shooter after a tip. lawrence campbell who said he just wanted to be famous. after the incident two memorials were set up for the cop killer and his widow had this to say. he should have took more with him if that s the case. god forgive me but that s how i feel. if that s the case, he should have took more with him. if they was going to stand over my husband and shoot him like a dog, he should have took all of them. he should have shot more cops. the widow has apologized since that statement. that is triggering this anticop sentiment in this community and it is more widespread than we think. joining us this morning is rod wheel. there s been a number of cop fatalities. 69 total fatalities in 2014, up 30%. rod, what in the world is going on? i think the problem, guys, is a lot greater than just the situation that happened in new jersey. let me explain that very
is all the cops fault. that s easy to blame the police. there s a lot going on in the city of ferguson. they have some problems they have to work out. i m here to protect the profession of policing that has been under siege, under assault as if our american police officers target young black men for summary execution on the street. that s garbage. there s no data to support that or research to support it. that s an example of how this anticop hatred and rhetoric is fueled. people are basing this on this false narrative out of ferguson, missouri, this hands up, don t shoot that we now know positively we knew and it president obama and eric holder enough it in the weeks that followed the ferguson shooting unfortunate situation. we know now for a fact that never happened but that continues to be the slogan, if you will, the rhetoric coming out of that
disrespect to the mayor who they believed showed disrespect to the nypd who laid the groundwork for those shootings. that s what they believe. one of the police union officials says if the commissioner it seems like the commissioner is doing the mayor s bidding. they say turning their backs is disrespectful to officer liu is really an embarrassment to the mayor and commissioner. or is it an actual act of respect to show up for those services for their fellow officers. they went there as a sign of respect for officer liu s family. keep in mind, they only turned around when the mayor spoke. it was only when the mayor spoke. the mayor doesn t like it. it is a political thing. keep in mind one other element is this, later today al sharpton s group is going to start the anticop rallies once again today here in new york city. it s going to be a busy one here. 285 miles south of where we re sitting, capitol hill, later today the 114th congress is going to be sworn in.