right, right. i mean, human rights watch back in 2000 was talking about this. they looked at seven states across the country that actually had these 80% to 90% numbers. decade before that, we had studies in new york, they were looking at it and showing how rikers island and prisons across new york, it was the same seven neighborhoods. so yeah, we need to think about systemic and structural issues because it s not something band-aids on cancer can fix. we need to look at how to look at this and correct the last 30 to 40 years of tough on crime and drug war rhetoric and policy that have completely failed and left us with the greatest prison crisis in american history. it feels so difficult to me that on the one hand, this is a moment when so many african-americans might feel empowered at part of their country with an african-american president, that they were such a big part of electing. but then that experience of being thrown up against the wall, of being frisked, when you ve done
african-americans might feel empowered at part of their country with an african-american president, that they were such a big part of electing. but then that experience of being thrown up against the wall, of being frisked, when you ve done nothing wrong, separates you from your country, separates you from your sense of connection to your community. absolutely. obama, i was shocked he made the statement. i also, you know, want him to extend his concern about what s happening with police and prisons here, to live up to his promise to close guantanamo. i d be very glad to see that happen because it needs to happen with the hunger strike happening and everything. we re in the best of times and the the worst of times in some way and i think that s the reality. a black face on a white power structure is still a white power structure and that s the sad reality we need to come to terms with. the fact that i could be at the most elite law school in the country and be thrown in jail. and half
we must serve the poor, the weak, the hungry, the thirsty. this pope said to be a man of the people who in the days since he was elected pope has among other things paid for his own breakfast, checked out of his own hotel. this morning before the inauguration he was in an unfamiliar to us pope mobile an open jeep out of which he walked and knelt and kissed the sick and the injured. laid hands upon a man in a wheelchair and kissed young children reminding us all that the church is of the people and for the people. and the people for it. and the church and the pope asking us at the end of his homily this morning, please pray for him, father gerald murray is with us and preaches to the holy family church in new york who was there for the electing of the pope and joins us now.
caught on camera. dash cam video shows iowa police offering zack mcdowell without a minute to spare, pulling an unconscious man from this burning car. the car crashed into the side of a church in suburban des moines. it was sunday night. others jumped in, and they are able to pull the driver out to safety. the officer was eventually able, also, to put the fire out. amazing. what a hero. ahead on early start a soggy start to the day for some across the nation. jennifer delgado will join us with a look at the nation s weather. and we re looking at live pictures from the vatd can all morning long where cart nals are celebrating a really special mass before heading to the sistine chapel a little later this morning. they are charged with ee lejting the new pope. lecting at the new pope. the droid razr maxx hd by motorola.
mubarak, and their response to the port say yesterday soccer riot is a very interesting part of what s taking place right there. the focus on the police as opposed to going after other souk soccer clubs and the third thing, and i don t think once again this has been talked about nearly enough, has been the historic no matter what one things about president obama, the historic nature of electing the first african-american president in 2008 had an effect of raising the confidence of athletes, particularly african-american athletes. that brings me to my second question. yeah. there s been tremendous pressure on athletes to essentially shut up and play unless they are endorsing something. exactly. and an increasing number of athletes don t seem to be separating their politics from the profession. this is a recent example, a power forward for the nba s denver nuggets. take a look and i want to talk about this on the other side. my mom to my right is mahassan and my mom to t