professor gates here in the northeast when he got into a scuffle with some police officers, trayvon martin, we've seen him weigh in, give some big race speeches. >> i'm just very disappointed as a former prosecutor. i think that with good reason, this is one of the most disliked and distrusted attorney generals that we've ever had in u.s. history. everything that he does has a partisan tone to it. i think his behavior is irresponsible and inappropriate. this is an area where justice is blind. he's not supposed to be inserting race as a defense. mechanism constantly, thin skin here is what i see. >> i want to say this. >> he's not helping the president, either, by using this rhetoric. >> i saw officer thor on yesterday. he said this. i want to tell people what he said. it broadens out the issue here. he said, quote, this is an attempt to chill free speech. that's exactly what holder is up to and obama hides behind that shield as well. again, those are brad thor's words. >> he's right. to be fair, we had that recent