himself where he is talking about the next thing, the way he wants you to change your prosecutorial approach. to basically revamp our approach to violent crime and to change the way we were looking at it, which lots of people were doing already because it was smart crime enforcement, that we had been practicing in our districts, focusing on the worst of the worst. but he did have that call. no indication at all on that call that we were about to go. when you were told that you were being fired, were you given any option in terms of the terms under which you would leave or how quickly you would leave? no, not at all. i was on a plane speaking at a white collar conference in florida. i got on the plane in miami at 2:00 on friday. and when i land id hat texts and e-mails from my friends saying are you okay? it is true? i didn t know what they were talking about until i saw the links that were attached. and then when i check mid phone, i had a voice mail from dana boente who was a th
before you were fired? two days. on wednesday, march 8th. with the attorney general himself where he is talking about the next thing, the way he wants you to change your prosecutorial approach. to basically revamp our approach to violent crime and to change the way we were looking at it, which lots of people were doing already because it was smart crime enforcement, that we had been practicing in our districts, focusing on the worst of the worst. but he did have that call. no indication at all on that call that we were about to go. when you were told that you were being fired, were you given any option in terms of the terms under which you would leave or how quickly you would leave? no, not at all. i was on a plane speaking at a white collar conference in florida. i got on the plane in miami at 2:00 on friday. and when i land id hat texts and e-mails from my friends saying are you okay? it is true? i didn t know what they were talking about until i saw the links that were att
i think 17 or 18 years old, 18, thank you. how does that person get put into the ninth grade? i mean, there are so many issues that come up in this case. i will leave it to the authorities. there s a lot that needs to get addressed with respect to this case in particular. i hear you about it being a state issue. let s talk about something though that the president has implemented and introduced. victims of crime enforcement. is that enough? no, no, no. it s one piece. the president understands that victims need a voice, which is why he brought it in. to help them when they re specifically targeted or victims of a crime by people here illegally. i think part of the reason the president has made illegal immigration and crackdown such a big deal is because of tragedies like this. we act so many times when we talk about this, is the president why is the president dealing with this because of this priority? well, part of the reason is
in addition to questions about first amendment rights and those things that come up in any supreme court term, free speech rights and so on. peting joining us now is marie teresa kumar. your reaction, it s obviously an initial victory for the pr opponents of the law. she called a spade a spade. you don t know what someone looks like based on the color of their skin, if they re here documented or not. that s step one. step two, though, is taking away limited resources to improve crime enforcement. the police officers association was so concerned with. i think this is definitely an initial victory, but she still has to go revisit it and check out the merits and she was basically buying herself some time. but, of course, what the justice department did here in challenging the law was not
the 70s in new york city were horrific. crime was rampant. criminals had no fear. it took a prosecutor to strategize with police commissioners to engage in smart policing, to identify crime areas and penetrate those areas with crime enforcement. they implemented the broken windows policy. the low-level crimes that often signal the start of a criminal career and they made the criminal accountable. those men, rudy julian which, bill bratton, ray kelly. and it can be done again. we need to bring in politicians who believe in law and order who will change this so-called bail reform nonsense. if we have the will and determination to ignore the noisy minority who believe