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He didnt talk candidly about race really all that often, there were a couple moments here and there, but generally speaking, it seemed as though his staff didnt want him talking about it. >> well, it was a very big concern. early in his career, he did talk about race, he was forced to talk about race with jeremiah wright and he did well. once he got into the white house, he got his so hard that he felt himself in a beer summit with a beat cop just trying to escape with the black lash. and he was...

So there maybe charged but i dont think that is going get much attention or be of any consequence. >> tom fuentes, youre a former beat cop who hob in high-speed chase s. can you take us into the mind of officer brealow? he said he feared for his life but a lot of people wonder if you fear for on your life why do you jump on top of a car and start firing at close range? >> well, in this situation, joe, if youre in fear of not just of your own, but your fellow officers lives, you know, he may -- b...

You were a beat cop for several years. tell us why its important for officers to collectively grieve. >> carol, its normal for this to happen. ive been in these police funeral processions over the last 40 years. it happens. theres more than 100 police officers a year killed in the line of duty each year. this year and in the past 6 to 12 months its been especially worrisome for street cops that theyre being targeted or if not definitely like the last two new york city police officers killed in d...

We just saw a police officer killed yesterday. >> but is that really true? in the community i grew up in, i remember policeman paul was the cop on my corner. i knew him, i talked to him, i assumed -- i always -- it was implicit that he was there for my protection. in baltimore, every person i talked to in the neighborhood where violence took place, thats a laughable notion that the police officer is there for -- they dont know policemen paul or if they do, they dont have a great impression of hi...

Killed yesterday. >> but is that really true? in the community i grew up in, i remember policeman paul was the cop on my corner. i knew him, i talked to him, i assumed -- i always -- it was implicit that he was there for my protection. in baltimore, every person i talked to in the neighborhood where violence took place, thats a laughable notion that the police officer is there for -- they dont know policemen paul or if they do, they dont have a great impression of him. >> and thats why ive been ...

Have a very different mission than the police. you can suddenly feel the police distanceing themselves from the federal authorities in this case. federal marshalls are not exposed to the public as frequently as a general beat cop is. their mission is apprehending fugitives, things like that. >> so theyre not used to seeing people with cell phones. >> not only are they not used to people videotaping their activities their activities like this one here are high adrenaline activities. they are poss...

Beat cop. this video was released, which well show you in full in a moment. marana, arizona, police cruiser ramming the suspect. the suspect was fleeing a walmart where he allegedly stole a rifle. local news reports that valencia had already been intercepted by police in the vicinity of the post office threatening suicide. police pursued him, ended up ramming him with a patrol car and the officer driving that cruiser is officer michael rapiejko, cleared, and the officer will not be charged crimi...

New york we have the auxiliary police, volunteer police officers in uniform without firearms in new york. >> its like theres a big spectrum of like what we mean by this so in new york which is -- which is a very professionalized police department i think its fair to say peoples criticism of the nypd notwithstanding that the auxiliary police the new york city version of this are in uniform volunteer but do not carry firearm sdmrgs correct, what they do they serve at parades an community ee vensdz...

When you hear them eulogize him, i thought to myself wow, this is the kind of guy you want to be a police officer, he sounds so compassionate and like he really was good at his job. and for them to mar that moment you know to -- i think it was just a stain when they turned their backs. it was very disrespectful. the family invited -- they wanted the mayor to be there, so they should have respected the familys wishes. >> tom, lets talk about this as someone who served for 22 years. some of the co...

Hair when i started the police department and for those who have seen me it has taken its toll and i did 22 years in the nypd, and i was a beat cop, and community policing and so the concept of the communeity policing that some people have talked about and maybe trying to e restore here in new york i think it is a fantastic way of policing neighborhoods. it absolutely is. and when it is done correctly, and the nypd unfortunately have lost 7,000 or 8,000 police officers since the time of 9/11 and...