well. we actually think there s a gender and race component to that. all right. redditt hudson and kimberly crenshaw, thank you both very much. appreciate it. still ahead, president obama addresses a conference of police chiefs pushing back on the ferguson effect. a look at whether there s data behind the alarmism. because donald trump loves trumpeting his poll numbers it until they start showing him second to ben carson. now they re not very scientific. on the other hand, hillary shows a huge surge in polls after a strong week of campaigning. her team says the polls are wrong. we ll look at those numbers and more ahead. geico motorcycle,
walk over to where she landed. it s the most ridiculous thing i ve ever seen apartment fact the sheriff is waiting to review the tape that he is not outraged is the most ridiculous thing i ve ever hearded. all right. todd rotherford and niya kenny, thank you very much for coming on tonight and being so clear and poised. it s impressive. thank you very much. thank you for having me. thanks. all right. joining me now the former st. louis police officer co-founder national coalition of law enforcement officers for justice, reform and accountability. and kimberly crenshaw professor of law at ucla and columbia. kimberly, i feel like i need to process what i just heard. i do, too. i do too. i don t know. it s very it s sort of a remarkable if there is a single small upside it s this niya thing was not standard practice. that s the only upside. first i have to say, congratulations and thank you to niya for actually standing up.
responsibilities, we can t do it anymore. because we do so much dirt, we re afraid to work. let me ask you your response to the sheriff s comments today. i want to get your thoughts too, kimberly. reddit, the sheriff s comments after coming backing from this conference that the president was speaking at today, particularly what he said when asked whether it was racial mentioning the personal life of the officer in question, what s your response? my response is this. i would qualify his statement and say that racily, my problem would be with the amount of times this happens in communities of color to children of color in schools that are predominantly african-american or hispanic and latino. he may be dating a black woman. i don t know. by i ll bet you he wouldn t have put his hands on a white 16-year-old girl the way that you saw him treat this young lady on that videotape. he slammed her forcefully to the ground and threw her across the room after he grabbed her around the throa
all right. redditt hudson and kimberly crenshaw, thank you both very much. appreciate it. still ahead, president obama addresses a conference of police chiefs pushing back on the ferguson effect. a look at whether there s data behind the alarmism. because donald trump loves trumpeting his poll numbers it until they start showing him second to ben carson. now they re not very scientific. on the other hand, hillary shows a huge surge in polls after a strong week of campaigning. her team says the polls are wrong. we ll look at those numbers and more ahead.
the absolutely not. what you saw on that vitio tape was a senseless and brutal assault on a 16-year-old girl that s unjustifiable under the circumstances. thank god for the awareness of the young lady who was just on and her classmates filming what happened so that we have an objective record of what took place. without those videotapes, this officer is not on administrative leave. the justice department is not involved and we re not where we are right now. importantly, those video cameras and those officers who are now out in the national discourse talking about a ferguson effect are really indicting the system itself because what they re saying in effect now that you all can create objective records of our behavior consistently as we execute our public responsibilities, we can t do it anymore. because we do so much dirt, we re afraid to work. let me ask you your response to the sheriff s comments today. i want to get your thoughts too, kimberly. reddit, the sheriff s comments a