eric wilson, we'll be pulling for you.ainly appreciate your time and all of the great hospitality which dallas is known for. >> thank you. >> all right. much more ahead on this edition of "shepard smith reporting." we're approaching the top of the hour here on fox news channel. we'll continue live coverage across the country and around the world from dallas, texas outside of city hall. back in three minutes. >>> it is 12 noon on the east coast. 9:00 a.m. on the west coast. 11:00 a.m. near dallas texas where we have more coverage of the deadly attacks targeting the police officers and the dart officers. just about an hour ago, a former dallas police chief told me investigators found drugs in the home of the shooter, micah johnson. methamphetamine inside of the home. they can't do toxicology tests because he had such severe injuries from the bomb exploding. as we reported, police say they used a bomb squad robot to kill johnson with an explosive device, something that never happened before and now we know that bomb was two f

i'm joined now by dallas deputy mayor pro tem eric wilson. good to see you again. i know you attended the vigil that was here last night, you're heading over to see the presidents and vice president. how important do you think are these gatherings for this community? >> i think it's very important for the community. it's a way of showing solidarity and the opportunity for communities to be heard and for both sides to hear each other. >> there has been in my experience the most extraordinary level of public grieving and honesty and openness in this city. i think we saw it with police chief david brown yesterday. >> yes. >> when he addressed just how hard this has been for him, for everybody else, the incredible pressure that he is under. i just want to play a little bit of that sound. >> we're asking cops to do too much in this country. we are. we're just asking us to do too much. every societal failure we put it off on the cops to solve. not enough mental health funding. let the cop handle it. not enough drug addiction funding. let's give it to the cops. >> and the

with me right now, dallas city councilman deputy mayor pro tem of this city, eric wilson. mr. deputy mayor, thanks for being with us. just know as we have been saying all day, our hearts are with you and our thoughts are with you and the city of dallas tonight. how are you doing? >> tired. first let me say my condolences go out to the families for their loss and for the injured spouse or loved one and from the bottom of the heart of the city and mayor mike rawlings, we give you our deepest con dolee condolenc. >> when you heard don't let today be like most days, do you feel at this point today hasn't been like most days? do you feel like this city has rallied behind the police here? >> truly, from this morning, the memorial rally we had, the city has really fallen behind our officers. we show love, we express love and appreciation for the officers that protect us every day. >> do you have an update on the investigation right now? we heard from city, state and federal officials that this was the work of one gunman, one guy, killed all these officers and shot all the rest. any s

eric wilson is the deputy mayor pro tem of dallas. the entire community in dallas. i want to go to the congressional black caucus under way. they've got a news conference making a statement here in washington. let's listen to that. >> say to america that we are continuing our fight to remove guns from the hands of would be terrorists and criminals and require background checks for those seeking to purchase firearms. we need legislative action now. we don't need to leave the hill this week or any week without assuring the american people that we understand the problem of police misconduct in america. we understand the murders of innocent black americans. we get it. we understand the problems faced by our law enforcement officers. i don't want to diminish that in this conversation today. we understand the problems faced by law enforcement officers, most of whom put on the uniform every day and serve and protect our communities. republicans, what on earth -- why are you recoiling and not giving us a debate on gun violence? why not give i

joining me now, eric wilson who helped organize last night's protests. much. >> thank you. >> you were at the protest last night. what happened? >> this was a non-violent, peaceful protest. there was no question about that. it was non-violent and peaceful the entire way. we make the turn at the courthouse and as we pass alston street, i was sitting there talking to one of the majors at the police department who had helped us with the protest all night, and we're talking and talking to each other about how this had been a successful protest, you know, it had been a non-violent protest. and then all of a sudden after 15 or 20 feet, we pass alston street, i hear, pow, pow -- pow pow pow pow pow. when that hits immediately, it was just chaotic, he runs to the shooting. i knew that i had about 800 people behind me that i felt responsible for. so i started screaming -- active shooter, active shooter, run, run, run, run, run, go, go, go! i had a cross. i'd been carrying a cross, about eight feet tall. let's go, let's go, let's go. in the midst of all that, i ju

of the community we were just talking about, deputy mayor pro tem and dallas city council member eric wilson and council member case i thomas. thank you both for being with us. >> thank you for having us. >> obvious question but i wonder how your communities are doing. how are people holding up? >> well, it's a difficult time. but people dallas is a resilient city and we're very faithful people. we're very committed to believing in the things will get better. so while we're grieving we're grieving not as if there is no hope. the fact that things will get better and it's going to be -- it's going to take time and be a long process. >> eric, what do you think? can you even sort of put into some sort of context what's happened to your city over the last 48 hours? >> the best i can put it is why. i say that because for a while, we have been a model for the nation in terms of community and police relations. so the question is why. why us why, now? we're not like most cities. we do have a past. but we've gotten better, thanks to our police chief, chief brown and his efforts to have programs like l

we're back here in dallas, texas and i'd like to bring in the dallas deputy mayor pro tem eric wilson to talk about just the situation. if you think about the last 24 hours, what's it been like for you? >> pretty much been that way. it's been a big question mark, one that we ask why, what a surprise, one of devastation, but also one of unity. as you can see, you look at the display of unity and support for our fallen officers. one for our dallas police officers, one for d.a.r.t. it's a slow healing process. >> one thing that i noticed among so many people when i got to the airport, i've seen it play out here, but people are having these conversations. they're talking about all kinds of things. they're talking about the loss of these five officers. talk about alleged police brutality. talk about issues of race relations. talk about everything under the sun. >> i would say that's healthy. if you look at demonstrators and protests, it's a manifestation of frustration, it's a manifestation of anger, and it just needs to be guided in the correct manner. i give all credit to our police chie

. >> extraordinary expression of gratitude, joining me now is deputy mayor eric wilson. thank you very much and condolences for what your city is going through. what happens next? i know rough the president, former president, the vice president, all coming for the memorial service, but how does this city come together? the law enforcement and the people? >> first of all, thank you for having me. we continue doing what we're doing right now. coming together, supporting one another, but most importantly, talking and listening to both sides. understanding the frustration and acting on that frustration change in order to deescalate the situations. i give a lot of credit to our chief of police, chief brown, you can actually see and demonstrate in it's investigation his methodology of the escalation for our officers and how they are meticulously going through this process to make sure that we are going and defining every piece of evidence possible and we're not jumping to conclusions or overreacting. >> mayor wilson, at the same time, there have been questions raised and chief

. >> so charlie, i have seen eric erik wilson, jonah goldberg, celebrate this as a great moment. what do you think? >> it was a great moment. what the hell is wrong with us? when did saying vote your conscience become an outrage? you saw some real ugliness on the floor. you have to go back to 1964 when you had the goldwater delegates who were booing nelson rockefeller. remember how that worked out for the republican party? here's a convention right now where you applaud scott baio and then you boo one of the most prominent conservatives. he gave one of the clearest, one of the only conservative speeches at this convention. it was kind of an outbreak of actual conservatism in this convention and what do the trump folks do? they put on a scene of genuine political intolerance. is there no room for dissent anymore in the party of trump? >> we all know what vote your conscience means. that's code for vote for somebody other than donald trump because it's totally valid from a moral perspectives to have concerns about this guy. fine thing to say, obviously. it's not a crazy argument. i

wilson and the u.s. department of justice cleared him of civil rights violations, concluding brown was advancing toward him and that force was defensible. ericcused of illegal selling cigarettes, he's gasping for air. he is pronounced dead at the hospital. the officer with his arm around his neck, was not indicted by a grand jury though he still faces a justice department probe. a month earlier, shirley harrisonls dallas police about her schizophrenic son. when they arrive he's holding a small screwdriver. >> drop that for me. drop it! drop it! >> oh, you killed my son! >> reporter: within ten seconds of the front door being opened, jason harrison lay dying, shot at least five times, twice in the back. the family says he never lunged but a grand jury still did not indict the officers. september 2013 in charlotte, north carolina. 24-year-old jonathan farrell is shot and killed by police. he had just survived a car crash. he knocks on the door of a nearby home for help but the woman panics and calls 911. >> you say he's a black male? >> reporter: farrell, a star football player from texas a & m is unarmed but when police arrived, the officer f

eric garner man choked in new york, there was no indictment of that. police officer. michael brown, who was shot by darren wilson in ferguson, there was no indictment that far police officer. and tamire wright the 12 year old who shot by police no indictment in that case either. so, we know historically it is very, very difficult to prosecute the police because the standard here mike is if the police believe reasonably that they were end in danger of their life, it is okay for them to use deadly force. and in both of these instances i can tell you right now that these police officers are going to say that because these individuals had weapons on them, that they were in fear of their life therefore the shooting was justified. >> so ken basically saying you think they may not be convicted even though we see the video? >> i don't think they will be convicted and mike's right, they probably won't even be indict the. you know, with the shooting that happened alton sterile, why were the police called to the scene? because 911 call where the 911 caller basically said man in a red shirt which often sterling was wearing,

eric holder's -- >> department of justice has failed us as well. >> what facts do you have that michael -- >> our blood is -- >> what facts do you have that michael brown was not the aggressor, that officer darren wilson was the aggressor? >> because i've lived in st. louis, and i talked to some of the witnesses, and i know that in america, unless you have a videotape, then the word of the officers prevails. >> do you understand that at least five black witnesses came forward in that case to say that michael brown was the aggressor? >> michael brown was an unarmed, and -- >> he was unarmed until he tried to steal the cop's gun. >> and your attitude is part of the problem. your attitude -- >> i have no attitude than to uphold the truth. >> no. that's the position of what we call white supremacy white privilege, is believing that an unarmed black man all of us unarmed, being killed by armed police officers somehow it's our fault. but we don't see white males in america -- >> for the record, i'm not a white supremacist. >> no. it's a position. the position that you believe that your lives are better than ours. >> well i believe that you are the one who has made the racially insensitive statements. >> no,