Host our guest is heather mcdonald. Manhattan institute for policy institution. Here to talk to us about policing the process following the death of george floyd. Good morning. When we books is called the war. The extensively on this issue on policing Police Brutality and studies on that pretty lets go back a bit. You have described in the past the death of eric varner in the book. Number of years ago as a heartbreaking tragedy. Review the debts year of george floyd. And one just recently, aubrey in georgia. Heather well, george floyd arrests, absolutely appalling that all evidence is agonizing to watch the video. And i think absolutely the whole country condemns this. And its appropriate the charges work cross very quickly. We need to investigate the rest of the officers. The anger that arrested is understandable however it is not rep. Of leasing in this country. We need to work and separately on Tactical Training with officers. With deescalation, tactics, courtesy and respect. But i
Namesure you include your and where you are texting from. Wj. Twitter, it is cspan you can also post on our facebook page. The story is similar in a number of publications across the country with the reporting of latenight news from those cities. Tensions ease in some cities, but others see more chaos. Wall street journals washington is becoming a heavily armed fortress and criticism of President Trumps response is mounting. The star tribune is investigating on the investigation. Minnesota human rights launching an investigation into the Police Department after filing a civil rights charge related to the death of george floyd. The probe announced by the governor on tuesday will look at Minneapolis Police policies and procedures over the past 10 years to determine whether the department has engaged in discriminatory practices toward people of color. That is from the minneapolis star tribune. The online version is more updated, but just a bit more from their lead story. Protests roll on
Death of eric garner in that book. A number of years ago as a heartbreaking tragedy. How do you view the deaths here of george floyd and the one just recently, Ahmaud Arbery in georgia. George floyds arrest and death was absolutely appalling by all evidence. It is agonizing to watch that absolutely thenk whole country condemns this and its appropriate the charges were brought very quickly, we need to investigate the rest of , so the anger at that arrest is absolutely understandable. However it is not representative of policing in this country and incessantly on Tactical Training for officers, on deescalation tactics. Courtesy and respect, but i dont think its fair to condemn a Nations Police force of over 600,000 sworn officers who have three headed 75 million contacts with civilians a year based on this one appalling arrest. Because when that happens, the people who need help the most of the ones ive talked to for , the lawabiding residents of innercity neighborhoods who are desperate
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