. and the level of intemperate rhetoric you hear from trump and the republicans have just been over the top whether it's denouncing democrats o...

That we heard from the president shortly after this -- this horrific massacre took place was that perhaps things could have been a little bit differently if there had be security inside. let's quickly take a listen to what he said. >> this is case where if they had an armed guard inside, they might have been able to stop him immediately. maybe there would have been nobody killed except for him, frankly. so it's a very, very -- very difficult situation. >> now, we now know that rob bowers used an ar-15 assault-style weapon. in the past after mass shootings like this we've heard cries for renewe...

Including four police officers. authorities are identifying the shooter as 46-year-old rob bowers and say this was a hate crime. >> members of the tree of life synagogue conducting a peaceful service in their place of worship were brutally murdered by a gunman targeting them simply because of their faith. >> bowers' social media -- >> whether you're jewish or not, we're all here. hopefully we can support each other through this. >> the fbi now investigating his background and what led bowers to attack the synagogue. ron mott, nbc news, pittsburgh. my colleague matt bradley a couple miles fro...

At this time. that's not the time to have that debate. and certainly, you wouldn't be able to solve that problem overnight anyway. so i -- this is a time for reflection, for telling people that we will stand together and let's show a little bit more love and compassion and try to help everybody out. >> andy card, again, well said, simple thank you for weighing in. we appreciate your insights. shawn henry, oncen again to you. you have spent over a couple of hours sitting here with me as we have been breaking down this story. shawn, you have gotten nuggets of information. how does social media p...