working together? it s very important. together we can do a lot of things. we can t expect the police to make an impact if we are not working together with them. we have them in the city and more recently numbers are nowhere near the cities. with the community and our police department. crime is going down. even when there is an uptick, the faith community gets together so doesn t become black lives matter, anti- cop, none of that. i just watched they don t just respect you, they respect the role model. you are absolutely right. this is a result of spending 20 years. is this the model of the
working together? it s very important. together we can do a lot of things. we can t expect the police to make an impact if we are not working together with them. we have them in the city and more recently numbers are nowhere near the cities. with the community and our police department. crime is going down. even when there is an uptick, the faith community gets together so doesn t become black lives matter, anti- cop, none of that. i just watched they don t just respect you, they respect the role model. you are absolutely right. this is a result of spending 20 years. is this the model of the
one location with the pastors, community leaders, working together? how important is that. that s very important. that s very even to the youth. together we can do a lot of things, powerful things. we can t expect the police to make an impact if we re not working together with them. we have experienced violence here in the city and more recently our numbers are nowhere near other cities. we have a really strong partnership quite frankly with the community and our police department. crime going down. yes. crime has been going down steadily one. secondly, even when there is an uptick, the faith community and the cops get together. so it doesn t become black lives matter, anti-cop, defund the police, none of that. lawrence: these kids, they respect you, i just watched them interact with you. yeah, yeah. they don t just represent you they respect other role models
in the city, more recently, our numbers are nowhere near other cities. we have a really strong partnership, quite frankly, with the community and our police department. boston has in fact crime is going down. crime has been going down steadily. one. secondly, even when there s an uptick, the faith communities and the cops get together so it doesn t become black lives matter, anti-cop, defund the police. none of that. these kids, they respect you. i just watched them interact with you, they talk with you. yeah, yeah. they don t just respect you, they respect the other male role models that are there. absolutely. look, this is a result of spending 20 years on the street. i guess my big question is, is this a model for the country? let me tell you something. a model that says faith communities, law enforcement partnerships are the way to go. with the commitment that the faith communities as separate
with police. he is on the street. listen. crime has been going down steadily, one, secondly, even when there is an uptick, the faith communities and the cops get together. so it doesn t become black lives matter, anti-cop, defund the police, none of that. ainsley: is he a pentecostal preacher. he started the seymour institute. he was on our show. he was so powerful afterwards we said we have got to talk to lawrence and he has got to go to boston and meet with him and see how he is cleaning up boston. he works with the gangs and he works with the police department and he works with the faith community. trying to form a coalition so that they could all figure out what the problems are and fix the problems. steve: absolutely. he has got a program that has been proven to work in those neighborhoods of boston. and if the federal government was smart, they would talk to that man about what he is doing on that street in that neighborhood in that town and that could actually impact people al