members, jerry moskowitz, and maxwell frauds, urging congressional leadership to hold classified briefings on mass shootings. but didn t congress already take action? clearly, it wasn t enough to fix the gun problem. so, what does that mean for the prospects of police reform in this congress. could it happen at all, and if it does how effective will it really be. joining me now is former california democratic congresswoman, katie l. she s the author of, she will rise becoming a war in the battle for true equality. and strategist and former executive director for the new york state democratic party basil michael. great to have you with us. as kate, i like to start with. you we want to start with a tyre nichols case, and what it means for efforts in congress to bring about. meaningful police reform. what do you think it ll take for congress to address the root causes of police violence
lows. we know inflation has eased, we know wages are up. we know the economy is growing. in fact, president biden s first two years of economic growth where the strongest two years of any president since president clinton. what this shows, is that democrats have delivered. during the last congress, in fact, democrats delivered with the inflation reduction act, chips, among other things. so, now it s about making sure that those resources, those fans are getting into communities across the country. when you see roads, bridges being fixed, when you see new jobs popping, up when you see innovations happening, you should be thanking your friendly neighborhood democratic congressperson. because they were the ones that deliberated for you. meanwhile, as you mentioned republicans are playing russian roulette what the american people, and with the economy. all this talk about the debt ceiling and what they plan to
that can happen now without waiting for congress. and frankly, flip the house. basil, explain something to me we saw yesterday in the wake of this killing, the scorpion unit which the five officers who are responsible for tyre s death or part. have it was created to stop, or stop violent crimes. it was deactivated yesterday. effectively disbanded on a moments notice. i think a lot of protesters who have been calling for these types of units. to be disbanded, they re not seeing an organization like this, a group like this, the scorpion unit effectively being dismantled on a moments notice. saying, why wasn t this done before. we re clearly seeing that more policing is not the answer to address violence and communities. when i heard about this
pressure, put pressure on local governments to make changes that can happen now without waiting for congress. and frankly, flip the house. basil, explain something to me we saw yesterday in the wake of this killing, the scorpion unit which the five officers who are responsible for tyre s death or part. have it was created to stop, or stop violent crimes. it was deactivated yesterday. effectively disbanded on a moments notice. i think a lot of protesters who have been calling for these types of units. to be disbanded, they re not seeing an organization like this, a group like this, the scorpion unit effectively being dismantled on a moments notice. saying, why wasn t this done before. we re clearly seeing that more policing is not the answer to address violence and communities. when i heard about this scorpion unit, i remembered the in new york city. that was responsible for the death of
to bring about. meaningful police reform. what do you think it ll take for congress to address the root causes of police violence in this country. congress isn t gonna be able to get to the root causes one. it takes all of us as an entire society. and it s largely cultural, it s not something that a single law can change. that s, sad i don t think any real reform is gonna happen under mccarthy s, or the republican majority in the house of representatives. i simply don t think there s a political will there, and frankly, if you want to see something happen it s gonna come down to flipping the house next year. know several things that can make a difference in the short term, that s gonna be more reality based, dynamic training, or supervision on the ground, accountability through supervision and transparency requirements. these are all elements of the justice and police act that could have happened. we need to continue that