challenges when it comes to the relationship between the police and the community, but the horror stories in cleveland would be the worst thing that had ever happened in any other city and there are about six or seven of them just in recent years that are as bad as anything that you hear anywhere else in country. do you have a basic understanding of what s been so wrong in cleveland? so certainly we have, as the consent decree shows, a pattern in practice of excessive use of force. certainly there s also a culture where the police department has not really been connected with the community. so we ve arrived here today with that problem. certainly hoping to move forward. it s our time to really bring about change. greater cleveland congregations, congregations like yours, churches and faith communities have made themselves very visible in terms of this
anything that you hear anywhere else in country. do you have a basic understanding of what s been so wrong in cleveland? so certainly we have, as the consent decree shows, a pattern in practice of excessive use of force. certainly there s also a culture where the police department has not really been connected with the community. so we ve arrived here today with that problem. certainly hoping to move forward. it s our time to really bring about change. greater cleveland congregations, congregations like yours, churches and faith communities have made themselves very visible in terms of this issue in an ongoing way and also trying to channel peaceful response when people are angry about these things happening. what do you see as your role in trying to be constructive moving forward in cleveland? so, greater cleveland congregations came together
pastor gibson, thank you for being with us tonight. thank you for having me on the show. i had to narrow it down today when i was thinking about ways to talk about cleveland policing gone horribly wrong. i feel like every city has its challenges when it comes to the relationship between the police and the community, but the horror stories in cleveland would be the worst thing that had ever happened in any other city and there are about six or seven of them just in recent years that are as bad as anything that you hear anywhere else in country. do you have a basic understanding of what s been so wrong in cleveland? so certainly we have as the consent decree shows, a pattern in practice of excessive use of force. certainly there s also a culture where the police department has not really been connected with the community. so we ve arrived here today with that problem. certainly hoping to move forward. it s our time to really bring