the cops have to be pretty patient to not allow what s going on to escalate, right? they are being patient. we ve seen that in the last week with these protests. i would like to say i agree with don and john about the president getting personal. i would like to see him get personal about another story, the story of 15-year-old hadiah who performed at his second inauguration event in 2013. she returned to chicago and was gunned down and killed one mile from president obama s south side chicago home. killed by two gang members who thought that she was a rival gang member. arrested by the police, and they said yeah, we thought she was in a rival gang. 18 to 20-year-olds. i happened to be back in chicago visiting my father and there were a number of mothers being interviewed who said, we fear that we can t send our kids to school and they ll return alive