next thing because that has happened in some of these case as well. the most important word you said there is profession. we wouldn t tolerate preschool teachers having this many people die on their watch. doctors have to have a lot of insurance to make sure they re killing people because that s a profession. policing is a profession. you should be good at it and at least know your gun from your tase fer you want to it as a profession. congresswoman karen bass, katie, thank you both. good news on new treatment options. bad news on our insufficient testing protocols amid omicron s incredibly fast spread. we ll be right back. ever notice how stiff clothes
elected officials who are deciding whether to charge, what to charge, whether to ignore these cases, or whether to put police in this, you know, vice grip with people like what you want to be, mayor, with everybody all on the same side, and that leaves the victims on the other side. exactly right. and i really want to call attention to what the attorney general was saying because he made the point that this is not to decision courage people from becoming police officers or remaining in the force. this is about lifting up the profession, lifgt up the profession so that you gain more trust from the public. and thank goodness the verdict is what it is. because you don t want people to be so demoralized that they reject the police. i do have to say there is another step in this process. there is the sentencing. and i will tell you that communities across the country will also be afraid maybe she ll get a slap on the wrist. and that is going to be the
we hold you in high regard, and we also hold you to high standards. we don t want you to be discouraged. and when a member of your profession is held accountable. it does not diminish you. in fact, it shows, it shows the whole world that those of you who enforce the law are also willing to live by it. and that s a good thing. it restores trust, faith, and hope. representative bass, keith ellison is an elected official. attorneys general are making these decisions on whether to upcharge or whether to charge at all. we ve seen that go both way, particularly in cases like tamir rice and other cases where it seemed that the ag was not interested. i think about the fruitvale the oscar grant shooting, which was another case of thought i drew my gun, drew my taser, also resulted in a conviction on manslaughter charges. i think about the kyle
accountability is not justice. justice is restoration. justice would be restoring daunte to life and making the wright family whole again. justice is beyond the reach that we have in this life for daunte. but accountability is an important step, a critical, necessary step on the road to justice for us all. here s the thing. while it is clear that police reform is dead in washington, doa, juries across this country, including multiracial, but even majority white juries are enacting their own kind of police reform, force accountability on a profession that hasn t faced much of any over the centuries. and if that should teach us anything, it s that the first step in reforming police is voting. the people in minnesota elected keith ellison as their attorney general. he has taken over several of these high profile police cases that other attorneys general might have let slide.