My career when i was a fourstar admirals initiating up the us Southern Command, peterma in charge of all activities south of the United States as the commander of us Pacific Command a very traditionalos position for senior admiral my boss wonderful by secretary gates called me up to say forget about the pacific we will send you to nato. Was the first and as far the only admirable to be a lien supreme allied commander in nato. Is just an accident of timing and fate and secretary gates decision. From a nato perspective i was the accidental admiral who became the supreme allied commander. Host the naming was an accident as well . Someone. So lets go way back i grew up in the marine corps family my father fought in korea and vietnam. I grew up in the environment going to Quantico High School and went on to the Naval Academy thinking it would be a marine Corps Officer after my first year the navy sends everybody out on a cruise so you go out on a ship i went out on a beautiful cruise around
Wake of the pandemic. There was a hot spot in michigan for a while. A lot of partisan feelings. Then having the military come into deal with protests, and some of the tweets President Trump has done fighting with Governor Whitmer, who was well liked michigan according to polls. At this point, things look pretty bad for him. That does not mean he could not make it back up, but comparing michigan with wisconsin and pennsylvania, other states he won closely, michigan is looking better for biden. Host lets go back to 2016, many said michigan was a blue wall for Hillary Clinton. President trump winning it by a thousand votes. Why did he win it, and what is the lesson for democrats this year . Todd from all the work i have done post 2016, looking at a lot of data, the thing that jumped out at me, neither Hillary Clinton nor President Trump were wellliked. Michigan was seen as a state democrats had won since 1988, and Hillary Clinton did not spend a lot of time there. She was not high in the
Trainer and instructor at the Police Academy in new york city. Welcome to washington journal. 202 7488001 good to be with guest good to be with you. Host let me ask about how this started. What you think went wrong in the encounter between the four officers and george floyd on that memorial day arrest attempt . Guest it is a complex conversation and it will consume a lot of time. It is a terrible outcome, my condolences to the deceased and the family of the deceased. In my view, the starting point is the play could break down at the top, i dont know why political officers in a pandemic are involved in a 20 counterfit bill custodial arrest. The think thats the same thing pened in the eric andre the eric garner arrest. Any police interaction, this is obviously a horrible 1, 8 minutes on the guys neck, but no one can promise that you cant have some version of this Going Forward to you will have some version of this Going Forward. People offering the idea that if you can train you can trai
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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