Suggestions that police are biased and not doing their jobs properly -- made by some of the nation's top leaders -- create a dangerous climate for the men and women who serve and protect, says former U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.).
"Why do we believe police need retraining or reorganization and reforming?" West asked.
"The most important thing to understand is leaders establish climate, an atmosphere," West told Fox News's Greta Van Susteren Monday night. "And when you have people, such as the president, such as the attorney general, Eric Holder, and (New York) Mayor Bill de Blasio, and look at some of the things that have been said and go back to the Gates incident" (where President Obama accused a white Cambridge, Mass. police officer of acting "stupidly").
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