Place in five cities across the United States with hopes by the administration of Building Community trust. For the first warty five minutes this morning we will learn more about this. But we want to get your thoughts on the Justice Departments efforts overall and looking at racial bias in Law Enforcement. Here is how you can weigh in this morning. For democrats host we have a mind set aside for those of you in Law Enforcement host this was announced last week by the Justice Department. Eric holder, holding a press conference to talk about it. Here is the ap headline feds launch police bias study. They talked a bit about what was involved in it, including bringing up what happened in ferguson, missouri. Here is a little bit from the announcement last week. We cannot allow tensions present in so many neighborhoods across america. Not just in ferguson, but in many neighborhoods across this country, we cant allow these tensions, policies, and issues to go unresolved. We each have an essential obligation. I think we also have the unique opportunity based on what to ensuren argus and fairness, eliminate bias, and build community engagement. To talk to us about the details of this program, joining us on the phone from the Associated Press is eric tucker. Mr. Tucker, can you tell us a ferguson was the main driver of the program, or was the something in the works already . This was something in the works already. The Justice Department had announced it was soliciting bids for a study of this nature. The attorney general said that ferguson made the effort more timely, more urgent, reaffirming that it was a good idea. It isabout racial bias, about Law Enforcement, but what exactly is this the opening to what thech mark measure of Race Relations in these types of communities looks like. How it works. How police and minority communities are getting along. What efforts are needed to improve that relationship. Is driven by certain philosophies as to how best to develop Strong Community trust between minority communities and police. Will likely be implementing those sorts of guideposts in those cities. Host the five pilot cities are not announced yet . Caller correct. A 5 million price tag, exactly how does the Justice Department study Something Like this . That is a good question. I think it will be a combination of Data Collection and data analysis. In ferguson one of the things stoppedrged was that it when they were more likely to find contraband in the cars. They will be looking at traffic stop data. It will be going out and interviewing community members, saying how you feel about the police so that they will be froming that interaction both the policing perspective and community perspective. Host does this effort include a voice from Law Enforcement directly involved . Is no sure, there question that there will be communication with the departments there. Previous studies were similar efforts were launched, it has been the police who have been proactive in terms of seeking that thereecognizing is a race driven issue in the community. They have requested help. There will be a voice there. Host as far as the research is concerned, can you tell us more about who is involved, the groups, their background, and where they come from . They come from multiple universities and institutions. John j in new york. Yale, ucla. The urban institute. Worked together in previous cities, including chicago and new haven. So, they have developed a program as part of the bit where they talk about the need for racial reconciliation. The talk about the need for reducing implicit bias in the minds of Police Officers in a way that is not a conscious effort to be biased. Officers often carry with them an implicit bias them warms their decisions. Collectively they have this overarching philosophy that they promote as to reducing tensions. That was eric tucker, from the Associated Press, talking about this newly launched bias. Mr. Tucker, thank you. Caller thank you. We want to give you a chance to give your thoughts on this. The lines are open this studyiterate, will cost about 4. 7 Million Dollars and it provides training to officials on bias reduction and procedural fairness. The program will take place on five pilot sites around the country. Those sites have not yet been announced. Houston, texas, you are up wrist. What d think about this study . Weler i think it is money well spent. 4. 7 Million Dollars is a drop in the bucket compared to some of the other efforts. It will have an effect here in our community, not rod. I have weighed in on the cspan Facebook Post this morning and it seems, though, that some people have made racism some sick heart of being patriotic. About disparities attorney general holder and president obama. I think we all need to learn to accept more from the community and learn to work together. Do you think that Law Enforcement organizations across the United States already considered these kinds of things and even study them on their own . That they are very reactionary, not proactive. The things happen in community, like in ferguson, missouri, people then tend to wake up and say that there is than a problem instead of recognizing the issues that need to be addressed, like this study will show, im sure. And then they try to fix it and often times it is too late to does there is too much mistrust or bias towards the community already. Host independent line, good morning. Go ahead. Caller excuse me, i would like to say that there is obviously a bias that has been going on for hundreds of years. We have never solve the race problem in this country. I have friends in Law Enforcement and the majority of them are for counts, but some are against it. I say to them what do you have against it . From what i can usually understand, these people have something to hide. Responsibilityof with a gun and a badge and everything. I think it should be a federal requirement that the cities are getting federal money. I dont know why anyone with that much authority would want to be watched. Host pennsylvania, republican line, j. Has been aboutit five weeks since i have called. I want to say hello, thank you. Are you there . Host guest yeah, go ahead host yeah, go ahead. Caller the first thing i want to say is, as i said before, Diversity Destroys trust. It atomize as populations and causes us to spend billions to try to manage something that is told to us and our children is a strength when it is a source of endless strife. Lets stop saying that diversity is a strength. We are getting more diverse and having more loss of liberty with more mechanisms in place to keep us in line. That is what will happen to america in the future. But my point is that the asian adox how come asians dark skinned asians, like a girlfriend of mine from vietnam, i happen to be white, how come they dont seem to be in prison in such huge numbers. How come they go to work and have 15 hour workdays with such wrong families decide, to our study, what do you think of this . Caller i think they should look at the asian paradox look at the fact paradox. I think that they should look at how these asians would be in prison, but they dont because they behave themselves and have a strong work ethic. Strong cultural thing that nothing is going to fix. Host vernon, good morning. Caller it seems to me that every time someone gets killed, police seem to me like they get a paid vacation. I was just wondering why there arent a paid vacation if they are guilty of a crime, do they have to pay that money back . Host what do you think of the study on racial bias in law caller a lot of Police Officers are good Police Officers, but it is also the best job if you are a racist. That it is unjust, it is a lot of people that is racist. What do you base that on . Was raised in central los angeles. I have seen what they do. Host our phone lines host the park city daily news takes a look at rand paul, speaking in california to a group of republicans. The headline gop must try new tactics. Host mildred, hello. Caller this is philip, actually. Host philip, hello. Aller yes, this is philip i believe that any studies that bring light to the subject of race and Law Enforcement are a good thing. I am also proposing i work for the Long Beach Police department for 20 years. I worked in security for five years. I work in the department of defense for about eight months. I think that one thing that needs to be brought up is negro phobic. There might be some of that in Law Enforcement. With discipline host your experience with and tell you that Law Enforcement studies these things on their own . That there is no need for a federal study . Caller no, it is good, this brings light to it. But i also think the one thing that happens is the clash of cultures. You have a Police Culture that lists a certain thing that makes peace and harmony. You have some of the youth in the negro or black community who take on a persona of gangsterism. They fit all the criteria to be in a gangster persona. You know . They kind of idolize the gangsters. The gangster rap, they act in a certain way. They have the language. Lena, portland, oregon, democratic line. Caller i agree, the study opens up the subject, thats all the study is going to do. If we as americans are honest with each other, we know that racism, that america is really one of the most racist countries in the world, bar none. Us in the world because you have no moral authority. Up if they want to open it with that study, pine, but its like the gentleman said, they have taken unto themselves a persona of what they think black people are and then they let that persona permit them to do bad things with the people they have put that on. Thank you very much. I will listen to other comments. Host from arthur in trenton, new jersey, independent line. You are next, good morning. Caller good morning. I am originally from South Carolina and i think the thing that the country needs to get , iether about this racism think they are selling the country short. You know what i mean . Martin luther king, he is , fightinghese folks against tierney and injustice for all people, we seem to be going back in time. Caller do you think this host do you think the study will accomplish anything . Caller sure it will. We need to start to get a grip, though. People in this country, this isis, whos going to fight them . Ost or, good morning. Caller next caller, good morning. Have a concern. I hear about what is going on with racism within Law Enforcement communities. This is not new, it has been going on for a long time. I appreciate cspan for bringing it up, but think abouto you the study, first and foremost . I think it is a great beginning, but there is some oversight that needs to be done to make sure that the money is being directed and actually put into proactive roles. The line forled on Law Enforcement, what is your background . Caller i am actually an engineer. Host rebecca, hello. Hi, where i live we have a lot of people coming in. I see them in the doctors offices and they dont have they are not just children. I have lived here for many years and they are not legal. Homeland is just letting them come in. Nobody is turning them away. Whenever anything seems to be intoto them, a gets turned a story about racism. Its using racism as a strawman. What about the study of racism within Law Enforcement, what do you think of it . I am not that familiar with it. Host again, if you want to call us and talk to us about this study, we have a couple of about here, it will cost 4. 7 million over the course of three years. The study will take place in five cities across the United States. If you want to make yourselves known, as the reporter kind of set it up, heres how you can do so host on newsmakers after this, the chair of the Judiciary Committee is talking with reporters on a variety of topics , including the Affordable Care act and about immigration. It is using the president s actions as a grounds for a lawsuit. He spoke specifically about the status of a republican lawsuit taken place against president obama. [video clip] hintingems like you are that Speaker Boehner and Kevin Mccarthy will be going on with another lawsuit. I dont want to speak for them, up from my standpoint it would be very important to immediately take action and challenge administrative steps that give Work Authorizations and other legal benefits to people who are not lawfully here. Mib 5 million or 6 million more people as opposed to the several hundred thousand that have already taken place. I do not have an update on when the lawsuit will be filed, but i know it will be filed because the house has already voted to authorize Going Forward on that. Host more that conversation takes place after this show, at 10 00. You can see it at 10 00 and 6 00. Hubert, youre up next, democratic line, high. Hubert yes, my name is and i and a county magistrate are here in arkansas. I do agree with the study. I think it should have been done along time ago. It may have even been a duplication of services, because we can look at certain things, which the department has already lawrded that show bias in enforcement. Several years ago i was served on the city council here in west memphis, arkansas. I tried to establish a Human Rights Commission that would do exactly what the Justice Department is doing. The quorumelected to , i attempted to do the same back and people would not it. I mean, the politicians would not back it. It led me to create a Nonprofit Organization called the justice commission. We are now in the process of getting grants and doing things, to do that same thing now. The question is, once we prove it, most black people will tell that there is racial profiling and most whites will look at it with skepticism because they are not racially profiled. It is hard for them to believe that Law Enforcement as is as evil as most black people will say that they are. There is a distrust on the court. It has never been the frame of the black community. Most lynchings and hangings were done by deputy sheriffs, or they have knowledge of it. Or they covered it up. Host are these studies better accomplish on a local level, like what you were trying to accomplish, rather than the federal level . Caller i think that it can be done in concert. The reason i say that is because when you have people pushing state rights, you have a judges,e or a mafia of ,rosecutors, farmers, bankers even if they have the evidence they would cover it up. Host al, ohio, democratic line. Hi. Er im so glad you guys are looking into this. It is a shame, the way we have seen is going on, people being slaughtered. Of police had a bunch officer shot and killed. 147 times, each one of them was shot. And then there is what you see when an officer stops a set of white guys in a truck. Shooting at the officers and they would not shoot back at all. Showing the discrimination between the two, and then we found out there were some cases where they had the ku klux klan people getting on the police force. Line for lawe enforcement this is randy, dublin, georgia. I dont think this study will accomplish anything. We already know that a certain amount of racism exist. Constitution or text the rights we are required to have. I think it of people would stop trying to fight battles in the ,treets and go into court more that would indicate our own communities. Let me get off the line. Host before we go on, are you in Law Enforcement currently . Caller yes, i am. Im a state police officer. Host what do you think of this effort by the Justice Department specifically taking a look at the relations that exist . Caller i think it is a waste of time. You cant look at Law Enforcement as if it is alive by its health. You have individuals in Law Enforcement. Myself, i am African American. One idea with people in the community, one of the things that i have, the prejudge , itghts i have about people is based on individuals. To me it is one of the most segregated things in america. Black people go to black churches, white people but white churches, it is our culture and society. It is not necessarily a bad thing, in the white days you had a lot of White Brothers and sisters who risked their lives for equality. Each person is brought up and is dachshund is Something Different. Host would you say that Law Enforcement to do Something Better when it comes to these relations . And if so, what are those things . Caller the things that they learned that they might already know, you may have individual to go out and enforce those things. If they are brought up a certain way, they w