wednesday night s debate, new jersey governor chris christie did pretty much everything he could to stand out in front of a crowded are field which he languishes in seventh place. including taking a question about presidential moral authority. turning it into a moment of police politics. you know, the fbi director, the president s appointed fbi director, has said this week that because of a lack of support from politicians like the president of the united states, that police officers are afraid to get out of their cars, that they re afraid to enforce the law and he says, the president s appointee, that crime is going up because of this. wes. so chris christie made three statements there, none of which were true. he characterized the fbi director s statements as claiming that the that because of a lack of support
it. i knew why i was pulled over. but there were times where i didn t. joining me now is phillip goff, president of the center for policing ecfit. and former new york police officer and professor of law and police studies at john d. college. it feels like the president was crystal clear about not cherry-picking data. talk to me about what data we would need to have in order to begin to understand what is actually going on in cities where we ve seen an increase in the number of homicides. so it s hard to know where to begin but let me begin with this. part of the assertion of the way the ferguson effect is existing in the culture right now is incredibly insulting to black and brown communities braus it
tries to improve and enhance community policing in law enforcement communities all across the country. he acknowledges it is a work in progress and it is something that s slow going. again, i think we are getting a preview of what we can expect to see from president obama once he becomes a private citizen. we were reminded by a panel of young women who were on the show yesterday, not just young men but young women and young women of color who are in need of this kind of effort relative to incarceration and school push-out. thank you so much, kristin welker from the white house. up next, the supreme court may not be the biggest issue whether it comes to access to abortion services. we re going to explain so stay with us. had it with their airline credit card miles. sometimes those seats cost a ridiculous number of miles. or there s a fee to use them. i know. it s so frustrating. they d be a lot happier with the capital one venture card. and you would, too! why? it s so easy with ven
a chillwind that s blown through law enforcement over the last year, and that wind is surely changing behavior. so let s just catch this for a seconds. comey s implication was the equivalent of a record scratch to the obama administration which has sought to balance a message of support of police with action to enforce police accountability. his remarks certainly seem to have landed by a lead balloon at the justice department because according to the new york times, he caught officials by surprise. several officials privately fumed at mr. comey s suggestion. by monday, the times reported that the doj and the white house were just plain angry at whoo they saw as comey undermining the administration s policies on criminal justice. for his part, comey, who president obama hand-picked partly because of his reputation for standing up to presidents, stayed true to form. he doubled down on his comments in another speech on monday before a gathering of law enforcement leaders at the
less likely to commit a repeat offense. when you think about the long trajectory of criminal justice reform movement work, how does what the president s saying there fit into that? first, it is incredibly important that he s making a comment on this in the way that he is. repeatedly over the past months. in an environment that s not necessarily open to that in all quarters of the country. secondly he s leading with a message in what we need to change in terms of criminal justice reform. in o new york city what we re seeing, unfortunately, is a mayor who actually just put out a very regressive call about a week ago saying that we should actually roll back rockefeller drug laws basically in terms of it diversion programs and that s out of fear right now. we have a president and an opportunity in this nation where there s a movement that s trying to operate from a place not of fear, not of politics of fear but really politics and dignity and respect for all people. part of what