award winning columnist for the daily news. in her apologize she said she didn t realize the significance of the shirt at the time. your reaction? i don t believe it. i m sorry. i just can t, because it was in the news, it was the biggest thing in the news during that time. i have told her this. told the mayor this. told my listeners and my readers this. i don t believe it. the rodney king beating spurred a riot. spurred three trials. was the biggest news at the time, and so it s impossible to believe that anybody especially someone in policing would not know what that shirt referred to. and if people, just to add to the context of this, you know this, but this is the latest in what s been a turbulent summer for the philadelphia police department. in june, we spoke about this,
talking to democrats. as is senator ted cruz just sat downly alyssa milano and a father of a student killed in the parkland shooting and please don t miss that. the acting philadelphia police commissioner apologizing after an old photo like from the 90s old focused of her wearing a t-shirt that appeared to make light of the police beating of rodney king. details how this has outraged the city. we ll be right back. .fragrance shouldn t either. air wick s new technology releases fragrance upwards and outwards, unlike glade. so now you can fill every corner with fragrance. upgrade to air wick.
reporter: he shows how there was a powder keg of unrest. the notorious beating of rodney king by four white police officers who were acquitted was the final spark. but as entire neighborhoods descended into lawless violence, there was those two stood up. what kept you from being one of those guys throwing bricks? that s not who i am. reporter: people like donald jones, who rescued a chinese immigrant from an angry mob. were you mindful that you could have been a victim as well? very, very mindful. reporter: that the mob could have attacked you. yeah. reporter: he regrets he couldn t save anyone. terrible.there is no police . they will not enter the area. reporter: what was going through your head, your heart? that i wish that i was there.
residents about police procedures. the clinton administration disputes those who say police matters are purely a local responsibility. we believe that the federal government can play a vital role in making sure that local enforcement can be as good as it possibly can be. the whole notion of putting 100,000 police officers on the street is something that this federal government has tried to has tried to foster. there have been a number of high-profile cases involving charges of police misconduct. in los angeles the beating of rodney king by four white police officers captured on videotape. in pittsburgh the case of johnny gammage, a black businessman who died of suffocation after being stopped by five white suburban police officers. in new york city the case of abdur leuima, a haitian immigrant who says he was beaten and brutalized by police a year and a half ago. more recently in new york the case of adam yue diallo, an immigrant from who was killed in a hail of 41 bullets fired
possibly can be. the whole notion of putting 100,000 police officers on the street is something that this federal government has tried to has tried to foster. there have been a number of high-profile cases involving charges of police misconduct. in los angeles the beating of rodney king by four white police officers captured on videotape. in pittsburgh the case of johnny gammage, a black businessman who died of suffocation after being stopped by five white suburban police officers. in new york city the case of abner louima, a haitian immigrant who says he was beaten and brutalized by police a year and a half ago. more recently in new york the case of mamadou diallo, an immigrant who was killed in a hail of 41 bullets fired by police. civil rights protesters who represent some of mr. clinton s most fervent supporters have demanded for months washington take action to fight police misconduct and brutality and the white house said today they re ready to take additional steps if the si