ladies and gentlemen, my name is craig floyd, and i would like to welcome you to to the new series called conversations on law enforcement. the series focuses on topical law enforcement issues on the minds of many. tonight s conversation is entitled when police shoot: a dialogue on the use of force. we are proud to be jointly hosting tonight s event with a new and long-term partner, the memorial foundation, builders of the magnificent martin luther king, jr. memorial. i want to begin by thanking our event sponsor, the target corporation, which has been one of our top supporters over many, many years. several of target s officials have traveled from their headquarters in minneapolis to be with us tonight and we are very grateful. they are deeply committed to supporting safe communities across the united states and tonight s discussion is intended to help foster their very important goal. for those of you not familiar with our association, the national law enforcement offic
host: okay, frank, i will leave it there. a comment we have only had one person of color in position, so do not ask questions of this president you did not ask about the president. people bought more guns and race relations became worse. you can join in on the conversation on our facebook page. from fort worth, texas. you get the last word. good morning. caller: good morning. who made the comment this is the same mistake the present is going to make. did it get better under bush? do they get better under clinton? this president came to his job with a hard task. he said the country from going over the edge. for every racial issue to be put on his lap is unfair to this president. are intelligent carson, i ed like mr. can t believe he would make a statement that the president is responsible for race relations. it is it has gotten better. overall, yes. but it hasn t gotten worse under this president. we have a black president that has brought more racial tension to the media.
[inaudible] that we went through our parents went through. so that s one of the problems. e police [inaudible] bullying. because of the training they receive. guest: i think that s a good point. i think it s fair to say that african american community as well as the white community and hispanic community are tired as evident by the protests that we ve seen in new york, the die-ins, they re tired of the racial profiling. they re tired of unarmed teens being shot. they re tired of feeling like their lives aren t valued. i think that s something that needs to be addressed through both our political system, our legal system, and socially. we have to promote a cultural change to where everyone feels that their lives are valued regardless of their race. host: edward from florida. good morning. aller: good morning. i m so glad to be on c-span. my question is we commonly speak in terms that we know that the police officers do a very dangerous job and we have a lot of respect for what
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