second. write with you. how did we get here? i second. write with you. how did we get here? i think second. write with you. how did we get here? i think over second. write with you. how did we get here? i think over the second. write with you. how did we get here? i think over the years - get here? i think over the years olicin: get here? i think over the years policing has get here? i think over the years policing has lost get here? i think over the years policing has lost its get here? i think over the years policing has lost its way, - get here? i think over the years policing has lost its way, i - get here? i think over the years policing has lost its way, i don t think the fact that there have been huge police cuts since 2010. within policing, there seems to be. policing as they go to for everybody and i think were police respond to most incidents, instead of saying, actually, that is not a policing issue, we cannot deal with certain issues, they take everything on boa
from the mother of the black teenager stephen lawrence who was murdered in east london thirty years ago. after her son s death, a similar report was commissioned, which branded the force institutionally racist back then. today, baroness lawrence said. and there was more from the mayor of london sadiq khan. next month will be 30 years since stephen lawrence was brutally murdered, a racist murder. for 25 years since the mcpherson report, my experience as a londoner, a person of colour, my experience as a former human rights lawyer specialising in policing issue, my experience as a member of parliament and the police and crime commissioner, it is a police service that has been complacent, that s been arrogant,
conversation about policing in a responsible, constitutional and humane way. congress has debated and has been dead locked on the policing issue before. in 2021, negotiations between democratic senator cory booker and republican tim scott fell apart over whether officers should lose qualified immunity or protection from civil laws due to their work. pro-police interest groups say ending qualified immunity could create chaos. if we reduce or eliminate qualified immunity, we are going to have even more critical problem bringing people in this profession. booker is expected to reintroduce a version of the george floyd justice and policing act later this week. but it s unclear if the legislation will move any further than years prior. proponents say they remain hopeful. we are working with outside groups to make sure that everyone knows now is the time for action.
absolutely right on, everybody has to understand it. if you want to move forward and not have these kind of problems. and again it is not just the memphis issue. it is a policing issue. there is a subculture in policing that has to be addressed. it is not just a one size fits all. there is also a culture of service but there is one that we can t ignore and that is people who do go overboard in terms of trying to control crime. and i mean, joey, let me ask you about these type of units because they exist in other cities. might there be the temptation in some of these units for officers to think, okay, well we play by a different set of rules. we re here to go after criminals and, you know, and we have to break a few eggs to make some omelets, that is what we have to do. is there a possibility here that these units are just not a good idea from the get-go? yeah, jim, it certainly seems that way.
department, because they were prepared to run and go to war at kids who as soon as they arrive. does not of policing issue in this case. it s not a crime issue in this case. this is an isolated incidents, in colorado springs, not everywhere else in the country but it s happening. i m frustrated because the republicans pull from these arguments that it is crime to blame, we need to immigration, some of this is an immigration problem, and the millions pouring through the border, this is why this is happening. in the testimony itself, representative palmer of kentucky, the ranking member that committee, opens his opening remarks were quite offensive, because he basically said that he hoped that the panel was here to discuss our national crime problem international rising crime rates, and i ve never heard something so off base or out of