It really was a very good read, so im so glad that you voted but i do have, my first question, the book really chronicled your entire career which obviously it was a tremendous career that you have had that spanned what, five decades. But you chose to start chapter one with december 20, 2014, the murder of two officers. Why did you choose that event to really start this book . Guest for several reasons. One it was one of the most significant and, unfortunately, horrific events in that Fiftyyear Career when you lose two officers at one time, thankfully is still an exception, but it was such a horrible tragedy coming five days before christmas. Secondly, it was unfortunately reflective of what wasy going on and eventually accelerate over the next severalxt years, the breakdown of trust between police and so many communities in the country, this anger directed towards thege police, anger that led to the murder of two officers. He seemed to be an appropriate place to start to help frame th
And obviously it is a two spanned five decades and then dh 2014 so why did you choose this event to start the book . And the horrific event with the 50 Year Career. And that is still the exception but it was such a horrible tragedy five days before christmas. And then reflected of what was going on and then accelerated the next several years with the breakdown. So it seems to me to be an appropriate place to help frame the conversation and the third reason was it took me back almost 50 years to when i began my career as a young Carper Cop and a Washington Police Officer as a Bank Robbery occurred just as i was coming into the business. Two years later a Police Detective was murdered. And that was also a time in the early seventies when the anger between police and the black community was so difficult it was resulting in tremendous violence between the two. It took me back 50 years so how did we get there . And then we explain thats in our countries history. That you also cover your chi
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Interviewed by Dc Heath about the profession in my more of community, race and the arc of policing in america. Good to be talking with you same here. Let me start by saying i read your book and i thoroughly enjoyed it. T. It really was a very good read. Im so glad that you wrote it but i do have a first question. The book really chronicles your entire career which obviously was a tremendous career that you had and was five decades but you chose to start chapter 1 with december 20, 2014, the murder of officer lou. Why did you chose that impact to startthis book . For several reasons. One, it was one of the most elegant and horrific events in that 50 Year Career. When you lose two officers at one time, that is still an exception but it was such a horrible tragedy coming five days before christmas. Secondly it was unfortunately reflective of what was going on and eventually accelerated over the next several years the breakdown of trust between police and so many communities in the country