controversial black leader named malik shabaz. he happens to be the former national chairman of the new black panther party. here he is speaking to a crowd in baltimore the other day. so that is helpful. we re watching this scene with that leland just took us to. they re throwing bottles at police cars this guy goes out there. animaling tats the crowd pours fuel on the fire. and you have got to see how he s just mentioning the president of the group.
it appears to be getting worse in baltimore as both news crews had to retreat because situations are growing increasingly dangerous. we have confirmation from police who are reports of criminals throwing cinder blocks at passing fire engines. cinder blocks. former fbi agent in choorj is with me. your thoughts? where chaos rains, chaos rules. that s the whole gist of this thing. if you don t have standard in place from the time this man was arrested and this whole thing started to blow up you see a lack of standard. whether in the police department the way that the police rule on a daily basis, the way the city is responding and preparing for this and by and large, the way that the city tells the people that live there you will act, you-tsh go ahead. we are seeing there, more families on the stoop. this is a second fire. not the first one, correct? this is a different fire. different neighborhood.
that is what we watched this whole time we re now behind the police line. main battle action happened down about a hundred yards or so. what happened out here is very clear. the police made a decision not to hold their lines, and to not try to arrest any rioters and looters and allow a street corner to be destroyed, we saw a number of cars lit on fire a liquor store on fire. if you want to chalk one up it s clear rioters woon out here tonight. it seems like most folks have gone home except for folks at the corner of the liquor store still continuing to get five finger discounts there. in a sense, the question is who gets more tired first? protestors get more tired or
of the guys here have been a victim of police brutality. have you been a victim of police brutality? what form? from being beaten my head stomped in the street. been in the back of a paddy wagon. and having them like drive? your name? jamal cooper. this had to upset you to see this violence and fire. yes. i don t condone this or any form or fashion but i understand where these young black men are, you know how they feel. where do you, where does your community go from here? i don t know. and how does this get better? how does it get better? yes. for them to take ease. to do what they live for. to protect and serve. for the cops to do their job.
there are heavy flames now. we roll by here it s just thick black smoke. and there is a fire blazing. and then once flames started we had more trucks arriving. this could spread. numerous fire vehicles on scene. and you can see there is a heavy police presence. this area is quieter until this happened. and and there is a row of