budget. body police cameras or police body cameras. president obama requested $263 million for them. earlier this year the justice department said it s planning to launch a pilot program. in fact, ferguson police officers began wearing body cameras weeks after michael brown was killed. and then there s a change in military grade are gear. remember the images that you see her of police officers in armored vehicles clashing with protester, even the protesters the past couple of days, some of that army kind of gear was out there. earlier this year president obama banned the feds from giving certain military equipment to local police departments. that equipment includes bayonets, grenade launchers, and more. here s what president obama had to say at the time. we ve seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people a feeling like there s an occupying force as opposed to a force that s a part of the community that s protecting them and serving them. can alienate and intimidate
coming if those gates go down. you never want to be in between those gates. in this case here in california it appears that a driver was confused and actually turned onto the tracks instead of on a roadway. whenever a car or a truck gets off the roadway, and particularly if it s on train tracks that s really not what s intended. very dangerous situation. we see that here. as we said you credit this new technology a lot of people do with saving lives in this crash. metro link spent something like $263 million to update its technology including these crash resistant cars. should all railroad lines be doing that now given that it can save lives? you know i think it s really too early to tell the effect of the crash energy management car designs on the outcome of this crash. one of the things that you want to see in a post-crash environment is that the cars stay in line and they stay
the trust and a strengthening of the accountability that exists between our communities and our law enforcement. when anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, that s a problem. and it s my job as president to help solve it. welcome to the journal editorial report. that was president obama wednesday promising changes to policing in america in the wake of the staten island grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the july death of a black man restrained in a chokehold. that decision, of course, followed last week s unrest in ferguson, missouri, after a grand jury there declined to charge police officer darren wilson in the shooting death of another black suspect, michael brown. the president announced monday the creation of a task force to come up with steps for, quote, building public trust in police forces nationwide. it called on congress to fund a $263 million community policing
and i m overwhelmed. i m crying. my son is like yeah are you all right? and i m yeah i m okay but look at the all the love your father is getting. that was his wife moments ago at a rally in harlem. referring to the recent protests around the decision tnot to indict the police officer involved in the choke hold death. overnight blocking off bridges and intersections and today more demonstrations are planned in los angeles, also washington, d.c. and support for body cameras is gaining support across the country. president obama announced a $263 million package to help local police departments buy and use 50,000 cameras. and a new york police department has launched a pilot program to test that technology. new york of course will be under the spotlight. not only because it is the
participate. they re not choosing leaders they would prefer. when you have a whole community that feels like they ve been disenfranchised and the system doesn t work for them, you don t blame that on the people. you blame that on the system that s been there. the fact people aren t participating in the government goes to show you they have no faith in that government. some stuff has to change. you know, there were we re in the 21st century where we ve got a lot of enter snet and stuff where people can communicate. we don t have to have old-school ways of voting to make people s voice heard in our community and our government. there needs to be more ways. both of you have had negative interactions, we ll call it that, with police. there s a lot of talk now about body cameras being the answer. obviously the eric garner case shows having it on tape doesn t necessarily lead to what the family would want to see as justice. do you think body cameras would be helpful at least? it s a