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Back to the issue we introduced you with. did the defund movement hurt the african-american am community in america? >> it is really interesting you say that and glad to have the opportunity to explain to you what defund means. defunding the police simply means taking money from the police, putting it in community centers, job opportunities, and after school programs. which this mayor has cut, right? so it wasnt like just get rid of this money for the police. it was invest in the community. when...

1.5 million. that doesnt count, by the way, those sitting in jails, local jails. how did we get here? >> well, its first important to acknowledge that throat most of the 20th century we were pretty stable. that number remained under 250 thousand. and then in the 1970s, i think we were captured by what i call the politics of fear and anger. elected officials began using rhetoric of fear and anger and directing it toward people who were drug addicted and drug dependant. and instead of saying that ...

1.5 million, that doesnt count those sitting in local jails. how did we get here? be dpr its important to acknowledge that throughout most of the 20th century, we were pretty stable. that number remain ed under 250,000. then in the 1970s, i think we were captured by what i call the politics of fear and anger. elected officials began using rhetoric of fear and anger and directing it toward people who were drug addicted and drug dependent and instead of saying that people addicted and dependent ne...