within enforcement in baltimore city. it predates the mayor's tenure. it goes back several years, even decades, and until we begin to address the ongoing structural issues with the consistent and repeated violations of constitutional rights of citizens, we're going to continue to have issues. so we ask the attorney general to continue -- to consider rather initiating a pattern of practice investigation. >> pastor talk to me about why you think it's important that the federal government get involved. why is it that local state officials have not been able to deal with this issue? >> well i think you have to use all of the tools and the resources available to you. it's not that the mayor has not been engaged in trying to move forward with criminal justice reform. she has made a commitment to trying to reform the police department, as has the commissioner. we're not questioning motives, we're questioning methods, and until we get to the point of