said police were hesitant to defend themselves. obviously, if police can't defend themselves, they can't defend the people in bedford-stuyvesant. you have a police commissioner there who is the best in america, and i'm sure he will do whatever he can to make sure the cops can protect themselves so the residents in these communities are calling the police all the time, they can be protected. >> speaking of the commissioner, commissioner bratton was very emotional at last night's press conference. how does a department recover from something like this? >> the police are justice workers. these are people that make civil rights happen when they're doing their job right, and most of the time they are, whether we're talking about protests, domestic violence, hate crimes, police are on the front of the line to take risks for us. no question they should not stall legitimate reform where that's legitimate. but some of the reforms and conversations could i plaintimp