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Acquisition has been bowman resist arrest. i want to bring in mark clackston here. your view of what this shows. >> disturbing and painful. it is difficult to watch. it is police violence that points to a more disturbing methodology. this is not armed, level of violence. we are talking about hand to hand and intimate violence. there is something disturbing about that. it is disturbing to watch not only trooper browns conduct but

Sparking nationwide calls for reform. tomorrows anniversary of floyds death is the deadline set by the administration for passing the federal policing bill that bears his name. its a deadline that lawmakers and the white house acknowledge they wont meet. instead of signing police reform into law, tomorrow president biden will meet with george floyds family. outside of washington, there are communities that have enactio -- enacted changes. im joined by nbcs shaquille brewster who has been reporti...

States and municipalities taking it upon themselves to enact the change that many have been calling for for well over a year now. >> mark, lets pick up right there. whats your take on some of the changes we have seen from these local departments? is it enough? >> i think the most significant change that we have witnessed is the change in the level of activism and involvement of a diverse group of individuals who are really pushing for significant, substantive change. they are pushing for revolut...

Much on the leadership of the police department and not enough on fighting crime. >> recent events prove that his being here was a distraction from what i believe my -- ive said repeatedly that my -- a key goal of my administration a primary focus is making baltimore a safer place. i think its important that we understand that we cannot continue to debate the leadership of the department and think were going to see the progress that we want to see in the crime fight. >> the citys deputy police c...

I think when youre talking about law enforcement agencies in particular and the criminal justice system it has to be the carrot on the stick. you have to incentivize or penalize in order to get them to move or shift in another direction, which is desperately needed. it is obvious, it is apparent so i mean those are the key components there. if you incentivize and mrs. clinton spoke about the funding stream that is necessary and is opening up for so many different agencies, thats fine. we talk ab...

But there is a 20-year difference in the average life expectancy. >> hillary clinton speaking at columbia university. this is her first major public speech since announcing her candidacy for the presidency in 2016. i want to bring in mark clackston, retired new york city police detective, also director and council with the washington, d.c. office of the brennan center. thank you both for being with me. nicole, hillary clinton is calling for a criminal justice system reform from top to bottom. sh...

Good-spirited people on both sides, law enforcement who have a terrifically tough job and people understandably dont want to be stopped and harassed just because of their race, are able to work together and come up with some good answer. >> the outgoing attorney general was even more blunt. >> this was not someone trying to bring healing to ferguson. this was a damn punk, a punk who was trying to sow discord in an area that is trying to get its act together and trying to bring together a communi...

Pat limp is not alone in this. there are five union leaders there that represent the sergeants, the captains. those comments were backed up by those other union heads as well. but it does give them the opportunity now to really kind of readjust, refilter, readjust their messaging, because the optics really didnt work out that well for them. and im sure that they realize that it wasnt the best look especially at a funeral for one of their heros. >> mark clackston, thank you very much for joining ...