clear on, we see that there are differences in the outcomes from law enforcement. some of that is the result of poverty. some of that is the result of crime. and some of that is a result of what police do. what we do at the center for policing equity, what we do in minneapolis is we try and help law enforcement figure out the portion of the problem that s theirs so that they can do something about it. and when i heard somebody saying that law enforcement has nothing to do and nothing to change, i was shocked in part because what i hear from chiefs all the time is that the only thing worse than lying about them and saying that they re deeply racist is lying about them and saying there s no bias in their profession because then they have to clear the record and say they weren t trying to cover that up. chief, you are a police chief. not being honest about the existence of racism in policing doesn t help anyone. so what have you seen in the 30 years you ve been on the force? well, fir
of articles out there looking at racial disparity in policing, okay? some of them show evidence of bias. some of them just show evidence of disparity, just meaning that they re different but it s not clear why, right? but there s nothing that shows that white people are more likely to get shot and killed by law enforcement. that s not a real thing, right? so what the science is really clear on, we see that there are differences in the outcomes from law enforcement. some of that is the result of poverty. some of that is the result of crime. and some of that is a result of what police do. what we do at the center for policing equity, what we do in minneapolis is we try and help law enforcement figure out the portion of the problem that s theirs so that they can do something about it. and when i heard somebody saying that law enforcement has nothing to do and nothing to change, i was shocked in part because what i hear from chiefs all the time is that the only thing worse than lying about
color and women 10,000 in the group. did facebook make them say these things? people had racist, misogynist things to say. do we win if we get it off of fab? no, but i think we have to recognize the way technology and new tools allow for information to move quicker, right? it s like lighting a match is one thing. lighting a match next to lighter fluid is a different thing. in many ways, whether it s youtube, facebook or twitter, these platforms can be the lighter fluid. that means we have to keep an eye on it. and we have to pay special attention to how this information can spread in different ways. yeah, someone can say hateful things out on the street. and that s freedom of speech and they, you know, not without consequences their job or workplace or whatever. right, right. but it s freedom of speech. it s different when you go into a group. you are a law enforcement figure, you don t know the other 10,000 people in that group.
comey is behind closed doors answering questions from house lawmakers, gowdy, goodlatte, ratcliffe and others. here is jonathan turley, sound bite four that comey is a leaker himself and i ll ask you a question after this. the one i would ask and drill down on is his leaking of those memos after he left the f.b.i. he was tasked with finding leakers, and the minute it became something to his advantage he became a leaker. bill: that appears to be turley s main question. what is yours? look, i think the real question. you had this a few minutes ago from trey gowdy. the entire thought process by which the director of the f.b.i., who is supposed to be the nation s top law enforcement figure in terms of criminal law, what was his decision process both with hillary clinton and with donald trump? you have this guy who i think was rendering judgments that
rod rosenstein, a consummate professional career lawyer was acting as attorney general on top of the mule ter investigation run by a consummate professional law enforcement figure. this would bring in a political friend, how it would evolve from there will i think has been happenstance. it s just, i don t know. i mean go on, john dean. there was earlier reporting that he was actually going after rod rosenstein s job as the deputy attorney general thinking that sessions might survive but rosenstein was being chatted up on his way out. and there was quite a bit of coverage of that. that was the first time i really paid much attention to his name and did a little checking around who he was. i was surprised he was where he had arrived. i think there s more stage craft. i think there s more stage craft with a lot of this than we all realize. let me get john dean.