We provide training. We deal with issues of implicit bias , which is a huge issue of why people do what they do and getting to understand the impact of it. We have the department of justice has a Civil Rights Division which everyone is aware of with pattern of practice investigations, most recently the agreement in cleveland. The ferguson report. We have a lot of services. And i think the way we respond to crisis, the way we respond to whats happening in the country is, one, to provide assistance to communities. I think the attorney general said it best that we cannot federalize local Law Enforcement, and thats not the intent. Theres a reason why would why we created these 16,000 departments, it was about local control. But we can help set up standards by which the 16,000 agencies should be able to follow. And we should assure that whether its two officers or 20,000, that they are engaging in constitutional policing and that the impact to the community is the same. We can also provide
Officials sworn to protect them hoping to further fuel the call for comprehensive criminal Justice Reform. The center for American Progress and to the criminal Justice Reform space to add our voice and resources to the vital policy debate and the efforts to reform the criminal Justice System at the state and federal level. Were working to make the criminal Justice System more equitable and fair. This work includes urging policy changes that would keep our communities safe while ending mass incarceration over criminalization, particularly as it impacts poor communities and communities of color, supporting policies that remove barriers to socioeconomic opportunities for those with criminal records and supporting ways to address the racial and socioeconomic inequities within the criminal Justice System itself. Many many of the reforms being discussed would actually promote and enhance the safety of our communities. We are proud to be collaborating to present todays discussion of how we ca
White shocker, the snowboarder makes the stunning announcement one day before the competition is set to begin. Well tell you what it is today, wednesday, february 5th, 2014. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today countdown to the olympic winter games with matt lauer, live from olympic park in sochi, russia, and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer in olympic park in sochi. Matt, good morning to you, im Savannah Guthrie here in studio 1a. And dont make us wait any longer. What are we hearing from shaun white this morning . We have just received a statement from shaun white, hes giving to us first. And heres what he says, after much deliberation with my team, ive made the decision to focus solely on trying to bring home the Third Straight gold medal in halfpipe for team usa. The difficult decision to forego slopestyle is not one i take lightly. As i know how much effort everyone has
Plenty of subzero windchill. Hundreds of canceled flights. Theer storm smacking northeast. Huge delays at chicago ohare. Almost two feet of snow fell in boston. Western new york saw about a foot in the half of the white stuff. At this point, the store may be on its way out, but does that mean we are in the clear . Id like to say it is moving away from whoever is impacted by it, but importantly, the storm is still impacting so many people because we are getting the rain, wind, and snow across much of the ease but bitterly cold wind chill. It is so cold it is 15 in some areas, 20 and others. You can see the went off to the coast. That in the blue. Dangerous windchill will continue. Brutal temperatures making it very hard for people who have to work outside. Who is most at risk . In my book,bout it there are a lot of common injuries that happened during cold and snowy conditions. One of them is for men over 40 shoveling snow. We have a graphic to show you with some of the weather injuries
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