the pattern is minuscule. bill. 123 as opposed to 143 million is minuscule. tell the parents of these precious young children. everyone values life. if it were your child, you would not call this minuscule, bill. that s disrespectful, my friend. it s not you re taking my remarks out of context. it s not minuscule that the man died. the amount of police shootings are minuscule and more whites three to one are killed than blacks. bill, do you not see in the era of the first black president, i might add, do you not, for those that thought we were going to live in a post racial america because he got elected which was nonsense then, do you not see a pattern here where black val life is devalued? i don t because the statististi statistics don t show there is a pattern. should americans approve of that
to a world of possibilities. the connected car by volvo. innovating for you. give the gift of volvo this season and we ll give you your first month s payment on us. in the impact segment, what is really causing so much of the tension between members of the african-american community and police? it s an interesting question. recently i debated the issue with russell simmons, co-founder of death jam records. i believe the strife between poor blacks and the police is driven by black crime. that s the nexus point. do you believe that? no. i believe that we can create a good relationship between police
him under control and that the grand jury believes that they were not doing it if a malicious way. the intent wasn t the outcome. bill, does it really matter that he didn t intend to kill him? does it really matter it matters as far as charges are concerned. bill, what matters is that he violated the department policy. we saw it on tape. the coroner, i repeat for the third time said it s a homicide and nothing comes back. certain explanations have to be made. i think this would have happened to a white guy doing the same thing. i don t think it had to do with skin color. i think it had to do with poor judgements made by the group of police officers. but here s the problem. what you just offered now is speculation. it is. let me put on the table but the other way is speculation, too. no, it s not, bill. hold on. it s not. what you re offering is speculation. what i m putting on the table for america to see, what america does see every day are the
him under control and that the grand jury believes that they were not doing it if a malicious way. the intent wasn t the outcome. bill, does it really matter that he didn t intend to kill him? does it really matter it matters as far as charges are concerned. bill, what matters is that he violated the department policy. we saw it on tape. the coroner, i repeat for the third time said it s a homicide and nothing comes back. certain explanations have to be made. i think this would have happened to a white guy doing the same thing. i don t think it had to do with skin color. i think it had to do with poor judgements made by the group of police officers. but here s the problem. what you just offered now is speculation. it is. let me put on the table but the other way is speculation, too. no, it s not, bill. hold on. it s not. what you re offering is speculation. what i m putting on the table for america to see, what america does see every day are the
aphone, the factor, should counter that. and that s why we re doing this special this evening. we begin with my recent talking points about why grand juries give police the benefit of the doubt. back in 1993, jesse jackson was quoted by the new york times as saying this. there is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, look around and see somebody white and feel relieved. reverend jackson was just being honest, putting forth that many americans feel uneasy in the presence of young black males, especially in the inner city. african-americans now make up 13% of the american population. but 36% of the prison population. whites, 63%st general, 33% prison inmates. hispanics, 17% of the general, 22% of prisoners. you can see the crimes committed by blacks dominate the