your benefits and maybe go to jail. but we sued. anything you want to say to our audience? we have police officers who are going out there doing their job every single day, putting their lives on the line for their communities. communities they love. andut then they have their actis second guessed at every step. what we need is the leaders in law enforcement come across this country, i m talking about police chiefs and flips commissioners, get off their asses and push bark on the rhetoric and false narratives that have been dominating the narrative. we need all hands on deck. [applause] reporter: when you and i spoke earlier you mentioned another kind of effect. you called it the ferguson effect. i want to you talk about that for a second.
about our loved one, we gave you the footage. we know who killed them. but if the case is not there, the community is upset because they feel the detectives haven t done their work. but it s the state s attorney who has to protect all law enforcement acrossme america and standy by them. that s around and around you go in a circle. you and i spoke earlier. you said part of the problem is people then stopped helping cops because theyto figure what would the point be to turn in my neighbors. you say often they know who s doing the crime. some have lost their lives even after they have testified. the state s attorney has to step up and protect them. if the officer or detective gives his word. we ll relocate you. but if that trust is not there from theut state s attorney s office, what do you have?
and i wasn t seeing that. i wasn t seeing people step up. who do you call when you have a problem?py you call 911 and they will show up and do their jobs. they are heroes. i thought i needed to step up and lead by example. harris: who among you in the audience will be willing to share a story about why you joined the police force. your name? james. when i was a young man i recognized how the community respected the police and my family was very respectful of the police. harris: r is there anything you want to say to that gentleman over there? i feell the same way as you. i have great respect for law enforcement. it was drilled into me when i was a young man. i want to make sure my son has
nothing. harris:rr i don t want to get to much into politics. but looking at the demographics of the people serving in the state of illinois. you have some of the toughest gun laws. darren i see a thought bubble above your head. when you speak of gun laws. new york city, los angeles, chicago, have the toughest gun laws in the country. but look at the extreme violence you have with gun violence. the gun control is not working in those places. when we go back to the public trust between police and community, i can t speak to what happens in chicago. but what i do know is departments try to maintain a level of transparency as much as possible so citizens can understand and accept these police officers are here to help. look at the body cameras. if that s not transparency in law enforcement i don t know what is.
the same respect for law enforcement. he sees them on the street or sees them in a coffee shop he goes up to them and says thank you for your service as opposed to denying them a coffee in starbucks. thatst was instilled in me as a young man and we are passing it on to the next generation. harris: you look at america, and you have been in that squad car in iowa. what do you see? when you travel outside the united states, and a lot of people inside the united states don t do that. youze realize how good we have t here. this is the greatest country in the world bar none by a long-shot. the rights and the freedoms that we have here, you don t have those in other countries. i y just got back in from being7 weeks out of the country and i wanted toi kiss the ground. i love what i do, but i wanted