wallace. if you'd like to shake hands and chat with him you can do so. we have registrars that will register you in one minute. put him on a ballot here in california. >> california law in effect in 1968 states that 66,059 voters must reregister to qualify a candidate on a primary ballot. when the campaign kicked off, many political experts said wallace didn't have the appeal. but as weeks passed and the crowds grew and enthusiasm was obvious, these same experts began reversing their earlier predictions. the campaign kept moving. >> it was propelled along by the indomitable wallace spirit. and because of the very unique solutions found to the many complex problems by the small but effective wallace campaign staff. money is important to any campaign. but to get money you first must get people willing to give and believe in what they're giving too. the wallace california campaign started in a political off-season. the 1968 presidential race is far off in the minds of voters. timing is impossible

reed talk about george wallace jr. there. >> who is george wallace iv or george wallace jr.? he ran for -- >> he is the son, right? >> he is the son. he ran for state treasurer twice. the alabama democratic conference endorsed the son. he later on switched to the republican party and then we opposed him. overall, he was a nice fellow. >> he is currently a republican. >> he is currently republican. >> and peggy wallace kennedy is honorary chairperson of the democratic party, is that correct, here? >> she probably is, because her husband is chair of the democratic party of the state of alabama. he has done a good job. that uphill fight, like all of us, the democrats have in the state of alabama now. but, the bottom line is that george wallace jr. >> did run for the state treasurer. in fact, the day we endorsed him, george wallace sr. came to the alabama democratic conference convention. the rest is history. >> we want to show you one more ad from our one more piece of video from 1968. this is an ad that george wallace was running. >> why are more and more millions of americans

on tuesday, walter wallace, jr.'mother cathy wallace told reporters the officers knew her son was in a mental health crisis because they had been to the family's house three times on monday. >> did you tell the police about his condition when you called 911? >> they already knew about it. they already knew. >> they were there earlier that day? >> yeah, there were there earlier that day and they were standing out there laughing at us. they were not trying to help us. they did not give a damn about us. my sense had come a look at them, they're there laughing at us. -- we walked down the street. lots of cops standing out there. that's it. i'm done. [cheers] amy: during tuesday night's emotional news conference, the wallace family's attorney shaka johnson said wallace's wife dominique who witnessed his killing is pregnant and scheduled to have labor induced today. johnson said wallace had nine children. several of his young sons introduced themselves. name?t is your can you tell us about your dad? out., we would always h

and as wallace -- wallace has a problem and this has not been cast aside twice, and both involve harry truman yet. would not be human unless you are bitter about this. and they had the former vice president of the united states with left-wing proclivity's anyway, and now he has two reasons to be against harry truman personally. and he is taught into, not a primary challenge, against truman, but a third party challenge. what is their strategy? again, what is their strategy? since the strategy is being dictated from extreme left wingers, from the people being controlled by really, moscow, when you get down to it. it's gotta be that, they are, again, not trying to win elections, but to send a message to truman. and say look, you change your foreign policy democratic party, you change your foreign policy harry truman, because we will punish you and we will give the election to the republicans. and then we will go back to the way it was, under franklin roosevelt, with the guy we can deal with. in 1944 the company's party in the united states had actually endorsed roosevelt. it was kind of l

in part, thanks to henry wallace.carries new york and he carries maryland over harry truman thanks to henry wallace. and he does well through the northeast. pennsylvania is very republican state. dewey had carried the midwest in the 1944 against franklin roosevelt. he had not carried the northeast. he concentrates on the northeast. and in doing that, he starts to ignore the midwest. early on in the truman re-election effort, there was a campaign document developed and it said, you can safely ignore the south which was not exactly right. here is a fun fact, franklin roosevelt had won the presidency four times without needing one electoral vote from the south. without needing one of those votes. harry truman's advisers say, you know, the farmers, the midwest, the far west, the far west is looking for irrigation projects, infrastructure, the farmer in the midwest is looking for government help. and harry truman was a missouri dirt farmer. he understood these people, okay? he goes and he's walloping the republicans on the

, henry wallace collapses. and those votes go to harry truman. so election day 1948, it's all festivities in new york at the hotel roosevelt. there republicans have their headquarters there, they're ready to win. the democrats don't even put up a tote board in their headquarters in new york and washington. it's like, we don't want to know what these numbers are. just let us die in peace. but the returns start to come in, and they're not too bad for dewey at first. in fact, what happens is, he wins the northeast. he wins the northeast, in part thanks to henry wallace. he carries new york, and he carries maryland over harry truman, thanks to henry wallace. and he does well through the northeast. pennsylvania's a very republican state. dewey had carried the midwest in 1944 against franklin roosevelt. he had not carried the northeast. he concentrates on the northeast. and in doing that, he starts to ignore the midwest. early on in the truman re-election effort, there was a campaign document developed, and it said,

he was hired by the forest service as a ranger in wallace, idaho. knew most of the people. he was about 40. much older than any of the youngsters who ran lots of the other crews. ♪ there was a question on the application, the test for becoming a ranger. one was how do you fight a top fire? the answer was, run like hell and pray for rain. narrator: the townspeople grew desperate. in wallace, a method of bringing loud booms to create rain was employed. dynamite was exploded for 60 hours straight to no avail. needless to say, people were on edge. polaskit 19, ranger rode back to get more supplies and to warn his family. he had been supervising crews in an area of great importance because the fires were close to the town of wallace. he told his wife and their daughter that he had a bad feeling about the next 24 hours. he warned them wallace will surely burn and should be prepared to save themselves. >> as he left, the morning of the 20th, the circumstances were changing. becoming more ominous. narrator: when he left to go back to the fire lines, they ro

in wallace, a method of bringing loud booms to create rain was employed.ly exploded for 60 hours straight to no avail. needless to say, people were on edge. on august 19, ranger ed pulaski rode back to get more supplies and to warn his family. he had been supervising crews in placer creek, an area of great importance because the fires were close to the town of wallace. he told his wife and their daughter that he had a bad feeling about the next 24 hours. he warned them wallace will surely burn, and they should be prepared to save themselves. >> as he left, the morning of the 20th, the circumstances were changing and becoming more ominous. narrator: when he left to go back to the fire lines, they rode with him to the trailhead. he told them goodbye and that he may never see them again. ♪ >> 10,000 people altogether scattered all over the landscape. and, again, we come back to the absence of any effective communication. when these guys are in the woods, they are on their own. they have no idea if a front is approaching. they have no fire behavior forecast. n

wallace: what are you saying? pres. trump: i want to see peace. mr. wallace: so do it, sir. mr.say it. pres. trump: what do you want me to do? who do you want me to condemn? proud boys? stand back and stand by. somebody has to do something about antifa and the left because this is not a right wing problem. mr. wallace: the proud boys are part of a loose network of far-right, extremist, and racist groups in the u.s., many of whom have aligned themselves closely with the president and his policies. last night, "new york times" reporter mike baker tweeted that some "proud boys" had modified their logo to include the president's words: "stand back, stand by" -- seemingly taking them as their new motto. leaving the white house today, president trump said he didn't know who the proud boys were, but he urged restraint. pres. trump: they have to stand down and let law enforcement do their work. william but last night was just : the latest example of the president's reluctance to clearly rebuke extremi, far right groups. in 2017, after clashes in charlottesville, virginia at a white supr

wallace's mother is seen grabbing her son. he breaks away heading in the direction of the police who then open fire. wallace's mother rushes to her son's side with multiple witnesses. i was telling the police don't shoot my son. >> wallace was hit in the shoulder and chest. it is unclear how much shots were fired but there are 13 evidence markers >> i would have to agree with the police commissioner and mayor that it possesses serious questions. >> demonstrations after the shooting became violent. more than 90 people arrested. 30 officers received treatment for injuries with one suffering a broken leg. >> i fully support your rights to row test. we want to ensure our communities are not further hurt. please be careful. >> police have body camera footage of the shooting but are not ready to release it yet. michael george, cbs news, new york. >>> tropical storm zeta restrengthened overnight as it gets ready to make land fall in southeastern louisiana this afternoon. zeta is packing winds of 75 miles an hour. yesterday, residents

wallace, his family, the officers and all of philadelphia.elphians are frustrated and outraged following yesterday's tragic incident. we fully support your first-amendment rights to protest. we want to ensure our committees are not further hurt as a result. please be careful. host: let's get more from gabriel alexander in philadelphia. gabriel, in terms of understand what happened -- understanding what happened, tell us about the video footage content, what does it appear to shout? gabriel -- appear to show? gabriel: the cellphone video that has been released appears to show mr. wallace moving around in a somewhat erratic matter around a vehicle, officers motioning to him, and then shooting him. he falls to the ground and is taken to hospital, where he later dies. it does show mr. wallace was several meters away from the officers at the time of the shooting. that has led to a lot of questions on why the officers felt that they needed to use deadly force, among many other questions that have yet to be answered, even though the police chief did

chris wallace, he was totally out of control. when biden said shut up, man, called him a clown, trump did not insult him one time. i'm not just defending donald trump. joe biden -- people tout him like he is some great man. he said he's the face of the democratic party. he is the democratic party, but he doesn't answer questions about stacking the court, the green deal. host: we got your point. that is ted. this is tina out of north carolina for the line who support joe biden -- on the line who supports joe biden. caller: these debates are to benefit the american people. this is our opportunity, and we only have three to four opportunities to actually hear what they have to say. i will make one suggestion regarding the format change. donalds universe pageant is so affectionate about, we need to have soundproof booths or glass booths around both of the candidates. do not put the pressure on the moderator to determine the time limit. just like in that pageant, it will be automatically timed where they have two minutes. while the ot

lurlene wallace was married to the white supremacist george wallace, the george wallace that swore segregation now, segregation storm, segregation forever, the george wallace who stood in the schoolhouse door to prevent african-americans from registering for class at the state university, george wallace. that george wallace was term limited out. he couldn't run for governor again in 1966. so, his wife ran in his stead to preserve his power in what would have basically been a puppet governorship where george wallace was still really in charge even though his wife was the one who held the office. so she stood for office in the alabama democratic primary in 1966 and everybody knew exactly what that meant. and the black voters of alabama turned out in that primary in 1966. look at this. you mean, between newly having a real right to vote and imminently facing an outcome they devoutly wish to avoid, you could see the drive and the motivation to get up and put on your sunday best and get out and vote that day in 1966. they were trying to stop the racist wallace machine, and they had a way to try to

police tell wallace to drop the weapon but he keeps walking towards them, then wallace mother is seen grabbing her son in an effort to intervene but he breaks away heading in the direction of police with an open fire. wallace mother rises to her son along with multiple witnesses, wallace was hit in the shoulder and chest, is unclear exactly how many shots were fired but video from the aftermath shows at least 13 evidence markers. demonstrations after the shooting got violent more than 90 people have been arrested, 30 officers treated for their injuries. one with a broken leg after being hit by a vehicle. police have bought a camera footage of the shooting but the department says it is not ready to release that just yet officials say neither officer had a stun gun. >>> firefighters got a slight break in conditions today and were able to find the silverado fire in orange county from the air. that helped push some of the smoke away from the neighborhoods in irvine were some evacuees have been allowed to return home. it's now burning around 12,000 acres and is 5% contained, crews are hopi

was shot dead by police after running at officers with a knife wallace was alleged to be suffering from mental health issues and had previous multiple run the ins with the law the national guard has not been deployed to the city lushes left dozens of officers injured on the number of arrests were. made. right. what are you doing yet we are outside the 18th precinct here this is the closest police station to where walter wallace was killed protesters literally moments ago just clashed with police they are going up in their faces yelling no justice no peace and also profanity this all stemming from a suiting of a black man in broad daylight around 4 pm monday afternoon now we've seen across the city looting has happened as far as a mile and a half all the way to 5 miles away from the city i talked to business owners earlier today who say that they saw this months ago during the george floyd protests however they never imagined this in their city one business even saying that they lost a total of $500.00 in dollars in damages so again businesses really rallying together trying to even hire

officers say 27-year-old walter wallace, junior was shot when he refused to drop a knife.lace posey family say they called an ambulance, not the police, and ask for help with a mental health crisis. >> the philadelphia night, once again lit by flames. tuesday saw more clashes between police and protesters. with more blood spilled on both sides as people vented their anger at the death of walter wallace, junior. some took the opportunity to indulge in looting, earning a stern rebuke from walter wallace, senior. >> i don't condone no violence, looting of the city, tearing up the stores and all this chaos going on. everybody needs to have respect for my family and my son, to stop this violence and chaos. >> as security forces and protesters faced off, mr. wallace refused to blame the police outright, but call for justice for his son's death. >> we have good cops and we have bad. that is the system. somebody has to be hold accountable for what they did. >> walter wallace, junior's mother was more forthright. >> i said, please don't shoot my son. please don't shoot my son. they

wallace. >> mr.s about color or condition, his mental health, and the police inability to deal with it or both? >> no, i believe it's both because they overlook things. it's what we call common sense. i mean, you have to look at things. if somebody tell you something, you know, we're told to take that and respect it. you tell me something, i overlook it, don't pay you no mind, na meathat means i should paying the cause of taking somebody's life. it could have been dealt in a different way. he could have called his superior to handle the situation, you know what i mean? >> do you think your son would have hurt the officers? >> no, he can't hurt a god damn fly, you know what i mean? he can't even inflict his self. he had mental issue. it could have been dealt with. i mean, i wouldn't be talking to you now. i mean, i believe, i believe in the justice system. we got good, we got good cops and we all sure got bad cops. we all have to be held accountable for what we do in life, all of us. >> can i add some

and, you know, went with wallace.ey would have gone to the republican party and to nixon. >> we have seen that in the north. the south is where i think if wallace wasn't in the race in the south, nixon would have gone the votes. >> he started to do it and backed out to mcgovern. he decided not to do it. he began to get -- began to be ill at that point. so i think that had some influence. >> but he did go back to the senate? >> 1970 he took mccarthy's seat in the senate. jim mccarthy's popularity in the state had dropped and he left politics. and humphrey took it. one of the largest landslides of sen natural for career and served there until 1978 when he died. >> what was his second stint like? >> second stint. >> when he returned. >> he was at the bottom. he was a freshman. he was treated that way. he had no committees. walter mondale was senior senator. and treated like someone was just starting. he was given no respect. he found his own way. and within a short time he was working on bills again and passed a couple d

he interrupted wallace. and there weren't any commercials last night, but if there were, trump would have interrupted those too. >> are you tired of freak night time bathroom tribes well. >> why is it just out of curiosity, the mayor of moscow's wife gave your son three and a half million dollars. >> trevor: that guy is. >> so look, this is not a shining moment in the american history book. right? political observe ares refer to it as a shit show, a dumpster fire, the worse debate in history. and with all the interrupting and cross talking it might have even been hard to remember if anything important happened last night. but there was one moment that really stood out. >> are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists and militia groups. >> sure. >> and to say that they need to stand down and not add to the violence and a number of big cities as we saw in kenosha and as we've seen in portland. >> i'm willing to do anything, i want to see peace. >> then do it. >> do it, say it. >> you want to call them

officer and their 2 officers involved fired at least 7 shots but would not say how many struck mr wallace all the witnesses on the scene say they believe that they think it was he was shot as many as 10 times also questions still circulating on why the officers felt they needed to use deadly force in that situation if there were body cameras what the body camera footage did or did not show and why the officers did not use violence tactics to take down mr wallace now mr wallace his mother said she did call police because he was having a mental problems and was unstable mentally and so she said he was she was calling police for help in that regard that he didn't necessarily pose any sort of risk to himself or any others and that's why his family members and people around here in the neighborhood where he was killed just a few blocks from where we're at right now are very mystified and quite frankly angry that this reached this level where he was killed. in clashes that. arrests have taken place in. yeah there have been some arrests and a lot of people upset about that as well because they s

police say wallace refused to drop the knife. the city calling in the national guard after a night of violence monday when nearly 100 people were arrested. more than two dozen officers were injured including a police sergeant run over by this pickup truck. police overnight asking people across philadelphia to stay inside. amid the marches looters last night ransacking this walmart and other stores in the area and overnight walter wallace's family breaking their silence about monday's shooting, which police say remains under investigation. >> i was telling the police to stop, don't shoot my son. please don't shoot my son. >> i can't even sleep at night. every time i close my eyes, i get flashbacks about multiple shots. >> white racist cops got my own dad. and black lives still matter. >> wallace's family is calling for peace as the investigation continues. >>> a tragic school bus crash in tennessee. a 7-year-old girl and the bus driver were killed. police say a utility truck lost control and slammed into the bus head on. five othe

wallace's wife is pregnant. she is scheduled to be induced into labor today to give birth to their daughter. wallace's family says they called police twice on monday asking for help, but philadelphia's police commissioner says it is unclear if responding officers knew about his mental situation. >> that's tough. thank you. >>> happening now, pg&e is working to get the power back on to everybody in the bay area. there's still just a few areas without electricity. some pockets of the north bay will be the last to be fully restored. one area in the oakland hills will have power back at 10:00 a.m. that's where we saw this small fire break out yesterday. in total pg&e says about 10,000 customers still do not have power and many have been without it since sunday. >>> a warning about the use of backup generators during power outages. one nearly caused a disaster in the oakland hills. kate larsen has what you need to know to use a generator safely. >> we really dodged a bullet today. >> reporter: oakland firefighter zac

it would have been telling chris wallace cut it off.the strongest point for the vice president was talking about beau biden. just weakest point was serial dinar -- denial of hunter biden. he stepped on his own lines repeatedly. is anyone who has talk to them knows, she will not stay on subject long enough to follow through. on the lockdown, key stored -- scored significantly because there is a huge divide in america. the most important moment of the debate, the vice president is advised -- obliged to answer if you will stack the supreme court. that is a republican threatening move. that is a destabilizing undermining of the rule of law. kamala harris dodged it twice after the debate. the vice president says i will not answer it because it was controversial. -- that until i got a question answered because the american people deserve to know if the republicans going to be undermined by the next president. host: a republican threatening threateningrepublic was the president telling the proud boys to standby instead back and casting doubts

with more blood spilled on both sides a speedboat vented their anger at the death of walter wallace jr. some took the opportunity to indulge in looting earning a stern rebuke from wall to wall a senior. and i don't condone nonviolent tin of city who know. all this chaos for you know what they believe that every day i'm up there they must say this stuff is foul and it k.l. . security forces and protesters faced off mr wallis refused to blame the police owed right but called for justice for his son's death i mean we got good can we get big that's the sentiment in the system i'm not oh so mighty head the king of all accountable for what he did well to wallace junior's mother was more forthright. now than i was found in the party. don't you have. a count to 5000 that we not yet and that you haven't yet come to my word that me oh well it's reportedly had a lengthy criminal record including convictions for assault and robbery and at the time of his death was awaiting trial for allegedly threatening to shoot a woman police said that when he was fatally shot he was wielding a knife that he ref

was we are outside the 18th precinct here this is the closest police station to where walter wallace was killed protesters literally moments ago just clash with police they are going out in their faces yelling no justice no peace and also profanity in this house from this. shooting of a black man in broad daylight around 4 pm monday afternoon now we've seen across the city looting has happened as far as a mile and a half all the way to 5 miles away from the city i talked to business owners earlier today who say that they saw this months ago during the george floyd protest however they never imagined this in their city one business even saying that they lost a total of 500 $1000.00 in damages so again businesses really rallying together trying to even hire their own security guards knowing that when the police get called to go somewhere else who's going to be there to save them now again this also i mean from the shooting of walter wallace you have the mayor and the police commissioner now saying that they want to meet with the wallace family and the police headquarters actually relea

and i know that chris wallace says he's not a fact checker. but after one and a half hours of chaos and lies, i can say there's one statement tonight that was absolutely true. >> this is not going to end well. this is not going to end well. >> stephen: we've got a great show for you tonight. later on we'll have a performance by public enemy. but when we return, i'll get a debate reaction from senator cory booker. stick around. ♪ ♪ ♪ woo! go go go go on a real vacation. visit go rving.com or your nearest rv dealer. such as high blood pressure,ve pdiabetes, and asthma.s this administration and senate republicans want to overturn laws requiring insurance companies to cover people with pre-existing conditions. they're rushing a lifetime appointment to the supreme court to change the law through the courts. 70% of americans want to keep protections for pre-existing conditions in place. tell our leaders in washingtn to stop playing games with our healthcare. is now even more powerful. the stronger, lasts-longer energizer max. tums ver(bell rings)la

police say after telling wallace to drop the knife. [ screaming ] >> move move! >> reporter: they opened fire. shooting wallace multiple times before taking him to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. >> the threat because the officer was toward the officers. we are still early in the investigations. >> reporter: moments before police fired, eyewitnesses say they tried to get wallace to release the weapon. >> i'm telling him and everybody else to put the knife down. that's what matters. he's in our community. we are not threatened by him because we know him. >> reporter: the video also appears to show wallace's mother trying to grab him. the incident sparking protests overnight in the same area police and protesters clashed earlier this summer in the wake of george floyd's death. several officers sent to the hospital after being hit by bricks, one a 56-year-old female officer was struck by a pickup truck. residents now saying they are outraged and saddened that police did not teattempt to deescalate the situation in a different way. >> i believe they

but as we heard that things turned violent off to 27 year old well to wallace was shot dead by police that was off to he ran the with a knife waller suffered from bipolar disorder and had already had multiple run ins with the north we heard from civil rights lawyer but patillo he says people have had enough year after year. decade after decade there are cries for help cries for change demands that policy be changed to protect communities and nothing happens it's fails over into an event such as this ferguson didn't happen in one day and with one killing for any great did not happen in one day and will end with one killing and similarly this is not about this one individual but about a broken system and the number of times people as this or experiences feelings this themselves and now finally and this is a boiling point in the summer of racial reckoning in america where finally we have to address these in the bourne of the systemic issues that of the people falling demanding change for so nobody condones writing no one he don't moving but it's almost like you consider what happened to

security forces and protesters faced off mr wallace refused to blame the police great but called for justice for his son's death i mean we got good come out we get big that's the suit the mood in the system i'm not oh so mighty had the king of all accountable for what he did well to well a student whose mother was more forthright. to get out there without enough money to find out your life you plead down to a lifetime next thing we know cam naked at the end of my life that me oh police said that when he was fatally shot he was wielding a knife that he refused to drop but some protesters were adamant that racism and a lack of training on the part of the police led unnecessarily to wallace's death you cannot restrain me through how can i tell a younger man we all don't do that don't do that go. good that we're not here to see it bam bam bam bam it was a color thing that you see it's no longer that it's like affecting everybody everybody's in magnified because they couldn't get anybody to come to different neighborhoods where it's less prominent being that makes your situation probably.

calming walter wallace jr. down. so when police came what she said she wanted was for them to talk him down, to tase him, to do anything except shoot him the way that they did. so i don't think that they believe that these officers intentionally tried to like murder their son in that way. instead, they believe that the only option that these officers had was to use a weapon that dispatched deadly force. >> so the wawa i visit every saturday morning in center city was boarded up this morning. a sign of the times. the decision to release this the day after the election, do you think that that was because of the election? in other words, concern on the part of the city that president trump would use this as a political means if in fact there's more unrest after people see the tape? >> i do think that. we are in the middle of an election. all eyes are on pennsylvania as you said earlier. i went to the polls on the last day of early voting and a lot of people told me they were motivated but other people in the community t

it was a frustrating night for chris wallace. here's what he had to say afterwards with bill hemmer. >> it was only 45 minutes in that i realized what a -- just a total mess and disservice this was to the country and to try to stop it, do i wish i had stepped in earlier? yes. but as i say, hindsight i 20/20. howie: the president's argument was he had to debate chris wallace and joe biden. what chris wallace said he was trying to do was enforce the rules and at what point he called for a halt of the debate to try to get better decorum and it basically didn't work. >> as a veteran of the middletown high school debate team in ohio, i was appalled. this is not a debate. it was a debacle. you got a big shouting match that broke down in two and it didn't serve anybody's purposes very well. i was most surprised with president trump who normally is very conscious of how an audience thinks and feels, somehow thought that by yelling at joe biden and interrupting he was going to expand his base. no. right now is a time when president trump

else who's going to be there to save them now again this also i mean from the shooting of walter wallace you have the mayor and the police commissioner now saying that they want to meet with the lawless family and the police headquarters actually releasing a statement saying that they're asking everyone to be patient as they investigate this situation and also asking for those who have a father thought some prayers with walter wallace and his family before right now reporting in west philadelphia aaron fronsac r.t. . there are protests in new york as well a car drove through a police brought a police line in brooklyn reportedly injuring one person the unrest spiraled into mayhem as demonstrators vandalized police cars banks and started fires national police association member betsy brandt nurse smith gave us her take on the unrest and what happened in philadelphia. he chose to attack 2 police officers with a large knife he was asked to stop the police officers created distance they tried to get away they asked him to drop the knife instead he chose to attack them reason that they shot th

jr police say wallace was wielding a knife wallace's mother says her son had mental health issues and needed help and begged the police not to shoot him. the shooting comes in a year that's already seen mass protests against systemic racism and police brutality across the country was. anger frustration but also determination 3 words that come to mind as for the 2nd straight night protesters are on the streets calling for justice earlier in the evening another protest outside the police station near where the shooting took place karen school field who has lived in the neighborhood for over 40 years wondered why police had to shoot wallace so many times there what are you feeling right now. i feel her i feel . i feel that i have 3 my hands were and ok and what i'm seeing yesterday was great because ok i'm not saying i'm against the police but there's the other way that we have a knife what happened to the play is that what happened to shoot women. ok i know i shouldn't have killed them ok we all guys children ok this is ridiculous others were calling for peace we don't want any. dangero