JILLIAN, THANK YOU.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
A FLORIDA POLICE OFFICER
RESPONDING TO A ARE THE ROW OF
GUNSHOTS GETS PUMMELED BY A
CROWD OF PEOPLE.
WATCH THIS.
[SCREAMING]
STEVE: CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THAT
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, OFFICER
WAS TRYING TO CLEAR THE CROWD
WHEN HE WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND
AS ANTI-POLICE RHETORIC
ESCALATES AS YOU KNOW
NATIONWIDE.
JOINING US NOW SOMEBODY WHO
KNOWS ABOUT THIS JACKSONVILLE
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE.
STEVE, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, SIR, THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME.
>> PICK UP THE STORY, THAT GUY,
THERE WERE REPORTS OF BREAK-IN
OR GUNSHOTS FIRED.
THAT GUY RUNS TOWARD THE DANGER.
HE HAS A RIFLE ON HIS BACK,
RIGHT, AND THAT HAPPENED?
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
HE WAS ACTUALLY DISPATCHED
NEARBY TO REPORT OF A CAR
BREAK-IN.
AND AS HE WAS ARRIVING ON THE
SCENE OF THAT CAR BREAK-IN.
THEY UPDATED THE INFORMATION TO
SAY THAT THERE WAS GUNSHOTS
NEARBY.
ANSWERED ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE
GUY WHO CALLED IN THE CAR
BREAK-IN AND HE SAID THEY ARE
SHOOTING DOWN THERE.
AND POINTED IN THE DIRECTION OF
THAT CROWD.
SO THAT OFFICER, YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE ALL SEEN IT MOST RECENTLY
HERE IN FLORIDA IN MIAMI.
THAT BAR SHOOTING.
DOWN THERE IN MIAMI AND OUR
OFFICER WASN’T GOING TO WAIT.
HE WAS GOING TO GO DOWN THERE.
DIDN’T KNOW IF HE HAD AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER SITUATION OR WHAT IT
MIGHT BE.
SO HE DROVE DOWN THERE TO A SAFE
DISTANCE, RETRIEVED HIS PATROL
RIFLE AND WAS GOING TO GO DOWN
THERE AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS
IF HE HAD TO TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE VERY PEOPLE HE WAS GOING TO
HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE
SAFE AND THOSE SAME VERY PEOPLE
ARE THE ONES A TACKED HIM.
STEVE: NOT ONE PERSON IN THAT
CROWD HELPED HIM.
>> ONE PERSON TRIED TO PULL
THAT -- IT WAS ACTUALLY A FEMALE
OFF OF HIM.
CAN YOU SEE I THINK IT’S THE GUY
IN THE RED SHIRT.
BUT HE TRIED TO PULL HER OFF.
BUT NOBODY ELSE DID.
EVERYBODY ELSE SAT THERE AND
WATCHED AND EVERYBODY ELSE
FILMED WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR
OFFICER.
WE HAVE SEEN IT ALL THE RHETORIC
FROM THE ACTIVISTS AND REALLY
TRUTHFULLY RHETORIC FROM ELECTED
OFFICIALS THAT WE FEEL LIKE HAS
EMBOLDENED SITUATIONS LIKE THIS
LIKE THERE WILL BE NO
REPERCUSSIONS FOR JUMPING ON
POLICE OFFICERS AND HURTING
THEM.
STEVE: STEVE, THIS IS SO
DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING WE HAVE
SEEN IN THE UNITED STATES
THROUGHOUT MY LIFETIME UNTIL
PRESENT DAY.
WHERE USUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT’S
PEOPLE GOOD SAMARITANS IN A
CROWD WILL JUMP UP AND HELP A
POLICE OFFICER.
THEY WON’T JUMP UP AND JUMP HIM.
>> YEAH.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
WE KIND OF WANT TO MAKE CLEAR IS
WE DON’T THINK THIS IS A
REFLECTION ON JACKSONVILLE
BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW,
AMAZING IT CITIZENS, AMAZING
COMMUNITY HERE IN JACKSONVILLE.
OUR ELECTED LEADERS WHERE
AMAZING.
WHAT WE SAY THIS IS A REFLECTION
OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THE PARKING
LOT.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT.
I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE
VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS, I
DON’T CARE WHAT YOUR POLITICAL
AFFILIATION IS, WHAT YOUR RACE
IS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS WOULD HELP US IN OUR
TIME OF NEED.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AGAIN, ALL
THAT RHETORIC IS IN THE ELECTED
LEADERS REMAINING SILENT AND
SOMETIMES ENCOURAGING IT HAVE
ELM POLLEDDENNED PEOPLE TO DO
THIS AND YOU ARE RIGHT.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
STEVE: DO YOU, SPEAKING OF
ELECTED LEADERS, DO YOU FEEL
THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT JOE
BIDEN SHOULD ADDRESS AND SAY,
HEY, LOOK, PEOPLE ARE BEATING UP
OUR COPS?
YOU HAVE GOT TO STOP THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, HAVE YOU SEEN -- I MEAN,
TRUTHFULLY, PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS
ONE OF THE WORST CULPRITS.
A ALL LAST YEAR WHEN ALL THE
ATTACKS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS
OCCURRING, WHEN CITIES WERE
BURNING, WHEN LOOTING WAS
OCCURRING, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
SOME OF HIS PARTY JUST REMAINED
SILENT, SO, YES.
THEY ARE IN MY OPINION THEY ARE
PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
STEVE: STEVE, YOU KNOW, THE
WHITE HOUSE IS WATCHING THIS
SHOW RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY
DIRECTLY TO PRESIDENT BIDEN?
>> I WOULD JUST SAY LOOK,
PRESIDENT BIDEN, YOU NEED TO DO
SOMETHING THIS HAS GONE ON FAR
TOO LONG.
AND ELECTED LEADERS HAVE
REMAINED SILENT AND TRUTHFULLY
WE ALL FEEL IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
IT’S BECAUSE YOU ARE PANDERING
TO YOUR BASE.
AND Y’ALL NEED TO STEP UP AND DO
SOMETHING.
LET’S GO BACK TO THE AMERICA
WHERE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WENT
TO WORK EVERY DAY.
CAME HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES AND
PEOPLE RESPECTED LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
STEVE: YEAH, THAT WOULD BE
FANTASTIC.
EXIT QUESTION, STEVE, HOW IS
THAT OFFICER?
>> HE IS DOING WELL.
HE HAS GOT SOME BRUISES AND
ABRASIONS AND ACTUALLY SPOKE TO
HIM WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS
AND HE IS DOING GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
STEVE: BACK ON THE JOB.
>> YES.
HE WILL BE BACK ON THE JOB
SHORTLY.
STEVE: ALL RIGHT.
VERY GOOD.
STEVE ZONA PRESIDENT OF THE
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE IN
THAT NECK OF THE WOODS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND