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We filmed with him. ben and leron worked together for years to improve community police relations and to combat gun violence in oakland. >> is this moment different in america, specifically around law enforcement? >> to me, it is this moment of being a black man in a police uniform. right? there are some problems, systemic problems thats been in policing for a very long time that you know need to be rooted out. so you sit in this place where youre like, do i fit in? sometimes you even ask the qu...

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Way different. the city is built around the docks. but unlike oakland, that industry abandoned vallejo in the 90s, leaving the city with the deadliest police force in northern california. in case you are just joining us, thats saying a lot. >> all i know about vallejo is e40. >> shout out to matt dre as well. >> oh, yeah. >> me i came to vallejo because i felt that people werent being heard. >> yeah. >> otis taylor is a journalist who spent the last three years documents police violence in valle...

Black lives matter, and mayor breed is the mayor of san francisco. arent you paying attention? >> its always good to be home, you know, in my hood, my stomping grounds. >> where are we now? what was this when you were a kid? >> people in the community will know this as virgos. we would walk down here, me and my girls, looking for the guys, hanging out. there are a lot of i lived in public housing up the street. >> san francisco was 3% black. >> oh, yeah. we were on the decline, though. i will sa...

Birds, just wanted to let you know, bye-bye now. >> i mean to your point, right, there is a conversation to have about whats next, right? what is the next step? i think law enforcement has to prepare themselves for that conversation, that maybe you need to do less. >> but nobody wants less money. >> thats why it cant be up to them. want their cake and eat it, too. thats why were here, praise god. cut that cake up, you get this slice. >> cake for everybody. >> it is our job as citizens in this co...

Police was the 2011 killing of rahime brown. >> a lot of folks did amazing work to get justice for him and his family. we decided to take a different path and look at what was happening sort of widely with the school system. >> interactions with law enforcement, even if it doesnt lead to arrest, can lead to higher rate of suspensions and expulsions. >> if you are in a place where you are always surrounded by law pho enforcement, it takes away your ability to be a kid. >> thats right. i think the...

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Studio 6-b at nbc in new york. the same studio where jimmy fallon now does "the tonight show." the band playing, the audience in a lather. and then paar walked out and you could tell you were making contact with this person who was talking to you and talking to an audience, and seemed to be enjoying himself. it was thrilling. >> and it got the highest ratings in the history of "the tonight show" up to that point. >> this show just caught the countrys imagination in a huge way and kind of we rock...

Our position. >> okay. pay attention. especially if you are a politician or ex-politician. >> i guess you can use a snappy slogan like defund the police. but you know you have lost a big audience the minute you say it. >> okay. lets start with some basics. >> snappy slogan. >> first thing, defund does not mean an immediate end to police. second thing, there is a spectrum here. on the one end, there is reform. way on the other end, there is abolition. and even proponents of an bolitn recognize th...

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