an but as of this morning i spoke with him and he's doing okay right now. :07 rick armstrong heads the raleigh police protective association. 29-year-old officer dc twiddy, who was involved in monday's deadly shooting, is a member of the group. 12:51:32 he has our full legal representation. our behind him. :08 we he will be exonerated when all the facts will come out. :13 the facts are still being reviewed by the state bureau of investigation and raleigh police. raleigh police have said officer twiddy denkins, who was wanted on a felony drug charge, on foot on bragg street. the officer fired his weapon and denkins was killed. investigators found a gun close to denkins' body. 12:52:15 very unfortunate circumstance, it was a terrible situation, but we believe the officer did what he had to do defend himself, and protect himself. :10 wake county district attorney lorrin freeman will decide if the officer's deadly force was justified under the law. 9:39:23 da: unfortunately these events often test a community. :08 we want to be transparent, we want to be fair. that was amanda lamb the rale

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we talked to one of the organization's leaders, rick armstrong. he's been in touch with twiddy since the shooting and says the officer is highly respected and emotionally is doing okay. >> it is an extremely traumatic situation when you take another person's life. it is extremely taxing emotionally. quite a lot of officers pull together. >> he declined to say what evidence to show he was acting in self-defense. he called on the police and fbi to be transparent about the investigation. >> the shooting has also called attention to broader issues in southeast raleigh, including poverty and unemployment money community activists say it is time to focus on this area and provide more opportunities for the people living there. southeast raleigh and owns men at work car care center. he's made it a point to hire people other businesses may not consider for jobs, including people with criminal records. >> we just need more business folks to give out some opportunities. there's some wonderful guys out there. let me tell you there are some wonderful guys. >>

we talked to one of the organization's leaders, rick armstrong. he has been in touch with twiddy since the shooting. he says the officer is highly respected within the department and emotionally is doing okay. >> it is an extremely traumatic situation for any officer who takes another life. it is extremely taxing emotionally on you. officers, quite a lot of officers pull together. >> armstrong declined to say what evidence shows the officer was acting in self-defense but he says he does not expect twiddy to face charges. to be transparent in the investigation. >> it calls attention to poverty and unemployment in southeast raleigh. community activists say it's time for the city to focus on this area and provide more opportunities for the people living there. michael phillips owns men at work car care center. he's made it a point to hire people who other businesses may not consider for jobs, including people with criminal records. >> we just need more business folks to give out opportunities. there are some wonderful guys out here. there are some wo

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