But I do worry that the state of emergency called for by the governor has escalated the situation and has invited folks from other places to come under the belief that this is where the revolution is going to happen or something like that.
French expresses concern that the governor's state of emergency has escalated tensions and attracted outside influences.
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I hope that there is a tone here to come together because we want the violence to end on both sides, and what happened last night did not help anybody.
People want to have faith in the system and know that if an officer takes a life that there is some level of accountability and people are not feeling that they -- that is happening.
I am in favor of community policing. I think what we have now is something that looks more like an occupying force.
Those aren't protesters. Those are opportunistic criminals and they should not be included in the group.
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