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