>> Shannon: SOME TENSE MOMENTS
OUTSIDE THE TARGET CENTER IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
MATT FINN IS THERE ON THE
GROUND.
ON TOP OF THAT, POLICE OFFICERS
BARRED FROM WEARING THEIR
UNIFORMS TONIGHT IF THEY WEREN'T
ON DUTY, MAKING SURE THEY DON'T
APPEAR TO BE POLITICAL.
OUR NEXT GUEST CREATED A NEW
UNIFORM, A RED COPS FOR TRUMP
T-SHIRT.
JOINING ME NOW, LIEUTENANT BOB
KROLL, PRESIDENT OF THE POLICE
OFFICERS FEDERATION OF
MINNEAPOLIS.
YOU ENDED UP ON STAGE WITH THE
PRESIDENT TONIGHT.
>> I DID, IT WAS AMAZING.
>> Shannon: HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A
BIG SUPPORTER OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
TONIGHT WAS NO EXCEPTION.
MANY OF YOUR MEN AND WOMEN
WORKING THE STREETS BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A
PRESIDENT COMES TO TOWN.
I KNOW YOU WERE ABLE TO EXIT
SAFETY.
ARE YOU HEARING FROM FOLKS ON
THE GROUND HOW THINGS ARE
PLAYING OUT NOW?
>> YES, IT'S PRETTY -- GET SOME
PRETTY DESPICABLE ACTS GOING ON
OUT THERE.
I HEARD FROM OFFICERS THAT WERE
WORKING, THE PROTESTERS WERE
INTIMIDATING, SPITTING ON
PEOPLE, THROWING, THROWING
THINGS AT THEM.
ON THE WAY OUT I LEARNED THAT
OUR OFFICERS ARE GETTING ROCKS
AND BOTTLES THERE AND AT THEM
AND THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT
THEIR PROTECTIVE HELMETS ON
BECAUSE IT WOULD LOOK
INTIMIDATING, WHICH IS
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
>> Shannon: WE WISH EVERYONE
INVOLVED THEIR SAFETY GETTING
HOME AND WE KNOW OUR MEN AND
WOMEN ON LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE
FRONT LINES EVERY SINGLE DAY SO
WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY
ON NUMEROUS LEVELS ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT COMING TO MINNEAPOLIS
AND AT ONE POINT A POLICE CHIEF
PUT OUT A STATEMENT OF YOU ALL
WEARING UNIFORMS, SAYING THIS.
THE NEW POLICY PROHIBITS
EMPLOYEES WEARING THE MPD
UNIFORM WHILE ENDORSING
POLITICAL CANDIDATES, TRUST IS
THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR SERVICE
AND I BELIEVE THIS POLICY HELPS
TO SERVICE US, ASKING OFFICERS
TO NOT TAKE SIDES IN POLITICS?
>> IT IS FAIR, BUT YOU DON'T
CHANGE THE GAME MIDSTREAM PAID
FOR 50 YEARS, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
BENEFITED FROM THE POLICE
FEDERATION'S ENDORSEMENT AND
THAT MEANS OFFICERS STANDING
BEHIND THE CANDIDATE.
AS RECENT AS THE PRESIDENT OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, NOT ONLY WERE
OFFICERS BEHIND HIM, THEY
DIRECTED IN ORDER TO BE THERE
AGAINST THEIR WILL.
THERE WERE COMMAND STAFF BEHIND
HIM WHO HAVE SINCE ADVANCED IN
RANK AND WITH THE PRESIDENT
COMING HERE, OUR OFFICERS WANTS
TO ATTEND BECAUSE IT'S NIGHT AND
DAY WHEN YOU COMPARE PRESIDENTS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS A VERY
ANTI-LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESIDENT
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TURNED
THINGS AROUND IMMEDIATELY.
HE TOOK THE HANDCUFFS OFF OF
COPS AND THE LOT ON CRIMINALS
BUT MANY OF OUR MEMBERS WANTED
TO ATTEND THE SHOW THAT THE PORT
SUPPORT.
>> Shannon: NOT EVERYBODY IS
GOING TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC RADIO SAYS
THIS, "OTHER MEMBERS OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY THEY ARE
DISTURBED ABOUT THE OVERT
POLITICAL SENTIMENT AND THE
MESSAGE IT SENDS TO THE
COMMITTEE AS WELL AS BY
HIGH-PROFILE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR
DONALD TRUMP."
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM OFFICERS
WORRIED ABOUT THE POLITICAL
PERCEPTION, THE PUBLIC
PERCEPTION ON THIS?
>> THERE WAS ONE OFFICER WHO HAD
QUESTION IT, THERE WAS THE ONLY
ONE I HEARD FROM.
WE ENDED UP WITH A BUNCH OF
THESE FUTURE AND I'M WEARING,
THOUSANDS -- WE'VE SOLD OVER
5,000 NOW AND THERE ARE
BACKORDERS.
HE SAID IS ALL OF THIS WHERE
THEY?
AS FAR AS OFFICERS, THERE WAS
1 OUT OF 9000 I'VE HEARD FROM.
>> Shannon: I DON'T IMAGINE
YOU PLAN TO SELL AS MANY
T-SHIRTS.
I HEARD AT ONE POINT THE WEBSITE
WAS DOWN, WASN'T ABLE TO HANDLE
THE TRAFFIC.
DO YOU THINK THE CONTROVERSY
WILL DIE DOWN NOW?
>> WELL, AFTER THE PRESIDENT
TWEETED OUT THE SITE CRASHED
SEVERAL TIMES, WE DON'T HAVE
THAT KIND OF VOLUME.
EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS A
ONE-TIME THING AND THEY HAD TO
GET THEM RIGHT NOW.
NO, OUR STORE IS OPEN THERE.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
CARRY THEM.
WE ARE HOPING THE PRESIDENT WILL
BE BACK AND THEY WILL BE
STOCKED.
IF YOU ORDERED ONE ONLINE, ALLOW
US A WEEK FOR SHIPPING.
THESE WENT OUT THE DOOR FAST AND
WE ARE SENDING OUT THE ORDER IS.
YES, IT'S ONLINE.
MPDFederation.com.
WE WANTED TO GET THESE OUT TO
THE PEOPLE SO WE COULD BE
WEARING RED TONIGHT.
WE WANT TO BE CONTINUING SALES
THROUGHOUT.
>> Shannon: THEY ARE
BENEFITING AND ORGANIZATION?
>> THEY BENEFIT POLICE
ORGANIZATIONS AND CHARITIES.
YOU ACTUALLY COVERED IT BEFORE.
BUT YES, NUMEROUS CHARITABLE
DONATIONS COME FROM THE
PROCEEDS.
>> Shannon: WE HOPE THAT THIS
WILL BE A SILVER LINING FOR
THEM, THE