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Lay in the power of the criminal justice system. vexing social problems homelessness, drug use, the inability to support ones children mental illness are solved by sending in men and women who specialize in inspiring fear and ensuring compliance. fear and compliance have tear place but it cant be every place. its a provocative point. i want to put the question to my panel. are we asking the police to do too much. i will come to you on that question. >> at times, yes. an officer who has many hat ...

One thing as we think deeply about reformer presidenting police culture, we should be thinking creatively about should there be other forces involved other kinds of responders? should police have to go through a process where maybe people spend years not carrying guns but dealing with communities in particular ways. like we are smart enough people that we should think creatively about new ways to confront the myriad social problems we have without the logic of force as our oh first logic. >> isn...

Religion in the public sphere as much as religion in the pulpit behind the pulpit. thats my primary concern. that as a preacher, my job when i stand up on sunday mornings to preach is not first and foremost to address social ills or social problems or try to find social solutions. my job is to diagnose peoples problems and then announce gods solution to their problems. so i think, in my opinion, over the course of the last you know 20 or 30 years, evangelicalism specifically their association wi...

Somehow, america didnt give the abandoned father the right training, so how can he be hild responsible? thats why youre getting hammered. youre not sympathetic to those who abandon their children. >> i think whales have calves, by the way, i may have called them cubs. and yes, the left doesnt want any judgment except for the left will judge the crap out of me for judging other people and expecting them to take care of their own kids. i dont tell them to take care of my kids or my nephews, just t...

Somehow, america didnt give the abandoned father the right training, so how can he be hild responsible? thats why youre getting hammered. youre not sympathetic to those who abandon their children. >> i think whales have calves, by the way, i may have called them cubs. and yes, the left doesnt want any judgment except for the left will judge the crap out of me for judging other people and expecting them to take care of their own kids. i dont tell them to take care of my kids or my nephews, just t...

Troubles. heres our matthew chance. >> its promised to be more like a hollywood blockbuster an an annual press conference. vladimir putin not missing a chance to cast him as the hero. with russia in the grip of an economic crisis, all eyes were on its president for reassurance. and he gave it, promising to diversify the russian economy away from oil and spend currency reserves on supporting the ruble. >> translator: we are going to use the measures we used in 2008 quite suck siszfully. and in th...

Family structure. this is mostly a question of good intentioned people trying to do the best they can with very naughty social problems which overlap with social problems. >> pharrell williams said something interesting. he said -- he was talking about michael brown. he said this -- are we focusing on the wrong part of this conversation? were talking about law enforcement and the relationship between the black community and the law enforcement community when we obviously had a breakdown somewher...

Family structure. this is mostly a question of good intentioned people trying to do the best they can with very naughty social problems which overlap with social problems. >> pharrell williams said something interesting. he said -- he was talking about michael brown. he said this -- are we focusing on the wrong part of this conversation? were talking about law enforcement and the relationship between the black community and the law enforcement community when we obviously had a breakdown somewher...

For bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angies list. angies list -- reviews you can trust. and by almost every measure, the group that is facing some of the most severe challenges in the 21st century in this country are boys and young men of color. >> when the president made that announcement in february of the my brothers keeper initiative, he was furthering a national conversation on race and young men of color sparked by the death of 17-year-old trayvon...

If you are irresponsible parent its not your fault. its society part. didnt give the right training. how can he be held responsible? thats why you are getting hammered. you are not sympathetic to those who abandon their children. >> i think whales may have calves bay the way i may have called them cubs. expecting people to take care of their own kids. i dont tell them to take care of my kids or my nephews, just their own kids. and imagine the utopia you would be living in if you adopt that. >> s...