LT. THOMAS GLOVER:

I'm appalled that it happens.

I will be honest. I didn't cry, the first one I saw that came out of Baton Rouge. I was very concerned. But the second one that I saw in Minnesota, I shed tears. I was sitting on the sofa in my house, and I began to cry and boo — just like I knew the person, because I knew it was symbolic of a major problem that we have in this country.

As an African-American police officer, every day that you serve, it's almost like you're serving two masters. And I hate to be so straightforward. Many people expect us from the blue side, and I mean law enforcement, to be quiet, to walk a tightrope, and to just be indifferent.

On the other hand, in your community, you are expected to make a difference. I know in all my years, I have heard it, and now I have people calling me saying, Glover, we told you so. You see it? A guy got shot in the back running away from a police officer, and he never would have been in trouble had not someone covertly recorded it on a cell phone video.

And all I can do is say, yes, you're right. We become adept at doing both of them very well. We do the police job extremely well, and we live in our community extremely well, but, sometimes, and oftentimes, when you talk to African-American police officers, it's one of the most grueling and taxing things that you can do as a human.

And you saw it in a video that went viral on Facebook this week where the African-American mother, who was a member of a police department in Ohio somewhere near Cleveland, a seven-minute video of her screaming. And she is vehemently and emphatically denouncing the fact that she thinks very poorly — and I do, too — of someone who polices our community, whether they be black, pink, purple or green, and are so full of fear, so full of fear, that they mistreat people.