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We have a situation you have to control and they do not control it. the point is it wasn't that they did not control it, the issue was they actually had a stand down order. they actually ordered law enforcement. >> tucker: you know that the mayor's office and governor's office ordered a stand down? >> here's what i can say about that. >> the supreme court actually answer that question best. i might not have heard it but the demonstrated evidence has shown it. >> tucker: it seems that way. >> tucker: a lot of cops are normal guys. i don't think they would stand by unless they had to. >> you are...

We are in a city manager form of government in charlottesville. every virginia city and county other than richmond has a city manager form of government. the police chief does not report to me. if i wanted to issue a stand down order, i could not legally, a. and b, the police chief had a press conference yesterday where he stated categorically that no, no stand down order was issued. so this was conspiracy theory, false nonsense, and it's the job of you journalists, we in public life to navigate through these -- through these grenades that people with nothing better to do with their time, time...

There's more and more evidence of this, and i do think that this all speaks to itself. i don't want to say much more about it. i think it's very clear as we watch all this why the country has moved on from this president. you see it in virtually every other aspect of the whole government apparatus. and i think they've moved toward what cities like charlottesville represent. >> you may be aware, and i want you to have a chance to respond if you want, that some right wing radio folks, tv hosts are suggesting that you and the governor issued a stand down order to mpolice in charlottesville. to be...

To be on the record, did you give a stand down order, was this a stand down order? >> so just to address -- i mean, we've seen the fact-free environment and the lies and the conspiracy theorys that are all over this universe. the alt-right universe. we are in a city manager form of government in charlottesville. every virginia city and county other than richmond has a city manager form of government. the police chief does not report to me. if i wanted to issue a stand down order, i could not legally, a. and b, the police chief had a press conference yesterday where he stated categorically that...

In a moment, we'll hear from the mayor of charlottesville about some media reports that allege the police didn't step in earlier to stop the violence because of a stand down order. he sets the record straight on that. first, the mayor was among those who gathered for the memorial service today for heather heyer, the woman killed when a car ran into her and others standing up against the racist hate. let's listen to what her mother had to say. >> i think the reason what happened to heather has struck a chord, we know what she did was achievable. we don't all have to die or sacrifice our lives. ...