the point i want to make her is that, you are talking about a manhattan da who has jurisdiction over the plac where the electric crime happened this is not some democrat low, democrat da and some rando state that has no jurisdiction over the investigation where this case. so, i think this is going t open the door to republicans continuing to talk about the things that they want to do to progressive da s this is not a new conversation this is a very liv conversation under the administration of donald trump keep in mind, even when he was president republicans local police departments, loca law enforcement. they talked about it but the couldn t get the votes i congress to do it. there was real opposition from policing groups, policing there was real opposition from a broader array of law enforcement organizations. it is the sort of thing that i a better talking point than it is something that could ever get done to get the votes in congress to get this passed, it i really hard for m
daunting the task is. but i think looking at some of the extremely popular things that were not in the last gun bill, you know, ages for assault rifles, license and permitting requirements, it feels like small ball, but you know, something has to be done and ult s better to make progress along the edges than to do nothing. frank, people are sometimes surprised to hear that law enforcement are some of the most, biggest proponents of some kind of meaningful reform when it comes to gun legislation in this country, just because of the fact, they are on the very tip of the spear of having to deal with mass shootings. and we see it time and time again, and yet nothing gets done. why do you think there is such a rejection in this country politically and legislaively to do something that across the spectrum people want to see done? right, you have you have professional law enforcement organizations and leaders saying emphatically, they want less guns on the street. they want more ability
a right to keep them. it s curious that they would use unclear counsel and go after highly classified material. it may be that they just didn t view this as a likely criminal case. neil: jonathan, on that point that puts the special count tell in an awkward position. neil: even if they didn t suspect this of being a criminal case and involved possibly some documents and they knew people that might not have had the clearance to look at them would, criminal or not, wouldn t they err on the side of caution and say we ll handle this? they usually do. that s the model of the fbi and most law enforcement organizations. they get to go through the door first. in this case, they went to the back of the line. how that will impact the special counsel will have to be seen. but it s not going to be good. what is also interesting is that early on, the fbi could see
the white house says harris was invited by nichols mother and step-father. five black officers have been fired and charged with second degree murder. two other memphis police officers have been disciplined. three emergency responders have also been fired. the nichols death has has led to renewed push for police reform up on capitol hill and around the country. that issue comes with complications regarding what law enforcement organizations are able to do. fox business correspondent grady trimble takes a look tonight from chicago. good evening, grady. good evening, bret. police departments across the country are facing two fold problem. hiring is down. resignations and retirements are up. resignations increased almost 43% from 2019 to 2021, retirements rose nearly 24% in the same years. that s according to the police executive research forum. a nonprofit whose members include police chiefs from all over the u.s. several major cities are dealing with staffing shortages as a
people may act on it hopefully peacefully but maybe not. one of the leading professional law enforcement organizations has convened several calls with dozens of member agencies to share information. memphis police as well as the tennessee bureau of investigation provided some information on those calls according to sources and to give a few examples of how law enforcement agencies are preparing here in washington, d.c., police have met with members of the clergy. they re adding police staffing throughout the city. on capitol hill police are adding staffing as well. in atlanta officers are on 12-hour shifts. minneapolis, nashville, los angeles police are telling cnn they are closely monitoring the situation in their own cities as well as in memphis as they develop their own operational plans. the major county s sheriff s situation told cnn multiple sheriff s departments are talking to communities trying to embrace the community and they added that their organization is embracing with in