[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] coming up shortly, more light covers from capitol hill with the House Administration election subcommittee meeting about Voting Rights and elections during the covid19 pandemic. Hearing is after the tuesday primaries with troubles and voting in a number of locations in georgia in particular. Among the witnesses testifying today will be the secretary of state for louisiana. It should get underway shortly and we will take you there live when it happens but until then, part of todays washington journal. Ur next guest of the morning is alex vitale, a sociology professor and the author of the book the end of policing. Thank you for joining us. Guest good morning, pedro. Narrator could you give the audience of what your view of what the police should be in Current Society . Guest i think it is not so
Save them for the q a at the end of the event. I want everyone to know that before we get started. As i said, this of course could not be a more important and timely conversation we are going to have today. Since the death of george floyd in Police Custody last month, weve seen nationwide unrest. Weve seen protests, not only here in america but internationally. Weve also seen a certain narrative take hold. It starts with the assumption that the only way to properly view George Floyds death is through a racial lens, in fact, all encounters between police and black suspects are increasingly viewed this way. Its a narrative that assumes the behavior of Derek Chauvin, typical Police Behavior toward black suspects entered assumes that george floyd is a black every man in america that whatever happened to him happens to black people all the time. That blacks essentially leave the house each day worried about having a violent encounter with police. The media has run with this narrative which
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