Racism that is spewed out of washington, we have a significant increase in hate crimes over the last several years and its been a priority for me and for my office to be constantly proactive around Public Service announcements, community engagement, with other city agencies and Partnership Around prevention, and prosecution of hate crimes. Weve also taken steps to eliminate the gang unit that previously existed within the office to presumptively stop using gang enhancement and stop using sentencing enhancements. These are policies that will have a dramatic and significant effect on reducing Racial Disparities in sentencing, policing and in prosecution. And one of the first things i did after taking office was to implement a policy prohibiting my staff from seeking money bail and we are the first jurisdiction in the country to prohibit District Attorneys from ever asking the court to impose bail as a way to detain someone in custody. As youre well aware, i grew up visiting my own parent
Eugene odonnell is a lecture at the John Jay College of criminal justice, hes a former new York City Police officer and trainer and instructor at the Police Academy in new york city. Eugene odonnell, welcome to washington journal. Good morning, good to be with you. Let me ask you about how this all started. What do you think went wrong in the e encounter between the fou officers and george floyd on that memorial day arrest attempt . Its a complex conversation and its going to consume a lot of time at the terrible outcome my condolences to the deceased and the family of the deceased. In my view abpolitical breakdown at the top i dont know why Police Officers wnin t middle of a pandemic are involved in a 20 counterfeit bill custodial arrest and same thing in the eric garner case they were in search of blue cigarettes. The mayors have to give more clarity and they are in a lot of cities and Police Officers profoundly what matters police shouldnt be involved. Any Police Interaction can end
Host Eugene Odonnell is a lecturer at the John Jay College of criminal justice. He is a former new York City Police officer, and instructor at the police academy. Eugene odonnell, welcome to washington journal. Guest good to be with you. Host let me ask you about how this all started. Int do you think went wrong the encounter between the four officers and george floyd on that memorial day arrest attempt . It is a would say complex conversation. It is going to consume a lot of time. It is a terrible outcome. My condolences to the family. Pointview, the starting is political breakdown at the top. I dont know why Police Officers in the middle of a pandemic are involved in a 20 counterfeit bill custodial arrest. The same thing happen in the eric garner case. The mayors have to give more clarity. Any Police Interaction can end badly. This is obviously a horrible one. Nobody can promise that you cant have some version of this going forward. You will have issues going forward. It is the natur
Online if you are under the age of 30. Those of you between the ages of 30 and 50. And if you are 50 or over. You can also send us a text. Please include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter, we are cspanwj. Ourcouncil post on facebook page. We will start the program with a look at usa today, which says a day of grief, a call to action. The memorial featured a moment of silence aston lasted eight minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time a policeman laid his knee on the neck of george floyd. Police officers linked to floyds arrest and killing were dismissed from the force and charged with crimes, the most serious being seconddegree murder. Your comments on our social media pages, some of those right here on twitter. This one says every burning city in america has something in common, democrat mayors, democrat city councils, democrat sheriffs and Police Chiefs, Democrat Senate and house. Democrats need to stop blaming the right for the culture they created in the last 5
Gets his props ukranian all 0. 08 off was unable to accept europes top human rights award last year because he was in a russian prison now hes free and has accepted his award and. Found that. Shes got one of the voices of rock and roll tina turner hits 18 who needs another hero. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us it reads like a hollywood movie script thieves for akin to one of europes most renowned museums and make off with priceless 18th century jewelry but it really happened and police in the german city of dressin are still looking for the robbers while devastated Museum Officials try to work out what theyve lost. Dresden screenful museum home to one of europes greatest collections of treasures now its a crime scene after burglars snatched up to 95. 00 pieces of the 18th century jewelry from these cabinets including diamonds and rubies this is one of the sets that was stolen exactly how many items were taken from this set is still unknown Dresden Police say the thieves