entirely different area. so to put that you know onto the protesters is completely unfair. look, at this point, marcus, and you make a good point. at this point we do not know who fired the gun. we do not know where the gun was fired from. from your perspective, and you re there you re saying as best as you can tell the shots rang out from a grassy area behind the group of protesters. and that then, begs the question, who that could have been and why they would have done it. does anybody have a working theory on that at this point? caller: no. and i can tell you not a single person in the community, protester or otherwise will condone that action and i certainly don t. we re going to have a long a high hill to battle now. and i don t know why that person decided to do that but i just want everybody to know that they
police officer. i m not saying we re not taking your word for it. that s one side of the story and clearly the police would have a different version of events which we need to find out from them. caller: absolutely. we appreciate you being on the line with us marcus. you have been at the protest. you were there for a number of hours. and just one last question very very quickly. when you heard those shots ring out, you say four to five shots, what was the first thing that you thought it was? what did you think had happened? caller: well back in i guess it was november the day or two before the grand jury decision the crowds were growing a little bit rowdier, and we had some fireworks thrown. i guess originally i thought it was just firecrackers and, again, when i saw the cops go down and i saw the cops draw their guns i thought, no. this is far worse. marcus lehrer a witness
with the police chief going it is now six city officials who have stepped down in the wake of that damning report from the department of justice. and so now we have a situation where two police officers at least, have been wounded. yeah. no word yet on the extent of those injuries or who is responsible. but we do know that these protests initially started off as peaceful and initially celebrating the resignation of thomas jackson. marcus law is a witness who was there. he joins us on the line. what did you hear? what did you see? caller: well i was walking, i had just returned to my phone, and i was going back towards the protesting. i was about probably 30 feet away from the crowd. and all of a sudden i heard at least four to five shots rang out. and i know the area, and i know