>>> THIS IS WRAL NEWS, YOUR NUMBER 1 SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS. >>> MORE FALLOUT FROM WHAT STARTED AS A PEACEFUL MARCH. AND IMAGES OF PROTESTERS BEING PEPPER SPRAY HAS MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES. FOR LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEADERS, GETTING RESPONSES. DEMONSTRATORS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT SHARE THEIR SIDES OF THE STORING, THE PEPPER SPRAY WAS ONLY A MILD IRRITANT.>> NUMEROUS COMMANDS, THE ONLY THING ELSE WOULD'VE BEEN PHYSICAL FORCE AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO PHYSICAL FORCE TO FORCE PEOPLE ON THE ROADWAYS. UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE SAID WE PEPPER SPRAY CHILDREN AND DISABLED FOLKS BUT I'M GOING TO REITERATE, WE NEVER DIRECTLY SPRAYED ANYONE IN THE FACE, IT WAS ALL DIRECTED TOWARDS THE GROUND. >> WE HAVE MORE, THIS AFTERNOON, ORGANIZERS OF THE MARGINAL POLLS EVENT, ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF STATE LEADERS CALLED IT QUOTE UNACCEPTABLE.>> WHAT DID WE DO SO WRONG?>> [ APPLAUSE ] >> WERE GOING TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE ANSWER TO THAT, DON'T ASK ABOUT A GENERATOR THAT YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR TWO HANDS IF YOU ARE THE WEAKEST OF US.>> WE SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO ATTENDED AND WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU, SOME OF THE VIDEO YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE MAY BE HARD TO WATCH.>> Reporter: THE IMAGES AND VIDEOS SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, POLICE AND THE ALAMANCE SHERIFF'S OFFICE USING A PEPPER BASED VAPOR TO DISPERSE MARCHERS. PEOPLE HAD BEEN IN THE CITY FOR A MARCH TO THE POLLS EVENT, POLICE SAY THEY HAD TO USE PEPPER SPRAY BECAUSE THEY SAID THE CROWD STOPPED AT A MAJOR ROADWAY, SOMETHING OFFICIALS SAY THE GROUP WAS NOT PERMITTED TO DO. >> THE REAL SURPRISE WAS THAT THIS RESPONSE CAME FROM PD AND THE ALAMANCE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AGAINST PEOPLE, PEACEFULLY PROTESTING, THERE WAS NOT VIOLENCE, IT WAS NOT A VIOLENT CROWD. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY THEY FAILED TO DISPERSE AFTER COMMANDS, SO THE SPRAY WAS DEPLOYED DIRECTLY ON THE GROUND, BUT MARCHERS SAY THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. >> THERE WAS NO WARNING, AND IMMEDIATELY THEY STARTED PEPPER SPRAY LIKE CRAZY, AND THAT'S WHEN THINGS ESCALATED. IT WAS SHOCKING TO ME. I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, I'VE BEEN TO MULTIPLE MARCHES AND OTHER EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, AND THE POLICE TACTICS WERE JUST STARKLY DIFFERENT. >> Reporter: IN THE SHUFFLE, EIGHT PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, THE NAACP AND OTHER GROUPS ARE CALLING FOR CHANGE TO ENSURE THAT NOTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN.>> THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR THE ACTIONS THEY WERE TAKING, SO I THINK THEY SHOULD APOLOGIZE. >> Reporter: MIKAYA THURMOND.