on every day. i question why those vehicles were in a location that could be attacked like that. we had a situation similar to that in milwaukee, wisconsin, in december. it didn t turn into a full-blown riot but one of my first orders was to prevent police property. i didn t want any scenes on tv of a squad car being turned on it is side or set on fire like that. not real satisfying to officers. or the american public at large that is watching this and wondering, does anybody there have a handle on this thing? are they going to be able to get their arms around this thing? the people of baltimore need confidence that their officials and i don t mean the police on the street. i m talking about the city officials are going to be able to get this thing under control. we hear so much about first amendment right to protest. this isn t peaceful protests. there are also first amendment rights for business owners. what about the businesses that
knees and side of the head with the helmets on. i m sure some of those cops have serious injuries and there s no reason in the world for the officers to be subjected to this. all officers are not bad, neil. no they are not. no they are not. as are not all protesters bad. sheriff are, three hours away before darkness. what do they have to do in the meantime? if i were the mayor of baltimore, i d have the national guard not only on stand by but ready to deploy if for no other reason to put a perimeter in there and not let the protesters in. it s a balancing test that has to be met there. i have them out. right now you can t worry about the optics of the situation. you can t worry that it might not be palatable to some people. you have to restore order for the law-abiding people and the officer s safety in the city of
and smart police official excisioner, i hate to interrupt you. we are getting from local police a press conference right now on developments. let s listen in. the situation it s still happening weapon. we know that stenof our officers right now have been injured. the exact circumstances that took place that led to their injuries something we ll determine at a later date. we ll go back and do an investigation and find the people responsible and we will put enemy jail. nods nod nods nod question. right now it s a group of lawless individuals with no regards for the safety of the people who live in the communities or the assist oft our police officers police officers who are there to ensure that the people who live and work in that area can do so safely. break nod questionbreak. i don t know who is out there right now. this is something we can determine as the event goes on . do know they re criminals. they attacked officer is without
well, cooler heads need to prevail here. we need to have community leaders step up and try to take some of the heat from this situation right now and try to calm it down. business owners should probably close up shop and vacate the area. but when you see these incidents occurring in a street where traffic is going by you have potential victims there and traffic, and in a situation where they re focused on a police cruiser know in a mob situation like this, because i ve seen this happen, after they re done with the police cruiser they start to look around for other places, and tragically businesses are targets. so that s why it s critical for police to come in and take charge of this right you. excisioner, we re hearing the baltimore police department did try to put out the warning today, knowing of freddie gray s funeral. it could be a tense day to put
leland vittert is there in the west bank with the latest. leland? reporter: hi, jon. right now the violence is continuing here at the check point. you see a number of kids out there throwing stones. we had a number of israelis run out on our position and firing. you can see right over next to the wall the israeli soldiers running out. it has been a fierce battle all day going back and forth. i will give you idea of amount of ammunition was used. this is one of the buckets they bring out with the tear gas grenades. that is some of the stuff we collected for today. this is the palestinian youth that come down from the refugee camp. you can hear tear gas coming in from israeli soldiers. the palestinians are here for what they call the day which translates into the catastrophe. what the palestinians call creation of the state of israel 64 years ago. give you a sense of the battle situation out here. this is what the tear gas comes in? one of these grenades. fired from an m-16. this is wh