clearance rates that were unacceptable and needed to be risen. so this is two people the first time in american history you had three black men serving at the same time in the united states senate. and we are thinking creatively about this, how to get some of the problems that we all know that we should not live in a society with this many unarmed people being murdered by the police. but more than that, where we don t have the levels of transparency and accountability to pro ent the violent crimes and very quickly, does tim scott have the ability to deliver votes? we know his sincerity. but his party has veered off the rails to the right. how much influence does he have? joy, you re a friend of mine and i m a fan of your show.
folks have fixers and shady financial deals and donald trump talks like a mafioso wide guy asking for loyalty pledges and complaining about witnesses who flip. and so in that context it has to be looked at with more suspicion. and paul manafort is already indicted for witness tampering. that s also going to make the prosecutors look at this more than they will look at any just random burglaries. ari, what happens is federal prosecutor, you get your fbi agent to make a call to nypd. look, this is your case, you guys handle it. but let me know if anything looks weird. and the different that makes, burglary has one of the lowest clearance rates. ari, if i called the nypds, my sneakers and ipad were stolen, they re not going to do a whole lot. they re going to pay attention to this case. speak to that point, this is in a case where there has
it s tangible in numbers. there are people saying it s insanity. they have most likely committed violent crimes may be guilty of homicides. instead of putting them behind bars you re saying come partner with me. these young men are out on our streets isolated idle navigating and using all kinds of substances to cope. left to their own devices we re going to see more and more violence. the clearance rates in cities that are facing epidemic rates of gun violence the homicide clearance rates. they don t get solved. these gentlemen were on the street already. why not go at them full speed ahead directly and engage them in a very different way. this is in thinking about, reporting on criminal justice for years, this is one of the most fascinating pilot programs