Is an unmitigating tragedy. A task where the police have to work to refine tactics to make sure they dont misperceive threats. The police have an obligation to treat everybody they encounter with courtesy and respect and that obligation and too often violated. The police develop rough attitudes on the street in part because of the behavior that they receive in trying to make arrest or investigate crimes. But that civilian behavior is no excuse for treating people rudely. Nevertheless, in new york city alone today 10,000 minority males are alive who would have been dead had homicideerates remained at the early 1990s level. And what saved those lives was a revolution in policing that began in 1994 and continued and spread throughout the country. The essential aspects of that revolution is an obsession with crime data, analyzing crime data on a daily if not hourly bases to try to figure out where crime patterns were emerging and accountability for police prestinct standers. It used to be
And the Obama Administration has given itself a substantive limit by saying although the president can use military force without congress, that force cannot announce whats been war. What a war versus use of military force is a very fuzzy definition. The bombing in libya was determined not to be a military force. Not enough to war. Without giving the president unchecked power to engage in military force. The president can act independently without congress up until it engages in a war theres a variety of other problems in that including the International Definition of war means essentially that would be every action almost no declared wars anymore. Thats one way in which the administration has tried to do the power it claimed for itself. I think the disagreements as to what constitutes a war, i think that there has been evolution in the Obama Administration towards a view of how war powers are allocated in the constitution. Even the current debate over isis, it sought congressional aut
Special series, aging america, with a look at those who take up the challenge of parenting their parents. You were working as a lawyer. Right. How could you do your job and also look after the needs of your father . I left my father. And good evening, thanks for joining us i am joie chen. Hes been one of americas most wanted men. A highvalue target on the order of Osama Bin Laden and now the arrest of king within joaquin el chop owe guzman. Already his lawyers in mexico are fighting any attempt to have him face justice in the United States. Ironically in 1930 chicago, al copone was public enemy number one, and today that title belongs to el chop owe who made the center of his multi billion dollars operation in the u. S. In the windy city as well. His final moment of freedom came in mazatlan when he was captured by american and mexican enforces. Tonight why the arrest of chilling chopelchopo is criticat means on our streets. Reporter . The Sinaloa Cartel is a corporation, its u. S. Head
Ovaries too and researchers say it may save their lives. Remember herald ramus and he created some of the funniest movies of all time. Good morning to you and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im Morgan Radford and live from new york city. All the calm today in kiev independent square where an acting president is now in place and leaders are laying the ground work for a new government and as for the countrys former president Victor Yanukovich remains on the run and a warrant out for his arrest and scheduled for today. And al jazeeras Jennifer Glasse is live from kiev and jennifer it looks like things have finally calmed down but is it back to business as usual . Well, you know, morgan, yesterday was the first day for people back at work in kiev where a week where we saw dozens of People Killed here in the center of the city and the people are trying their very best to get back to normal. Reporter not long ago away from independent square the capitol was like a ghost town. Last week i was
Of her own party to scrap the idea. A disorder affecting millions of children why pregnant women may want to stay away from a popular painkiller. Hi there, good to have you with us on al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton. Just days ago Viktor Yanukovych was the president of ukraine. Now hes on the run. A warrant is expected to be issued for his arrest. The country he led is moving forward. Ukraines parliament appointed its former speaker as interim president. A new president ial Election Campaign will start on tuesday. As Jennifer Glasse reports, theres plenty of uncertainty. Kiev got back to work today, its streets filled with people. Not long ago away from Independence Square, the capital was like a ghost town. Last week i was afraid to go out of my house. Now, thinks are better. In the place where it started three months ago, where the deadly violence flared, the biggest working day crowd. They came on their lunch hours, after work, or took the day off. Ukrainians came to Independe