this into context. police departments actually did a very good job reducing the rate of force and killings overall including of african-americans 1970s until today. the real problem is that there has been an aggressive war on policing so we have seen as you were describing good cops driven outs the of police departments that really need them. we have seen police moving from much more high crime neighborhoods in cities into much wealthier communities it where they are less needed and less likely to get in trouble. you mentioned with the chokeholds. police officers so badly trained they couldn t subdue tyre nichols. they should have been able to subdue him they didn t have the right training. that means they don t have enough police officers, they don t have the right training to be able to take the time they need to get police officers where they need to be. i think the big issue here is the demoralization of the police. the demoralization of the police. it s emboldened criminals. actua
for that runs from tennessee governor lee but also address the demoralization and stress the last that - - lack of respect and an adequate pay and those district attorneys who make the police feel they are wasting their time but admits dollars remember most people are good and decent into the right thing. in that spirit i want to finish with these comments from friday night. about the monsters. as my wife said we pay for them to. we pray for their families because he is disgrace the whole family from grandmothers to kids. they have to bear the plant on - the brunt of what their parents did or what their sons
properly which this clearly wasn t and the responsibility for that runs from tennessee governor lee but also address the demoralization and stress the last that - - lack of respect and an adequate pay and those district attorneys who make the police feel they are wasting their time but admits dollars remember most people are good and decent into the right thing. in that spirit i want to finish with these comments from friday night. about the monsters. as my wife said we pay for them to. we pray for their families because he is disgrace the whole family from grandmothers to kids. they have to bear the plant on
for that runs from tennessee governor lee but also address the demoralization and stress the last that - - lack of respect and an adequate pay and those district attorneys who make the police feel they are wasting their time but admits dollars remember most people are good and decent into the right thing. in that spirit i want to finish with these comments from friday night. about the monsters. as my wife said we pay for them to. we pray for their families because he is disgrace the whole family from grandmothers to kids. they have to bear the plant on - the brunt of what their parents did or what their sons
wave of departures in resignations in 20 years. it s up 40% from a year ago as crime is spiking in the city. let s bring in the retired nypd lieutenant joe. this is not a surprise to you. you have told me even going back last year that you had fellow officers saying that they were ready to retire and going to leave. 42% increase over last year? does that number surprise you? no, it doesn t surprise me and it is going to get progressively worse as we stated before. what is happening, dana, this isn t just a defunding. it is a systematic demoralization but major police departments across this country. no wonder that places like colorado and florida are woohing the cops down there. better pay and circumstances. what cop in his right mind