john palmer, nbc news, at the white house. >> the situation did not improve soon. that was 15 years ago. 1999. when the man who is now attorney general was then deputy attorney general. and he sat the same time was president clinton's point man on trying to improve trust between communities of color and the police departments that are supposed to protect and serve them. it's exactly what eric holder is still trying to do now, 15 years later, as attorney general in the face of a continuing tide of high-profile police killings, particularly of black men. the abner louima case is one of the ace case that's was name checked in the nbc report from 15 years ago. legendary journalist mike mcalary broke that story in 1997 about abner louima. he was a young man, an immigrant from haiti, arrest bid police officers in brooklyn, beat nan their patrol car with night sticks and police radios. then he was taken to a police station house in brooklyn where officers violently raped him