entire law enforcement policing culture with something that truly valorize s human life. and especially the lives of black people redditt hudson, one of the things we ve seen a number of places particularly after freddy gray s the police officers who had driven him were charged, they were later acquitted some of the cases were dropped, i want to be clear about that. was a kind of quiet quitting by police in baltimore it was very clear. i ve interviewed folks in baltimore. police were kind of like, all right, well, you are on your own. you don t like what we did? you guys do whatever you want. and i think we have seen a fair amount of that, honestly, in the wake of george floyd. i just would love to get your thoughts on that phenomenon. because it feels like it is part of a subtext of a lot of the discussions that have been happening in cities across the country the last few years.
When Julia Fogelberg was a public defender in St. Louis County, she saw how the criminal justice system could often do more harm than good.
Now working on the prosecutor side, she’s grateful that she can provide a different solution like in the case of a single mother of two she met this summer.
The woman was juggling an at-home virtual school schedule and her job as a paralegal.
With the intense stress of the pandemic, she was also struggling with an addiction to painkillers and was arrested for drug possession.
“If she were charged, that could have implications for the steady job that she’s had for almost 10 years and her ability to have health care options for her children,” said Fogelberg, who now leads the St. Louis County prosecutor’s diversion program.
well. we actually think there s a gender and race component to that. all right. redditt hudson and kimberly crenshaw, thank you both very much. appreciate it. still ahead, president obama addresses a conference of police chiefs pushing back on the ferguson effect. a look at whether there s data behind the alarmism. because donald trump loves trumpeting his poll numbers it until they start showing him second to ben carson. now they re not very scientific. on the other hand, hillary shows a huge surge in polls after a strong week of campaigning. her team says the polls are wrong. we ll look at those numbers and more ahead. geico motorcycle,
all right. redditt hudson and kimberly crenshaw, thank you both very much. appreciate it. still ahead, president obama addresses a conference of police chiefs pushing back on the ferguson effect. a look at whether there s data behind the alarmism. because donald trump loves trumpeting his poll numbers it until they start showing him second to ben carson. now they re not very scientific. on the other hand, hillary shows a huge surge in polls after a strong week of campaigning. her team says the polls are wrong. we ll look at those numbers and more ahead.
law enforcement, brotherhood of blue. our next guest former cop of the st. louis police department recently wrote, cops were not being held accountable for their actions and racism on the force was rampant. a couple officers ran a website called st. louis cop talk where officers could post about their experiences and opinion. at some point during my career it became so full of racist rants that the site administrator temporarily shut it down. cops routinely called anyone of color a thug whether a victim or a bystander. joining me a former st. louis cop. redditt, you had a great post about your time being a police officer. why did you enter the force and why did you decide to leave? i entered the force largely due to the fact that i saw it as